Inscribed Stories: Reflections Through Quotes About Scars

Discover resilience through words. Quotes About Scar offers a sanctuary for those seeking solace and strength. Explore a curated collection of poignant quotes, reflections, and affirmations celebrating the beauty of scars, both physical and emotional. Whether you seek healing, inspiration, or simply connection, let these timeless words remind you of the power within your journey.

Quotes About Scars To Your Beautiful

But not all scars showed, did they?- Eileen Wilks

Emotional scars run deeper than the Nile and often lie lurking behind a smile.- Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough. – Aisha Tyler

A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means I survived. – Chris Cleave

I look in the mirror and see a few scars, but I like myself. – Steven Adler

Scars are a warrior‘s beauty marks. – Matshona Dhliwayo

The emotional scars of our mistakes will teach us far more than the joy of our successes- Steven Aitchison

Forgiveness is a scalpel that removes emotional scars. – Maxwell Maltz

The best people all have some kind of scar.- Kiera Cass

…real childhood scars heal, but not when band-aids replace self-reflection. – Cameron Conaway

Just because you can’t see my scars it doesn’t mean that I’ve never been hurt. Emotional scars can’t be seen and sometimes they never heal. – Sonya Parker

My scars tell a story. They are a reminder of times when life tried to break me, but failed. They are markings of where the structure of my character was welded. – Steve Maraboli

Sometimes it’s the scars that remind you that you survived. Sometimes the scars tell you that you have healed. – Ashley D. Wallis

Some of us can begin to heal the damage people have done to us by escaping the situation, but some of us need more than that. Tattoos make statements that need to be made. Or hide things that are no one’s business. Your scars are battle wounds, but you don’t see them that way. Yet. – Tammara Webber

I show my scars so that others know they can heal. – Rhacelle Nicol

Maybe I should find another doctor; one who realizes the importance of scars. – Rasmenia Massoud

Scars are not signs of weakness, they are signs of survival and endurance. – Rodney A. Winters

The girl wore her scars the way some women wore their finest jewelry. – Sarah J. Maas

Scars fade with time. And the ones that never go away, well, they build character, maturity, caution. – Erin McCarthy

Some people see scars, and it is wounding they remember. To me, they are proof of the fact that there is healing. – Linda Hogan

I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion. – Yohji Yamamoto

Historic scores cannot be settled, and scars cannot be obliterated. – Ehud Olmert

The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society. – John Lewis

You develop a lot of scars, being interracial. – Wentworth Miller

What doesn’t kill you is gonna leave a scar. – Marilyn Manson

The person may have a scar, but it also means they have a story. – Jodi Picoult

Be proud of every scar on your heart, each one holds a lifetime worth of lessons. – Wallace Stegner

Scars. A sign that you had been hurt. A sign that you had healed. – Benjamin Alire Saenz

Our scars are a witness to the world. They are a part of our story. Healed wounds that are symbols that God has restored us. – Louie Giglio

Our scars make us beautiful. – Danielle Orner

Turn your scars into stars. – Robert H. Schuller

They’re just scars. They’re not you. – Laura Jarratt

Scars show us where we have been, they do not dictate where we are going. – David Rossi

The more you open up, the more you get hurt. So basically, I’m just riddled with scars and I just don’t want any more. – Freddie Mercury

Scars speak more loudly than the sword that caused them. – Paulo Coelho

Scars are evidence that wounds can heal. That wounds don’t last forever. That healing is possible. – Lecrae Moore

Every scar that you have is a reminder not just that you got hurt, but that you survived. – Michelle Obama

Sometimes, the scars are what make us who we are. – Nalini Singh

The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door. – Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Quotes About Scars And Healing

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. – Khalil Gibran

The scars of others should teach us caution. – St. Jerome

God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

What you have to understand is that my thing is not glamour. I love stretch marks and C-section scars and all of that. I’m a grown man. You don’t gotta put on no makeup with me.

All the scars on my body, all the bumps and bruises, all the muscles – that is a story of everything I have done. And it’s not just my story. My ancestors who came before me gave me this vessel to sculpt and mold.

I want ‘Scars to Your Beautiful’ to reach different types of women. The girl I am talking about, it’s me, it’s you – it’s every girl who has struggled with feeling not good enough. I want to talk about all the different extremes that girls go through to feel beautiful.

You can tell a lot about a man from his hands. If they don’t have any scars or calluses on them, you might as well assume they cry at romantic comedy films, too. – Ellen Hollman

We are still living in the aftershock of Hiroshima, people are still the scars of history.

When I was a youth, to be called ‘African’ was a diss. At school, the African kids used to lie and say they were Jamaican. So when I first came in the game, and I’m saying lyrics like, ‘I make Nigerians proud of their tribal scars/ My bars make you push up your chest like bras,’ that was a big deal for me.

I think all women go through periods where we hate this about ourselves, we don’t like that. It’s great to get to a place where you dismiss anything you’re worried about. I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.

