17 Elizabeth Smart Quotes That Are A Beacon Of Light In A World Filled With Too Much Despair

17 quotes

<br /> Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped at the age of 14. For nine months, she lived in a hell of unimaginable terror. Today she has an empowering message of healing and recovery that will inspire all of us. 

“Those with shattered souls find it very difficult to speak.”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, amazon.com

Tagged: Despair, voice

“What I felt is not uncommon among victims of rape or abuse. Rape is such a violation; the feeling of worthlessness is almost universal. It wasn’t my fault. But I was broken. No one would want me anymore.”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, amazon.com

Tagged: Rape, Abuse, surviving

“The man who kidnapped and raped me was a manipulative, antisocial, and narcissistic pedophile. He was not clinically psychotic or delusional. He was just an evil man.”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, Chris Stewart, amazon.com

Tagged: Pedophile, Evil

“I can't say that he would not have gone out and kidnapped me had he not looked at pornography. All I know is that pornography made my living hell worse.”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, youtube.com

Tagged: Fight The New Drug, Pornography, Sexual Abuse

“After I had been raped and brutalized, there was something new inside my soul. There was a burning now inside me, a fierce determination that no matter what I had to do, I was going to live!”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, Chris Stewart, amazon.com

Tagged: Rape, Recovery, Inner Strength

“I didn’t feel like a whole person anymore. I felt like I was … like not even half, like I was just a portion of a human being. I just felt filthy and disgusting. I felt like, Who could ever want me back? Who could ever want to talk to me? Who would ever be my friend? I don’t know what the exact defi…”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, amazon.com

Tagged: Despair, Rape, Suffering, Family

“This experience reminded me once again that God had not deserted me, that He was aware of my suffering and loneliness. And that assurance gave me hope. It helped me to keep my faith and gave me the strength that I needed to go on.”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, Chris Stewart, amazon.com

Tagged: Family, Surviving Abuse, God, strength, Keep Fighting for Love

“The realization that my family would still love me proved to be the turning point. In fact, it proved to be the most important moment throughout my entire nine-month ordeal.”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, Chris Stewart, amazon.com

Tagged: Family, Surviving Abuse

“Knowing it can always get worse, I try to be grateful for whatever good I have.”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, amazon.com

Tagged: grateful

“Music is the unspoken language that can convey feelings more accurately than talking ever could.”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, Chris Stewart, amazon.com

Tagged: Music, Feelings

“All of these things have helped me. But ultimately, to get better, I simply made a choice.”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, Chris Stewart, amazon.com

Tagged: Make The Choice, How To Get Better

“I think there are far more miracles in our lives than we may ever realize. Like flickers of light among the darkness, they remind us that God is there and that He cares.”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, Chris Stewart, amazon.com

Tagged: God, Miracles, Hope, God Cares

“I resolved that whenever I might have any doubts or moments of weakness— and I knew that they would come — I would tell myself: Elizabeth, you have everything back now! But you remember all those hard times, right? And because you remember all those hard times, you can remember the depth of your gra…”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, amazon.com

Tagged: Weakness, Your Strength, Overcoming Abuse

“I also believe in faith. Faith in a loving and kind Heavenly Father who will always care about me. Faith that my worth will never be diminished. Faith that God knows how I feel and that I can depend on him to help me through it all. I believe that God not only suffered for me, but that He will make…”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, Chris Stewart, amazon.com

Tagged: Faith, God

“It makes me sick that these things happen. It makes me sick that there are people out there that don’t have a conscience. That don’t care. That are just heartless…But seeing people come home…I think it’s proof that there are miracles”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, theblaze.com

Tagged: Conscience, Miracles

“Life is a journey for us all. We all face trials. We all have ups and downs. All of us are human. But we are also the masters of our fate. We are the ones who decide how we are going to react to life.”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, amazon.com

Tagged: Life, Fate, Take Back Your Life

“Feeling sorry for yourself that’s only allowing them more control, more power, and to steal more of your life from you. Don’t you dare give them another second of your life.”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, youtube.com

Tagged: Recovery, Take Back Your Life