Wounded Quotes

478 quotes by 413 authors

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know they are wretched for they… — W. Somerset Maugham
Wakening from the dreaming forest there, the hazel-sprig sang under my tongue, its drifting fragrance climbed up through my conscious mind as if suddenly the… — Pablo Neruda
Probably to a shark, about the funniest thing there is is a wounded seal, trying to swim to shore, because WHERE DOES HE THINK HE'S… — Jack Handey
Churches are not museums that display perfect people. They are hospitals where the wounded, hurt, injured and broken find healing. — Nicky Gumbel
In the three years since our nation began operations in Iraq, more than 2,500 Americans have been killed and more than 18,000 Americans have been… — Ike Skelton
Honestly, I had no idea that the heart could cause such trouble and strife. It could be broken and still mend. It could be wounded… — Sally Gardner
McEwan's Atonementâ€¦truly dazzles, proving to be as much about the art and morality of writing as it is about the pastâ€¦. The middle section of… — Noah Richler
What a strange thing it is to recognize a sound like the shriek of a wounded animal, when you've never heard the shriek of a… — John L'Heureux
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. Itâ€™s a relationship between equals. — Pema Chodron
I'm an animal love, but I don't have the smarts to be a vet, or the heart to have been a vet cause I cry… — Julie Gold
A relationship that has any depth and power at all will inevitably penetrate our usual shield of defenses, exposing our most tender and sensitive spots,… — John Welwood
In that inevitable, excruciatingly human moment, we are offered a powerful choice. This choice is perhaps one of the most vitally important choices we will… — Wayne Muller
We must keep in mind that where the road is crooked, God makes it straight, and where our hearts are wounded, God makes us whole.… — Marianne Williamson
Forgiveness means accepting what is or what has been and becoming willing to see it differently. You cannot un-hear what you have heard or un-see… — Iyanla Vanzant
How strange that we should ordinarily feel compelled to hide our wounds when we are all wounded. — M. Scott Peck
Healing comes when we meet our wounded places with compassion. — Stephen Levine
No person, possession, profession, or position ever fills the cup of a wounded, empty heart. It's an emptiness only God can fill. — Lysa TerKeurst
Your character defects are not where you're bad, but where you're wounded. But no matter who or what causes the wound, it's yours now and… — Marianne Williamson
Post-â€‹wounded women know that postures of pain play into limited and outmoded conceptions of womanhood. Their hurt has a new native language spoken in several… — Leslie Jamison
The wounded child inside many females is a girl who was taught from early childhood on that she must become something other than herself, deny… — Bell Hooks

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