Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh. — Leonard Cohen
A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh. — Leonard Cohen
What doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar. — Marilyn Manson
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
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
Because nobody goes through life without a scar. — Carol Burnett
Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real. — Cormac McCarthy
From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, "I survived." — Craig Scott
Scars are beautiful when we see them as glorious reminders that we courageously survived. — Lysa TerKeurst
Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough. — Aisha Tyler
Some people see scars, and it is wounding they remember. To me they are proof of the fact that there is healing. — Linda Hogan
Be proud of your scars. They have everything to do with your strength, and what you've endured. They're a treasure map to the deep self. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Don’t hide your scars. They make you who you are — Frank Sinatra
Bones heal, pain is temporary, and chicks dig scars — Evel Knievel
Short Scar Quotes
Be proud of your scars. They remind you that you have the will to live. — Paulo Coelho
On the back of Satan's neck is a nail scarred footprint. — C. S. Lewis
Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time. — Douglas Coupland
Be proud of every scar on your heart, each one holds a lifetime’s worth of lessons. — Wallace Stegner
Do not be so quick to judge, just because you can't see the scars does not mean they are not there. — Katrina Mayer
I'm grateful for every scar, some pages turned, some bridges burned, but there were lessons learned — Carrie Underwood
I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it. — Carly Simon
Time may heal all wounds, but it does not erase the scars. — Jane Yolen
Scar Image Quotes
Wrinkles mean you laughed, grey hair means you cared and scars mean you lived!
Battle Scar Quotes
Battle scars from the war of good versus evil have a unique beauty all their own. — P. C. Cast
All the battles and wars I been through, and all the battle scars I got it's been a learning experience. Everything I been through made me the man I am so if it was different I would be different so I would say that I really learned something from every situation. — Kurupt
Battle scars just remind us that we survived. — Shelly Crane
Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you.
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
If life is a battle, then my inner scars are medals for valor, for swiftness, for courage, for passion. Evil is the dark-haired brother of Good; they walk hand in hand—always. — Storm Constantine
Relationships always sounded so physically painful: you fell in love, you broke a heart, you lost your head. Was it any wonder that people came through the experience with battle scars? — Jodi Picoult
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. Bet it is never gone.
It could all be so simple, but you'd rather make it hard, lovin you is like a battle, and we both end up with scars, tell me who i have to be, to get some reciprocity. — Michael Baisden
Women are frightening. If you get to 41 as a man, you're quite battle-scarred. — Hugh Grant
As we try to change, we will discover within us a fierce struggle between our loyalty to that battle-scarred victim of his own childhood, our father, and the father we want to be. We must meet our childhood father at close range: get to know him, learn to forgive him, and somehow, go beyond him. — Augustus Napier
I have a lot of scars, man. My mother said that a man is not a man unless he has a scar on his face. And what she meant by a scar was some kind of battle that you had to go through, whether it was psychological or physical. To her, a scar was actually beautiful and not something that marred you. — Nick Nolte
Words Scar Quotes
You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words. — Elizabeth Gilbert
You can’t walk away from someone you love, leave them drowning in your desertion. If love has no more meaning than that, you can keep it. I don’t want it now or ever again. Don’t want to hear the word or wear its scars. — Ellen Hopkins
....he said it was interesting. He used the word 'textured'. He said 'smooth' is boring but 'textured' was interesting, and the scar meant that I was stronger than whatever had tried to hurt me. — Jeannette Walls
Losing a family member, and her dying knowing she didn't have to die, that...is a scar that will last forever for the people remaining, and even with good actions and good words, that scar will never disappear. Ever. — Kim Du-han
If men wound you with injuries, meet them with patience; hasty words rankle the wound, soft language dresses it, forgiveness cures it, and oblivion takes away the scar. It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it. — Francis Beaumont
From her dubious tone alone, I could see how Karin had no idea how terrifying words spoken quietly could be. How words chosen precisely to wreak maximum damage ticked like a bomb in your head, but exploded in your heart hours later, leaving you scarred and changed. — Justina Chen
