Self Inflicted Wounds Quotes

• All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Character, Self

  Andrew Carnegie (1933). “Miscellaneous Writings of Andrew Carnegie”

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• Psychotherapy is what God has been secretly doing for centuries by other names; that is, he searches through our personal history and heals what needs to be healed - the wounds of childhood or our own self-inflicted wounds.

  Thomas Keating

  Names, Self, Childhood

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• I have these accidents, these mistakes, these self-inflicted wounds, and then I tear my head to shreds about it for days.

  John Mayer

  Mistake, Self, Tears

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• I was on cruise control from '85 to '95, and it was my fault. There were a lot of self-inflicted wounds, when I was not doing any original material. I wasn't directing. I wasn't writing. That's not who I am.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Writing, Self, Who I Am

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• Fresh wounds," said Angua. "But one of them did shoot one of the other in the leg by accident." "I think you'd better put in your report as -self inflicted- wounds while resisting arrest," said Vimes.

  Terry Pratchett

  Thinking, Self, Legs

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• Delia's arms were inscribed with a grid of self- inflicted wounds, an intricate text of self-loathing

  Jay McInerney

  Suicide, Self Harm, Arms

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• The facts are there that we have created, man has, a self-inflicted wound that man has created through global warming.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Men, Self, Facts

  "Will Arnold Be Back After '06?" by Ed O'keefe, abcnews.go.com. April 23, 2006.

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• And what of regrets? I shall live with them. I shall accept my regrets as part of my life, to be numbered among my self-inflicted wounds. But I will not endlessly gaze at them. I shall allow the memories to prod me into doing better with those still living. And I shall allow them to sharpen the vision and intensify the hope for that Great Day coming when we can all throw ourselves into each other's arms and say, "I'm sorry."

  Nicholas Wolterstorff

  Sorry, Memories, Regret

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• Let us put an end to self-inflicted wounds. Let us remember that our national unity is a most priceless asset. Let us deny our adversaries the satisfaction of using Vietnam to pit Americans against Americans.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Self, Unity, Vietnam

  United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford), Gerald R. Ford (1975). “Gerald R. Ford: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President”

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