Never mind. The self is the least of it. Let our scars fall in love.

Wildfires can leave the land with burn scars that last for years.

I had a remarkably happy childhood; whatever scars I have are self-inflicted.

It’s all part of our journey – scars, mistakes and difficulties we’ve been through.

I got scars on my face that tell some kind of story. I’m looking in the mirror, and I got one scar that’s really two scars – half from a baseball bat and half from playing football in college. I’ll tell you, though, after a while, your face gets so wrinkled up you can hardly see them.

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.

There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.

You don’t learn from successes; you don’t learn from awards; you don’t learn from celebrity; you only learn from wounds and scars and mistakes and failures. And that’s the truth.

When we learn from experience, the scars of sin can lead us to restoration and a renewed intimacy with God.

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?

Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.

A lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when we’re children, but we bear the scars all our life. Whether they’re scars of beauty or scars of ugliness, it’s pretty much in the eye of the beholder.

The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.

No, I don’t want them to remove my scar. Scars are cool.

Love hurts, love scars, love wounds, and mars.

I have actual acting scars.

I think it’s one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates.

I have a lot of scars, man. My mother said that a man is not a man unless he has a scar on his face. And what she meant by a scar was some kind of battle that you had to go through, whether it was psychological or physical. To her, a scar was actually beautiful and not something that marred you.

I have seven scars from having moles removed. One was a melanoma, six were precancerous. Get your moles checked!

I’ve got so many mountains to climb and goals to conquer. I’ve got so many scars I want to leave on the planet. I just feel like I’m not there yet. I feel like I am just getting started.

I don’t want to make a cheap analysis, but when you have, like I did, a father incapable of showing emotion, who spends his life telling you that no one will love you if you aren’t perfect, it leaves scars.

I just don’t want to die without a few scars.

Annual plants are nature’s emergency medical service, seeded in sounds and scars to hold the land until the perennial cover is re-established.

Today, I don’t have any psychological scars, because I am a realist and an optimist. After all, I can’t lose my legs twice.

I asked why me? Why did I have to suffer so much pain and scars? I was just a little girl – I didn’t do anything wrong.

I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.

I look in the mirror and see a few scars, but I like myself.

Turn your scars into stars.

Scars are a truly beautiful thing. Yes, they can be a little ugly on the outside, but scars show that you’re a survivor, that you made it through something, and not only did you make it through, but now you’re stronger and wiser and more educated because of that tough time that you went through.

I think scars are like battle wounds – beautiful, in a way. They show what you’ve been through and how strong you are for coming out of it.

Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.

One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.

Not everybody’s journey is easy, and it wouldn’t be worthwhile if you can’t see what you gained without realizing what kind of battles you’ve been through, what kind of scars you have.

It’s a shallow life that doesn’t give a person a few scars.

Be Proud Of Your Scars Quotes

Be proud of your scars, they show you how far you’ve come.

From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says,I SURVIVED – Craig Scott

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize your strength. Move on. – The Love Notebook

Some wounds never show, not even in the mirror, until we see them in the expressions on the faces of people we love. – Cameron Jace

I don’t think I’ve ever dared to write down what I see in the ruins of me, or tell in any detail the scars and all their secrets. – Ashly Lorenzana

I got a body covered in scars, but then who doesn’t? If you don’t have a few scars, you haven’t really lived. – Lexi Blake

A scar is a testament to a past struggle, a reminder that growth can come from pain. – Steve Maraboli

Scars have the power to remind us that the past is real. – Cormac McCarthy

Scars are tattoos with better stories. – Hugh Jackman

Scars are like memories they hurt but they don’t fade. – Michael Faudet

We all have wounds and scars, but they make us who we are. – Demi Lovato

Scars are stories, history written on the body. – Kathryn Harrison

My scars show pain and suffering, but they also show my will to survive. They’re part of my history that’ll always be there. – Cheryl Rainfield

Losing my mother at such an early age is the scar of my soul. But I feel like it ultimately made me into the person I am today; I understand the journey of life. I had to go through what I did to be here. – Mariska Hargitay

Each image suggests an inner reality, a kind of scar of the past, a reflection of an act or an event once lived. – Peter C Bunnell

I’m a grown woman. I’ve earned my experiences, my scars. – Tori Amos

Bullying can leave scars that do not heal. – Megyn Kelly

I talk about airplanes and things like that while my scars are on clear view. – Tig Notaro

Fiction is risky for writers also in that the process of making certain books, of shaping certain narratives, leaves scars and marks on your inner life. – Chris Abani

What I’m most interested in is not necessarily the wound, but the scar. Not how someone is wounded, but what the scar does later. – Daniel Alarcon

I understand the lifelong scars born by women who are victims of assault and abuse. – Jeff Sessions

The beauty’s in the scars. – Joshua Homme

And be grateful. Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real. – Thomas Harris

You can look forward with hope, because one day there will be no more separation, no more scars, and no more suffering in My Fathers House. It’s the home of your dreams! – Anne Graham Lotz

