Words Hurt Quotes

• How many times in life can we make decisions that are important but will not hurt anyone? Are we obligated- maybe we are- to say yes to any choice when no one will be hurt? We use the word hurt when talking about things like this because when these things go wrong it can feel as if you were hit in the sternum by a huge animal that's run for miles just to strike you.

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  Dave Eggers

  Running   Hurt   Animal  

  Dave Eggers (2007). “How We Are Hungry”, p.40, Vintage

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• Because even the smallest of words can be the ones to hurt you, or save you.

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  Natsuki Takaya

  Hurt   Words Hurt   Words Can Hurt  

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• A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.

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  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational   4th Of July   Recovery  

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.11, Nayika Publishing

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• actions speak louder than words

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  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Inspirational   Suicide   Wisdom  

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.659, Simon and Schuster

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• Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit--- YOU choose.

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  Solomon

  Giving   Poison   Fruit  

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• Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.

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  C. S. Lewis

  Hurt   Heart   Silence  

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• Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can hurt like hell.

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  Chuck Palahniuk

  Hurt   May   Stones  

  "Lullaby". Chapter 14. Book by Chuck Palahniuk, 2002.

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• Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.

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  Yehuda Berg

  Inspirational   Encouragement   Hurt  

  FaceBook post by Yehuda Berg from Sep 15, 2010

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• A club hurts the flesh, but evil words hurt the bone.

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  Matthew Polly

  Hurt   Evil   Wickedness  

  Matthew Polly (2007). “American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in theNe w China”, p.252, Penguin

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• Perhaps we have been guilty of speaking against someone and have not realized how it may have hurt them. Then when someone speaks against us, we suddenly realize how deeply such words hurt, and we become sensitive to what we have done.

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  Theodore Epp

  Hurt   Done   May  

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• Sometimes people say terrible things when they're scared. They don't mean to, but they can't help it. They lash out because if they can see that their words hurt someone else, it makes them feel as if they aren't completely powerless.

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  Jonathan Maberry

  Hurt   Mean   People  

  Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone”, p.684, Simon and Schuster

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• Words don't hurt you." Which is one of the hugest criminal lies perpetrated by adults against children in this world. Because words hurt more than any physical pain.

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  Neal Shusterman

  Hurt   Children   Pain  

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Downsiders”, p.213, Simon and Schuster

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• Sticks and stones may break my bones, but chains and whips excite me.

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  Rihanna

  Bullying   Dry Bones   Useless Life  

  Song: S&M, Album: Loud

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• Good medicine is bitter to the mouth, but has an effect on the disease. Faithful words hurt one's ears, but have value for one's conduct.

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  Takeda Nobushige

  Hurt   Medicine   Faithful  

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