79 Quotes Tagged: hurt

When the devil wants to punish his worshippers, he uses the trick of karma.

I hurt myself deeply, though at the time I had no idea how deeply. I should have learned many things from that experience, but when I look back on it, all I gained was one single, undeniable fact. That ultimately I am a person who can do evil. I never consciously tried to hurt anyone, yet good intentions notwithstanding, when necessity demanded, I could become completely self-centred, even cruel. I was the kind of person who could, using some plausible excuse, inflict on a person I cared for a wound that would never heal.

You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.

The most vicious weapon is the tongue,' Mama said, 'and it can hurt you worse than anyone.'

Mama also said 'A dog who will bring a bone, will carry one.

A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.

Meet me here
Speak my name
I am not your enemy
I am your teacher
I may even be your friend
Let us tell our truth together, you and I
My name is anger: I say you have been wronged
My name is shame: my story is your hidden pain
My name is fear: my story is vulnerability
My name is resentment: I say things should have been different
My name is grief
My name is depression
My name is heartache
My name is anxiety
I have many names
And many lessons
I am not your enemy
I am your teacher

Who hurt you, once,
so far beyond repair
that you would meet each overture
with curling lip?
While we, who knew you well,
your friends, (the focus of your scorn)
could see your courage in the face of fear,
your wit, and thoughtfulness,
and will remember you
with something close to love.

No one but death the redeemer will humble that head.

Most men judge your importance in their lives by how much you can hurt them, not by how happy you can make them.

You can't ever tell what's going to hurt people.

What you don’t know won’t hurt you. A dubious maxim: sometimes what you don’t know can hurt you very much.

Sticks and stones can't break my soul
But words, they seem to sometimes harm me — Maybe it's because I'm forever hungry — ...for the truth of love.

Healing old hurts can only begin when the children we once were feel safe enough to speak their hearts to the adults we are now.

They say, 'The coward dies many times'; so does the beloved. Didn't the eagle find a fresh liver to tear in Prometheus every time it dined?

Majority of people prefer a good name to a bad name, but to me, anyone can call me anything, as long as it is not written on my face.