He who wears the emotional and physical scars of life should do so with honor and integrity. – R.J. Intindola

…the wounds of the past and the scars of the present don’t disfigure me in your eyes – because you know the price I pay for loving you … – John Gedde

Never be ashamed of the scars that life has left you with. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed, you endured the pain and God has healed you. – Nishan Panwar

The adventurer in me felt obliged to testify with a quicker instrument than a brush to the scars of the world. – Henri Cartier-Bresson

Scars are an affirmation of living. – Joshua Wisenbaker

Some people, like my dad, have invisible scars; others, like Tia, have scars you can see. – Glenda Millard

I think scars are like battle wounds-beautiful, in a way. They show what you’ve been through and how strong you are for coming out of it. – Demi Lovato

We’ve been through a lot, and though many of the wounds have healed, the scars they’ve left behind still throb every now and then. – Neha Yazmin

Words! What power they hold. Once they have rooted in your psyche, it is difficult to escape them. Words can shape the future of a child and destroy the existence of an adult. Words are powerful. Be careful how you use them because once you have pronounced them, you cannot remove the scar they leave behind. – Vashti Quiroz-Vega

A lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when we’re children, but we bear the scars all our life. Whether they’re scars of beauty or scars of ugliness, it’s pretty much in the eye of the beholder. – Stephen King

I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess. – Angelina Jolie

What you have to understand is that my thing is not glamour. I love stretch marks and C-section scars and all of that. I’m a grown man. You don’t gotta put on no makeup with me. – Tracy Morgan

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love? – Fulton J. Sheen

We didn’t talk about our scars, the ones you could see and the ones you couldn’t. – Sarah Dessen

Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering to become is in our own hands. – Bell Hooks

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as a secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh. – Leonard Cohen

Woman With Scars Quotes

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.

Turn your scars into stars.

I am a human being, with feelings and emotions and scars and flaws, just like anyone else.

There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature.

Our scars make us beautiful. – Danielle Orner

To be alive at all is to have scars. – John Steinbeck

Scars are an affirmation of living. – Joshua Wisenbaker

The marks humans leave are too often scars. – John Green

Scars are a warrior’s beauty marks. – Matshona Dhliwayo

Scars speak more loudly than the sword that caused them. – Paulo Coelho

The person may have a scar, but it also means they have a story. – Jodi Picoult

Scars fade with time. And the ones that never go away, well, they build character, maturity, caution.

I don’t think I’ve ever dared to write down what I see in the ruins of me, or tell in any detail the scars and all their secrets. – Ashly Lorenzana

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars. – Carly Simon

Scars show toughness: that you’ve been through it, and you’re still standing. – Theo Rossi

Scars are the price you pay for success. – Melvin Van Peebles

Scars remind you of difficult places in your life that you’ve championed. – Bret Bielema

I am proud of my scars because they show I dedicated myself to a bigger purpose. – Kyle Carpenter

There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with. – Harry Crews

I’m grateful for every scar, some pages turned, some bridges burned, but there were lessons learned. – Carrie Underwood

Life gives you enough scars, you don`t need to manufacture your own. – Andy Biersack

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. – Kahlil Gibran

There is a thing about beauty. Beauty is always associated with the male fantasy of what the female body is. I don’t think there is anything wrong with beauty. It’s just what women think is beautiful can be different. And there can be a beauty in individualism. If there is a wart or a scar, this can be beautiful, in a sense, when you paint it. – Jenny Saville

Life goes on but the scars remain. – Lil Wayne

Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older. – Hans Selye

On the back of Satan’s neck is a nail scarred footprint. – C. S. Lewis

The wound is the place where the Light enters you. – Rumi

I don’t want to die without any scars. – Chuck Palahniuk

It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone. – Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real. – Cormac McCarthy

He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none. – Madeline Miller

The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars. – Bertolt Brecht

Stop punishing yourself for being someone with a heart. You cannot protect yourself from suffering. To live is to grieve. You are not protecting yourself by shutting yourself off from the world. You are limiting yourself. – Leigh Bardugo

Scars are just another kind of memory. – M.L. Stedman

In a perverse way, I was glad for the stitches, glad it would show, that there would be scars. What was the point in just being hurt on the inside? It should bloody well show. – Janet Fitch

I’ve got more bruises and scars on my legs than should be there. And I’m a physical person. That’s why I like action movies. I like to get real into it all and get real down and dirty.

Everyone always wants to know how you can tell when it’s true love, and the answer is this: when the pain doesn’t fade and the scars don’t heal, and it’s too damned late. – Jonathan Tropper

Scars are not injuries, Tanner Sack. A scar is a healing. After injury, a scar is what makes you whole. -China Miéville

It’s easy for someone to joke about scars if they’ve never been cut. – William Shakespeare

Scars show toughness: that you’ve been through it, and you’re still standing. – Theo Rossi