He couldn’t say the words, had spent too long in Silence, but he’d learned other ways to speak. Taking the paperweight she’d knocked off her desk out of his pocket, he put it in her hands. “It’s fixed. As long as you don’t mind more than a few scars. — Nalini Singh
I have walked a stair of swords, I have worn a coat of scars. I have vowed with hollow words, I have lied my way to the stars -Songs of Sapphique — Catherine Fisher
In a few breaths' time I will speak some sad words to you. But you must hear them the same way we have agreed to see scars now. Sad words are just another beauty. — Chris Cleave
There is a charge For the eyeing of my scars, there is a charge For the hearing of my heart - It really goes. And there is a charge, a very large charge, For a word or a touch Or a bit of blood Or a piece of my hair or my clothes. — Sylvia Plath
Wound And Scar Quotes
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
When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing. — Rabindranath Tagore
The scars from mental cruelty can be as deep and long-lasting as wounds from punches or slaps but are often not as
obvious. In fact, even among women who have experienced violence from a partner, half or more report that the man's emotional abuse is what is causing them the greatest harm. — Lundy Bancroft
The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but when the tree is very old, peeling the bark off, and looking carefully, you will see the scar there still. All that is buried is not dead. — Olive Schreiner
Time heals all wounds. But not this one. Not yet. — Marie Lu
What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? — Lord Byron
The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again. — Francois de la Rochefoucauld
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
What you call flaws are really just scars and wounds accumulated over a lifetime. — Deepak Chopra
My life was hurrying, racing tragically toward its end. And yet at the same time it was dripping so slowly, so very slowly now, hour by hour, minute by minute. One always has to wait until the sugar melts, the memory dies, the wound scars over, the sun sets, the unhappiness lifts and fades away. — Simone de Beauvoir
Scar Tissue Quotes
Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus. — Wallace Stegner
Time heals. No, it doesn't. At best, time is the great leveler, sweeping us all into coffins. We find ways to distract ourselves from the pain. Time is neither scalpel nor bandage. It is indifferent. Scar tissue is not a good thing. It is merely the wound's other face. — Karen Marie Moning
Scar tissue has no character. It's not like skin. It doesn't show age or illness or pallor or tan. It has no pores, no hair, no wrinkles. It's like a slip cover. It shields and disguises what's beneath. That's why we grow it; we have something to hide. — Susanna Kaysen
Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on. — Henry Rollins
Experience is the great teacher; unfortunately, experience leaves mental scars, and scar tissue contracts. — William James Mayo
When you start putting pen to paper, you see a side of your personal truth that doesn't otherwise reveal itself in conversation or thought. — Anthony Kiedis
I'm a catalyst for change. You can't be an outsider and be successful over 30 years without leaving a certain amount of scar tissue around the place. — Rupert Murdoch
It's funny how, even long after you've accepted the grief of losing someone you love and truly have gotten on with your life, every once in a while something comes up that plays "gotcha," and for a moment or two the scar tissue separates and the wound is raw again. — Mary Higgins Clark
Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. — Henry Rollins
And that's the wonderful thing about family travel: it provides you with experiences that will remain locked forever in the scar tissue of your mind. — Dave Barry
Scarf Quotes
One’s motivation is like a pure, white scarf, but the other’s intention is black hope. — Tibetan Proverbs
When I wear a silk scarf I never feel so definitely like a woman, a beautiful woman — Audrey Hepburn
A scarf has to be the most beautiful thing ever invented to wear! It's a winding, a continuity, an infinity! I love things that are endless, I hate them to stop. It's like order and disorder: I rather love disorder and things that move, it's a state where one gets more things done! — Sonia Rykiel
I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing — Adrian Grenier
In terms of fashion, I love adding a fun scarf to whatever I'm wearing - it's a great way to dress up a plain outfit! — Bridgit Mendler
Put on a sweater and really great sneakers with a big scarf, and you’ll look so stylish. For me, they are an everyday essential. — Meghan Markle
I'm going to search for my star until I find it. It's hidden in the drawer of innocence, wrapped in a scarf of wonder. — Michael Jackson
My everyday look has definitely become more low maintenance, but accessories are everything. A structured bag, statement jewelry or a cute scarf can add polish to any outfit! — Adriana Lima
