Quotes about Hurt

As Eleanor Roosevelt observed, "No one can hurt you without your consent." In the words of Gandhi, "They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them." It is our willing permission, our consent to what happens to us, that hurts us far more than what happens to us in the first place.

It's not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us. Of course, things can hurt us physically or economically and can cause sorrow. But our character, our basic identity, does not have to be hurt at all.

It is not what others do or even our own mistakes that hurt us the most; it is our response to those things.

It's not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.

It's not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us. Of course, things can hurt us physically or economically

When we give ourselves in love we become our most vulnerable. We are never safe. We become open to disappointment and hurt.

Love's wounds can be healed only by the one who inflicts them.

You have enemies. For who can live on this earth without them? Take heed to yourselves: love them. In no way can your enemy so hurt you by his violence, as you hurt yourself if you love him not.

The love we do not show here on Earth is the only thing that hurts us in the after-life.

Jesus went without comfort so that you might have it. He postponed joy so that you might share in it. He willingly chose isolation so that you might never be alone in your hurt and sorrow. He had no real fellowship so that fellowship might be yours, this moment. This alone is enough cause for great gratitude!

The most hurtful thing is not what comes from our adversaries, it's what comes from our friends.

You get about 20 people in the audience calling you a cheat. It hurts your feelings.