Hurtful Quotes

197 quotes by 174 authors

Not only do I never lie, I never respond to lies, no matter how vicious, no matter how hurtful. — Paula Abdul
To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful. — Samuel Johnson
When a man is to travel into a far country...one staff in his hand may comfortably support him, but a bundle of staves would be… — Richard Sibbes
All other knowledge is hurtful to him who has not honesty and good-nature — Michel de Montaigne
We need to regularly stop and take stock; to sit down and determine within ourselves which things are worth valuing and which things are not;… — Epictetus
But would we know, whether the pretended prophet had really attained a just sentiment of morals? Let us attend to his narration; and we shall… — David Hume
Perhaps losing integrity with yourself is the greatest stress of all, far more hurtful to us than competition, time pressure, or lack of respect. Our… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly. — Benjamin Franklin
Keep writing. Keep doing it and doing it. Even in the moments when it's so hurtful to think about writing. — Heather Armstrong
Everybody has seen that I make mistakes. Every single album I have ever made is about love. But I am not going to give up.… — Jennifer Lopez
Everyone goes through their own journey. Sometimes things can get hurtful. But sometimes too much intrusion of privacy can get to you, but I know… — Katrina Kaif
I can look back and recognize the things I've done and said that were wrong: unethical, gratuitously hurtful, golden-rule-breaking, et cetera. Sometimes the wrongness was… — Emily Gould
It was really hurtful to me. I get so much mail from young girls who say, 'I look up to you, you're not as skinny… — Tyra Banks
There's a difference between people who do hurtful things because they're evil and people who do bad things because of their circumstances. — Bree Despain
On religion in particular, the time appears to me to have come, when it is a duty of all who, being qualified in point of… — John Stuart Mill
Anyone who can be proved to be a seditious person is an outlaw before God and the emperor; and whoever is the first to put… — Martin Luther
Sometimes the most hurtful thing is the silence of friends, not the words of enemies — Lisa Vanderpump
In some instances, you may care so much about the person who has hurt you, or be so unable to be angry with him (or… — Paul Ekman
We don't take a macro view... We'd look at every company to figure out if trade sanctions are helpful or hurtful. — Robert Pozen
When we forgive someone, we do not forget the hurtful act, as if forgetting came along with the forgiveness package, the way strings come with… — Lewis B. Smedes

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