She looked, and a scarlet butterfly flew away from her, away down the length of the tower, and then another, another, an unraveling scarf of butterflies like winged blood. — Tanith Lee
I get my inspiration from books, pictures, art. I might find a vintage scarf and say, "I think this should be our color palette." — Jessica Simpson
The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
There is a thing about beauty. Beauty is always associated with the male fantasy of what the female body is. I don’t think there is anything wrong with beauty. It’s just what women think is beautiful can be different. And there can be a beauty in individualism. If there is a wart or a scar, this can be beautiful, in a sense, when you paint it. — Jenny Saville
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. — Kahlil Gibran
I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion. — Yohji Yamamoto
Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older. — Hans Selye
The scars left from the child's defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis. — Erich Fromm
I think people are like that. When you really look at them, you stop seeing a perfect nose or straight teeth. You stop seeing the acne scar or dimple in the chin. Those things start to blur, and suddenly you see them, the colors, the life inside the shell, and beauty takes on a whole new meaning. — Amy Harmon
I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates. — Angela Carter
I've enjoyed every age I've been, and each has had its own individual merit. Every laugh line, every scar, is a badge I wear to show I've been present, the inner rings of my personal tree trunk that I display proudly for all to see. Nowadays, I don't want a "perfect" face and body; I want to wear the life I've lived. — Pat Benatar
There's no such thing as perfect people. There's no such thing as a perfect life. So come as you are, broken and scarred. Lift up your heart and be amazed and be changed by a perfect God. — Natalie Grant
If you're determined to think of yourself as limited, fearful, vulnerable, or scarred by past experience, know only that you have chosen to do so. The opportunity to experience yourself differently is always available. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace. — Chuck Palahniuk
If there is love, smallpox scars are as pretty as dimples. I'll love your face no matter what it looks like. Because it's yours. — Stephen King
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
falling in love is the most natural thing in the world. Everybody has been through it, everybody has scars, everybody wants to restart falling in love. — Gaspar Noe
Don’t ever sell yourself short. Stand tall. Never be ashamed of who you are. You are beautiful, you are loved. You are needed. You are worth it. Promise me you won’t forget that. Promise me you won’t let your scars define who you are. Let your trials shape you. Let your victories humble you. — Jennifer Nettles
Fortunately, God made all varieties of people with a wide variety of interests and abilities. He has called people of every race and color who have been hurt by life in every manner imaginable. Even the scars of past abuse and injury can be the means of bringing healing to another. What wonderful opportunities to make disciples! — Charles R. Swindoll
Unprecedented warnings by officials most closely linked with nuclear arms negotiations and defense strategy indicate that we are running out of time. If we fail to act soon, the scars of a major nuclear disaster will mark our immediate and distant future. — Alan Cranston
Caught like a leaf in the wind
Lookin' for a friend
Where can you turn
Whisper the words of a prayer and you'll find Him there
Arms open wide, love in His eyes
Jesus - He meets you where you are
Jesus - He heals your secret scars
All the love you're looking for is Jesus
The friend of a wounded heart — Wayne Watson
The First World War killed fewer victims than the Second World War, destroyed fewer buildings, and uprooted millions instead of tens of millions - but in many ways it left even deeper scars both on the mind and on the map of Europe. The old world never recovered from the shock. — Edmond Taylor
I always hated when my scars started to fade, because as long as I could still see them, I knew why I was hurting. — Jodi Picoult
Of all the priceless objects left behind, this is what we rescue. These artifacts. Memory cues. Useless souvenirs. Nothing you could auction. The scars left from happiness. — Chuck Palahniuk
A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars. — Carly Simon
Other times, I look at my scars and see something else: a girl who was trying to cope with something horrible that she should never have had to live through at all. My scars show pain and suffering, but they also show my will to survive. They're part of my history that'll always be there. — Cheryl Rainfield
Why do we feel jealousy? Therapists often regard the demon as a scar of childhood trauma or a symptom of a psychological problem. And it's true that people who feel inadequate, insecure, or overly dependent tend to be more jealous than others. — Helen Fisher
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