Hurtful Quotes

• Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden,
  but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Sin, Forbidden Fruit, Poor Richard

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.35, Nayika Publishing

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• A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

  Simone Weil

  Kindness, Optimistic, Mean People

  Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.72, Psychology Press

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• Be careful what you say. You can say something hurtful in ten seconds, but ten years later, the wounds are still there.

  Joel Osteen

  Years, Be Careful, Careful What You Say

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• Once you squeeze toothpaste out, you can't put it back into the tube. The same is true with our words. Once we say something hurtful, we can't take it back

  LeBron James

  Our Words, Toothpaste, Tubes

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• Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

  George Washington

  4th Of July, Army, Numbers

  George Washington, John Clement Fitzpatrick, David Maydole Matteson (1777). “The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799”, p.359

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• At times we're going to get angry. Anger is an emotion God built into us. But we don't have to blow up and say hurtful things that are going to damage our relationships. Learn to take a step back, collect your thoughts, and think about what you want to say.

  Joel Osteen

  Thinking, Blow, Steps

  Joel Osteen (2012). “It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set”, p.147, Simon and Schuster

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• The bottom line is, insults only hurt when they come from someone I respect.

  Kresley Cole

  Respect, Hurt, Insulting

  Kresley Cole (2012). “Lothaire”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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• It’s your own expectations that hurt you. Not the world you live in. Whatever happens in the world is real. What you think should happen is unreal. So people are hurt by their expectations. You know , you’re not disappointed by the world, you are disappointed by your own projections.

  Jacque Fresco

  Life, Hurt, Disappointment

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• 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 that this is something that you cannot avoid. You know, being a woman, there have to be lines drawn somewhere. But I am the kind who accepts that this is my journey and I have to go through some amount of hurt.

  Katrina Kaif

  Hurt, Journey, Lines

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• Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Hope, Wisdom, Integrity

  Benjamin Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..., 1”, p.129

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• Imagine you are walking in the woods and you see a small dog sitting by a tree. As you approach it, it suddenly lunges at you, teeth bared. You are frightened and angry. But then you notice that one of its legs is caught in a trap. Immediately your mood shifts from anger to concern: You see that the dog's aggression is coming from a place of vulnerability and pain. This applies to all of us. When we behave in hurtful ways, it is because we are caught in some kind of trap. The more we look through the eyes of wisdom at ourselves and one another, the more we cultivate a compassionate heart.

  Tara Brach

  Dog, Pain, Heart

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• You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt

  William Watson Purkey

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.

  Ivan Turgenev

  Too Late, Late

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• Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

  Seneca the Younger

  Hate, Crazy, Anger

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Treat not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.

  Gautama Buddha

  Way, Treats, Golden Rule

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• Nothing is as uncomfortable, dangerous and hurtful as believing that I'm standing on the outside of my life looking in and wondering what it would be like if I had the courage to show up and let myself be seen.

  Brené Brown

  Believe, Would Be, Wonder

  Brené Brown (2013). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.149, Penguin UK

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• A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

  Clarence Day

  Money, Hurt, Taken

  Clarence Day (1921). “The Crow's Nest”

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• Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

  Haruki Murakami

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Murakami Haruki, (2012). “L'arte di correre”, p.8, Giulio Einaudi Editore

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• Life has been some combination of fairy-tale coincidence and joie de vivre and shocks of beauty together with some hurtful self-questioning.

  Sylvia Plath

  Self Questioning, Together, Fairy Tale

  Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.555, Anchor

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• 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 him to death does right and well. Therefore let everyone who can, smite, slay and stab, secretly or openly, remembering that nothing can be more poisonous, hurtful, or devilish than a rebel.

  Martin Luther

  Rebel, Doe, Firsts

  Martin Luther, Jene M. Porter (1974). “Luther: Selected Political Writings”, Philadelphia : Fortress Press

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• I will not lie to you. These false attacks are absolutely hurtful.

  Donald Trump

  Lying

  Donald Trump's Speech Responding To Assault Accusations, www.npr.org. October 13, 2016.

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• It is extremely hurtful when women tell me I don't understand or know how they feel.

  Kim Lyons

  Feels, Know How, Knows

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• At the core of everything that is hurtful to humanity is a lack of consciousness.

  Russell Simmons

  Humanity, Consciousness, Core

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• It is less hurtful to compel a man to marry someone whom he does not love than to follow a religion in which he does not believe.

  Roger Williams

  Believe, Men, Doe

  Source: www.libertymagazine.org

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• A good principle not rightly understood may prove as hurtful as a bad.

  John Milton

  Principles, May, Prove

  John Milton (1872). “The Prose Works of John Milton ...: With a Preface, Preliminary Remarks, and Notes”, p.379

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