Scar Quotes

• From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, "I survived."

  Craig Scott

  Life, Wounds And Scars, Domestic Violence

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  It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.

  Rose Kennedy

  Time, Pain, Get Well

  Stanley Weintraub, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, John McDonald Burke, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward (1974). “Whistler”

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  The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Peace, Military, War

  "Duty, Honor, Country: A Pictorial Autobiography".

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  Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• A scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

  Chris Cleave

  Mean, Thinking, Dying

  Chris Cleave (2010). “Little Bee: A Novel”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• 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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• I'm grateful for every scar, some pages turned, some bridges burned, but there were lessons learned

  Carrie Underwood

  Life Lesson, Grateful, Bridges

  Song: Lessons Learned, Album: Some Hearts, 2005

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• There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.

  Harry Crews

  Broken Heart, Beautiful, Hurt

  Harry Crews (1993). “Scar Lover”, p.142, Simon and Schuster

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• Every winner has scars.

  Herbert Newton Casson

  Growth, Winner

  National Printer Journalist, Vol 51, Nr. 7-12, p. 28, 1933.

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• What doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar.

  Marilyn Manson

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• Some people see scars, and it is wounding they remember. To me they are proof of the fact that there is healing.

  Linda Hogan

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Pain

  Linda Hogan (1997). “Solar Storms”, p.126, Simon and Schuster

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• I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it.

  Carly Simon

  Want, Shows, Showing Off

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• Hate leaves ugly scars, love leaves beautiful ones.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Beautiful, Depressing

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.54, BookBaby

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• A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

  Chris Cleave

  Mean, Dying, Doe

  Chris Cleave (2010). “Little Bee: A Novel”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.

  Aisha Tyler

  Wounds And Scars, Tough, Human Experience

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• Scars are memory. Like sutures. They stitch the past to me.

  China Mieville

  Memories, Past, Stitches

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• Because nobody goes through life without a scar.

  Carol Burnett

  Life, Inspire

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• I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.

  Angelina Jolie

  Sexy, Crazy, Mistake

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• He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Wounds And Scars, Romeo And Juliet Love

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 1

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• That one man scorned and covered with scars
  Still strove with his last ounce of courage
  To reach the unreachable star.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Inspirational, Courage, Stars

  "Fictional character: Miguel de Cervantes". "Man of La Mancha", 1965.

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  Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.

  Rosa Parks

  Broken Heart, Heartbreak, Heartbroken

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• Let our scars fall in love.

  Galway Kinnell

  Falling In Love, Fall, Hmm

  Galway Kinnell (1973). “The Book of Nightmares”, p.31, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.

  Carly Simon

  Strong Women, War, Being A Strong Woman

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• I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.

  Angelina Jolie

  Inspiration, Humor, Flaws

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• Want know how I got these scars? My father was a drinker and a fiend. And one night he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn't like that. Not one bit. So, me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. He turns to me, and he says, 'why so serious?' He comes at me with the knife. 'Why so serious?!'. He sticks the blade in my mouth. 'Let's put a smile on that face!' And why so serious?

  Heath Ledger

  Father, Dark, Night

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