Quotes about Injury
What has the Church done to thee, that thou shouldst wish to decapitate her? Thou wouldst take away her Head, and believe in the Head alone, despising the body. Vain is thy service, and false thy devotion to the Head. For to sever it from the body is an injury to both Head and body.
— St. Augustine
I fell and broke my pelvic bone in three places. So, I'm still sort of an invalid now.
— Billy Graham
I am a good person, known and cherished by the One who brought me to my existence. Before I was hurt, I was a beloved.
— Henri Nouwen
A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
— Thomas Jefferson
Music therapy was so important in the early stages of my recovery because it can help retrain different parts of your brain to form language centers in areas where they weren't before you were injured.
— Gabrielle Giffords
The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.
— Tertullian
In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.
— Aesop
Yesterday was my unlucky day. I pricked my right thumb with the blunt end of a big needle.
— Anne Frank
God bears long with the wicked notwithstanding the multitude of their sin, and shall we desire to be revenged because of a single injury?
— AW Pink
Christians believe that there will be a Judgment Day at the end. And it is my belief that on that day justice will be done and there will be a reconciliation between those who have profoundly injured one another takes place.
— Miroslav Volf
Researchers from Britain's Keele University have found that swearing after an injury may help alleviate pain. Evidently, the pain that you feel is inversely proportional to the number of middle names you give Jesus.
— Stephen Colbert
It was a superstition among them that a lover who smoked would always return, even from France. A man's sexual capacity might be injured by smoking, but they would always prefer a faithful to a potent lover.
— Graham Greene