Everyone’s heard the saying that time is the only cure for healing wounds. But who can put a time stamp on healing the pain life has caused?
Each person is different, and each individual finds a different path to healing and in their own time. Healing emotional wounds can take even longer than physical wounds.
The way that someone heals from pain depends on their upbringing, their beliefs, coping mechanisms, and the severity of the pain itself. These coupled with time pushes an individual through the healing process.
These quotes about healing wounds and scars of the past will show you there is hope and it is a possibility to move forward and leave the pain behind.
“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
“The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it…”
Nicholas Sparks
Pain is a sudden hurt that can’t be escaped. But then I have also learned that because of pain, I can feel the beauty, tenderness, and freedom of healing.
C. JoyBell C.
“Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.”
David Richo
“As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation — either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
“Only time can heal your broken heart. Just as only time can heal his broken arms and legs.”
“Just like there’s always time for pain, there’s always time for healing.”
“We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.”
“The wounds that never heal can only be mourned alone.”
“I want to be the best version of myself for anyone who is going to someday walk into my life and need someone to love them beyond reason.”
“The human heart has a way of making itself large again even after it’s been broken into a million pieces.”
“My scars remind me that I did indeed survive my deepest wounds. That in itself is an accomplishment. And they bring to mind something else, too. They remind me that the damage life has inflicted on me has, in many places, left me stronger and more resilient. What hurt me in the past has actually made me better equipped to face the present.”
“And so I wait. I wait for time to heal the pain and raise me to me feet once again – so that I can start a new path, my own path, the one that will make me whole again.”
“You have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that. We think so often that we are helpless, but we’re not. We always have the power of our minds…Claim and consciously use your power.”
“You don’t need another Human Being to make your life complete, but let’s be honest. Having your wounds kissed by someone who doesn’t see them as disasters In your soul, but cracks to put their love into, Is the most calming thing in this World.”
“Time didn’t heal, but it anesthetized. The human mind could only feel so much.”
“It is our wounds that create in us a desire to reach for miracles. The fulfillment of such miracles depends on whether we let our wounds pull us down or lift us up towards our dreams.”
“To recognize one’s own insanity is, of course, the arising of sanity, the beginning of healing and transcendence.”
“A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.”
“But pain’s like water. It finds a way to push through any seal. There’s no way to stop it. Sometimes you have to let yourself sink inside of it before you can learn how to swim to the surface.”
“I can do this… I can start over. I can save my own life and I’m never going to be alone as long as I have stars to wish on and people to still love.”
“As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.”
“Empaths did not come into this world to be victims, we came to be warriors. Be brave. Stay strong. We need all hands on deck.”
“Healing wasn’t always the best thing. Sometimes a hole was better left open. Sometimes it healed too thick and too well and left separate pieces fused and incompetent. And it was harder to reopen after that.”
“Even when muddy your wings sparkle bright wonders that heal broken worlds.”
“History dressed up in the glow of love’s kiss turned grief into beauty.”
“Those who overcome great challenges will be changed, and often in unexpected ways. For our struggles enter our lives as unwelcome guests, but they bring valuable gifts. And once the pain subsides, the gifts remain. These gifts are life’s true treasures, bought at great price, but cannot be acquired in any other way.”
“It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on to a brighter world.”
“Don’t turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you.”
“I’m not everything I want to be, but I’m more than I was, and I’m still learning.”
“My heart will still ache sometimes. Maybe more often than not. I think it’s possible to be healed without feeling whole.”
“Given enough time and distance, the heart will always heal.”
“Sensitive people feel so deeply they often have to retreat from the world, in order to dig beneath the layers of pain to find their faith and courage.”
“Pain serves a purpose. Without it you are in danger. What you cannot feel you cannot take care of.”
“I show my scars so that others know they can heal.”
“We are all a little schizophrenic. Each of us has three different people living inside us every day—who you were, who you are and who you will become. The road to sanity is to recognize those identities, in order to know who you are today.”
