Wounds And Scars Quotes

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

  Craig Scott

  Life, Domestic Violence, Stories

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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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• 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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• Turn your wounds into wisdom.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Oprah Winfrey (2017). “The Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights and Inspirational Conversations”, p.120, Pan Macmillan

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• Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.

  Aisha Tyler

  Tough, Human Experience, Turns

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• He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Romeo And Juliet Love, Romeo Juliet

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

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• You don’t learn from successes; you don’t learn from awards; you don’t learn from celebrity; you only learn from wounds and scars and mistakes and failures. And that’s the truth.

  Jane Fonda

  Mistake, Awards, Scar

  Flaunt Interview, www.flaunt.com. April 12, 2014.

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• What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?

  Lord Byron

  Philosophical, Deep Wounds, Scar

  Lord Byron (2015). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.75, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Somehow the pain, the losses, the hurt, the bad, God is able to transform these into something they could have never been, icons and monuments of grace and love. It is the deep mystery how wounds and scars can become precious, or a ravaging and terrifying cross the essential symbol of relentless affection.” “Is it worth it?” whispered Tony. “Wrong question, son. There is no ‘it.’ The question is and has always been, ‘Are you worth it?’ and the answer is and always, ‘Yes!’

  William P. Young

  Hurt, Pain, Son

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• Only the dead have seen the end of war.

  Plato

  Death, Memorial Day, Plato

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• A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

  Francis Bacon

  Forgiveness, Revenge, Anger

  'Essays' (1625) 'Of Revenge'

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• A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.

  Leonard Cohen

  Flesh, Self Injury, Made

  Leonard Cohen (2011). “The Favourite Game”, p.10, Emblem Editions

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• What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? The hearts bleed longest, and heals but to wear That which disfigures it.

  Lord Byron

  Heart, Deep Wounds, Heal

  George Gordon Byron, “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt. Canto Iii.”

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• Love hurts, love scars, love wounds, and mars.

  Roy Orbison

  Short Love, Hurt, Sadness

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• Time heals all wounds. But not this one. Not yet.

  Marie Lu

  Time Heals, Time Heals All Wounds, Time Heals All

  Marie Lu (2013). “Champion: A Legend Novel”, p.143, Penguin

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• Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

  George Santayana

  Military, War, Philosophical

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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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• This does not mean that you are warmongers. On the contrary, the soldier above all other people prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. But always in our ears ring the ominous words of Plato, that wisest of all philosophers: "Only the dead have seen the end of war.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Plato, War, Mean

  Sylvanus Thayer Award Acceptance Address, delivered 12 May 1962, West Point, NY

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• One learns better than to hand one's choices to fear. With age, with every wound and scar, one learns.

  Lois McMaster Bujold

  Hands, Choices, Age

  "Paladin of Souls". Book by Lois McMaster Bujold, 2003.

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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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• It was a light that shone over our faces, our wounds and scars. It was a light so brilliant and white it could have been beamed from heaven, and Brian and I could have been angels, basking in it. But it wasn’t, and we weren’t.

  Scott Heim

  Angel, Light, White

  Scott Heim (1995). “Mysterious skin: a novel”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• Ye living soldiers of the mighty war,
  Once more from roaring cannon and the drums
  And bugles blown at morn, the summons comes;
  Forget the halting limb, each wound and scar:
  Once more your Captain calls to you;
  Come to his last review!

  Richard Watson Gilder

  War, Soldier, Roaring

  Richard Watson Gilder (1900). “Five Books of Song”

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