Battle Wounds Quotes

• I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful, in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you are for coming out of it.

  Demi Lovato

  Strength, Beautiful, Being Strong

  Demi Lovato (2013). “Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year”, p.40, Macmillan

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• America has also forever lost the service of thousands of good soldiers who are now disabled as a result of battle wounds in Iraq. Many others will need mental and emotional rehabilitation before they can return to normal life.

  John Olver

  Emotional, Iraq, America

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• The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire; hears nothing more civilized than a cannonade; scents nothing but the stink of battle-wounds and blood.

  Sean O'Casey

  Military, Fighting, Army

  Sean O'Casey (1973). “Sunset and evening star”, Pan

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• Some of us can begin to heal the damage people have done to us by escaping the situation, but some of us need more than that. Tattoos make statements that need to be made. Or hide things that are no one’s business. Your scars are battle wounds, but you don’t see them that way. Yet.

  Tammara Webber

  Tattoo, Escaping, People

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• Brain tumor survivors: don't become hopelessly discouraged if you are experiencing deficits. You in a war and you are bound to have a few battle wounds.

  Rachel Grady

  War, Cancer, Brain

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