Injured Quotes

• Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

  Helen Keller

  Strength, Being Strong, Encouragement

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• An injured lion wants to know if he can still roar.

  Randy Pausch

  Lions, Want, Stills

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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• Anarchy is no guarantee that some people won't kill, injure, kidnap, defraud, or steal from others. Government is a guarantee that some will.

  Gustave de Molinari

  Government, Guarantees That, People

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• Take a young man from Gaza living in the most horrendous conditions - most of it imposed by Israel - who straps dynamite around himself and then throws himself into a crowd of Israelis. I've never condoned or agreed with it, but at least it is understandable as the desperate wish of a human being who feels himself being crowded out of life and all of his surroundings, who sees his fellow citizens, other Palestinians, his parents, sisters, and brothers, suffering, being injured, or being killed. He wants to do something, to strike back.

  Edward Said

  Brother, Men, Israel

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• Cycling is not impactful. Its just like when you are injured, have a knee surgery or something, there are so many things that you can still do, you just have to find that other passion that's out there.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Passion, Cycling, Knees

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• A child who's been injured by a parent waits her whole life for some acknowledgment of the wrong that's been done, some validation from him that her pain is real, that he's sorry and will make amends. The child will wait forever, unable to move forward, unable to forgive, without someone to acknowledge the past. In that powerlessness comes a terrible rage.

  Lisa Unger

  Children, Sorry, Pain

  Lisa Unger (2010). “Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You”, p.747, Crown

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• There is not, perhaps, to a mind well instructed, a more painful occurrence, than the death of one we have injured without reparation.

  Samuel Johnson

  Mind, Painful, Human Condition

  Samuel Johnson (1784). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes..”, p.6

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• Being injured is quite an awkward situation to be in mentally. Physically, it's quite good to have a bit of a rest, but mentally it's hell.

  Magnus Backstedt

  Awkward, Hell, Situation

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• If you're injured, it changes the way you move. If you're injured, it changes the way you talk.

  Darrell Hammond

  Moving, Way, Ifs

  "'SNL's' Darrell Hammond Reveals Cutting, Abuse". Interview with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November, 2011.

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• Whom they have injured they also hate.

  Seneca the Younger

  Hate

  "On Anger". Book by Seneca the Younger, circa 45 AD.

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• We are always the most violent against those whom we have injured.

  Patrick O'Brian

  Violent

  Patrick O'Brian (2004). “Master and commander ; Post captain ; H.M.S. Surprise ; The Mauritius command”

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• My father had a series of blue-collar jobs and never made more than $20,000 a year. When I was seven, he got injured on a job. That was a very important point - because of the injury, he couldn't walk, and the company he was working for did not pay him. There was no compensation. So there was no money and no food.

  Howard Schultz

  Jobs, Father, Blue

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• Baseball calls it a curve ball for a reason: you just don't know where some pitches will land. Your ace could get injured. Your golden glover could err. Your team could sit through a rain delay. Your manager could get ejected. Your bench must be broad and deep enough to overcome.

  Christine Pelosi

  Baseball, Team, Rain

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• My main goal is to stay healthy because when you're injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health.

  Maria Sharapova

  Health, Goal, Lucky

  "Come on girls, let's make a.. RACQUET". www.mirror.co.uk. June 17, 2010.

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• I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.

  Marat Safin

  Wish, Wells, Tournaments

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• I am telling you before anything, that the blood of the martyrs and the injured will not go in vain. And I would like to affirm, I will not hesitate to punish those who are responsible fiercely. I will hold those in charge who have violated the rights of our youth with the harshest punishment stipulated in the law.

  Hosni Mubarak

  Rights, Blood, Law

  Hosni Mubarak's speech to his nation, www.washingtonpost.com. February 10, 2011.

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• Because if you weren't born white, you were forced to see differences; or if you weren't born what they called normal, or if you got injured, then you were left to explore the world of the different.

  Leslie Marmon Silko

  White, Differences, Different

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• We have a name," said Jace. "Magnes B-" "Shut up." Alec hissed, thwacking Jace with his closed menu. Jace looked injured. "Jesus," he rubbed his arm. "What's your problem?

  Cassandra Clare

  Jesus, Names, Arms

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• And maybe it would have bitten you in half," said Will. "What you are describing, the transformation into a demon, is the last stage of the pox." "Will!" Charlotte threw up her hands. "Why didn't you say so?" "You know, the books on demon pox are in the library," Will said with an injured tone. "I wasn't preventing anyone from reading them." "Yes, but if Benedict was going to turn into an enormous serpent, you'd think you could at least have mentioned it," said Charlotte. "As a matter of general interest.

  Cassandra Clare

  Book, Reading, Thinking

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “Clockwork Princess”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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• Will!" Charlotte threw up her hands. "Why didn't you say so?" "You know, the books on demon pox are in the library," Will said with an injured tone. "I wasn't preventing anyone from reading them

  Cassandra Clare

  Book, Reading, Hands

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.952, Simon and Schuster

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• You screamed.” Will said. “Is that all you did?” “I screamed a great deal.” Tatiana sounded injured.

  Cassandra Clare

  Said, Deals

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.960, Simon and Schuster

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• Are you hurt? Are you injured?" / "No, just a bruise or two. I'm fine, really. You don't have to worry about me." / "Stephanie, you jumped off a building." / "Yes, but the branches broke my fall. Every one of them." / "And how were the branches?" / "A lot unlike pillows.

  Derek Landy

  Hurt, Fall, Two

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• We shouldn’t,” protested Isabelle. “The Clave has a plan.” “The Clave has the collective intelligence of a pineapple,” said Jace. Alec blinked up at them. “Jace is right.” Isabelle turned on her brother. “What do you know? You weren’t even paying attention.” “I was,” Alec said, injured. “I said Jace was right.” “Yeah, but there’s like a 90% chance of me being right most of the time, so that’s not proof you were listening,” said Jace. “That’s just a good guess.

  Cassandra Clare

  Brother, Listening, Pineapples

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• I got injured when I was a kid, and it prevented me from becoming a footballer.

  Matt Smith

  Kids, Becoming, Footballer

  "Q&A: Matt Smith" by Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. March 30, 2013.

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