Never be ashamed of a scar. In the end, scars tell the story of our lives, everything that hurt us, and everything that healed us.

Every scar, every scratch, every fall is yours. Embrace it, because this is what makes you truly beautiful and unique.

"Scars"

They tell how it was, and how time
came along, and how it happened
again and again. They tell
the slant life takes when it turns
and slashes your face as a friend.

Any wound is real. In church
a woman lets the sun find
her cheek, and we see the lesson:
there are years in that book; there are sorrows
a choir can't reach when they sing.

Rows of children lift their faces of promise,
places where the scars will be.

William Stafford, Americans’ Favorite Poems edited by Maggie Dietz and Robert Pinsky (W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition, November 1, 1999)

My story is about tattoos that you carry in life it doesn't matter what it is that you aspire to be l can tell you that life will leave you with scars whatever your scars are wear them boldly wear them proudly and wear them foolishly and that is my boldly foolish story

Without my wounds, who was I? My scars were my face, my past was my life. It wasn't like I didn't know where all this remembering got you, all that hunger for beauty and astonishing cruelty and ever-present-loss.

Do not disregard or hate the maps on your skin and soul. These scars have never diminished your worth, they are the stories that make you whole.

Our scars reveal our battles, but they also demonstrate our resilience and ability to heal.

Our scars are the brightest Parts of us.

We all bear scars,... Mine just happen to be more visible than most.

Beauty is not found in uniformity,
nor value in conformity. It is in our
colors and quirks and flaws and scars
that true beauty and value unfold,
because that is where our stories are told.

Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger then whatever tried to hurt you.

I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals.

nobody makes it through life without collecting a few scars on the way out.

Wear your scars like jewelry cause they were bought with blood.