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“When you find out that there was never anything in the dark side to be afraid of … Nothing is left but to love.”
“Emotional pain cannot kill you, but running from it can. Allow. Embrace. Let yourself feel. Let yourself heal.”
“There is comfort in knowing that you don’t have to pretend anymore, that you are going to do everything within your power to heal.”
“Instead of saying, “I’m damaged, I’m broken, I have trust issues” say “I’m healing, I’m rediscovering myself, I’m starting over.”
“Even the smallest shift in perspective can bring about the greatest healing.”
“Remember that grief is a necessary pain. It’s your only way to heal. To starve it will destroy you.”
“She wore her battle scars like wings, looking at her you would never know that once upon a time she forgot how to fly”
“Give it air & let the scar on your soul reveal itself, because, like the body, it too was made to heal itself.”
“To let go is the most liberating of all acts.”
“To recognize one’s own insanity is, of course, the arising of sanity, the beginning of healing and transcendence.”
Eckhart Tolle
“One thing: you have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path. It is not so cheap, to reach to the ultimate realization of truth. You will have to create the path by walking yourself; the path is not ready-made, lying there and waiting for you. It is just like the sky: the birds fly, but they don’t leave any footprints. You cannot follow them; there are no footprints left behind.”
Osho
“But pain’s like water. It finds a way to push through any seal. There’s no way to stop it. Sometimes you have to let yourself sink inside of it before you can learn how to swim to the surface.”
Katie Kacvinsky
“It is our wounds that create in us a desire to reach for miracles. The fulfillment of such miracles depends on whether we let our wounds pull us down or lift us up towards our dreams.”
Jocelyn Soriano
“You have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that. We think so often that we are helpless, but we’re not. We always have the power of our minds…Claim and consciously use your power.”
Louise L. Hay
“Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you – all of the expectations, all of the beliefs – and becoming who you are.”
Rachel Naomi Remen
“Healing is embracing what is most feared; healing is opening what has been closed, softening what has hardened into obstruction, healing is learning to trust life.”
Jeanne Achterberg
“The human heart has a way of making itself large again even after it’s been broken into a million pieces.”
Robert James Waller
“The place of true healing is a fierce place. It’s a giant place. It’s a place of monstrous beauty and endless dark and glimmering light. And you have to work really, really, really hard to get there, but you can do it.”
Cheryl Strayed
“We are all damaged. We have all been hurt. We have all had to learn painful lessons. We are all recovering from some mistake, loss, betrayal, abuse, injustice, or misfortune. All of life is a process of recovery that never ends. We each must find ways to accept and move through the pain and to pick ourselves back up. For each pang of grief, depression, doubt, or despair there is an inverse toward renewal coming to you in time. Each tragedy is an announcement that some goodwill indeed come in time. Be patient with yourself.”
Bryant McGill
“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.”
Caroline Myss
“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
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
Kahlil Gibran
“My scars remind me that I did indeed survive my deepest wounds. That in itself is an accomplishment. And they bring to mind something else, too. They remind me that the damage life has inflicted on me has, in many places, left me stronger and more resilient. What hurt me in the past has actually made me better equipped to face the present.”
Steve Goodier
“We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.”
Pema Chödrön
“For the human soul is virtually indestructible, and its ability to rise from the ashes remains as long as the body draws breath.”
Alice Miller
“You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people, but until you heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed. You must find the strength to open the wounds, stick your hands inside, pull out the core of the pain that is holding you in your past, the memories, and make peace with them”
Iyanla Vanzant
“Other people are going to find healing in your wounds. Your greatest life messages and your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.”
Rick Warren
“Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that’s good.”
Elizabeth Edwards
“Life is full of hurts, and it always will be. As long as you live, people are going to offend you, hurt you, and disappoint you. But you needn’t let their actions control your response and outlook on life. You can learn to rise above life’s disappointments.”
Prince Akwarandu
“Do not look for healing at the feet of those who broke you.”
Rupi Kaur
“You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky
“When a river of tears and a load of grief keep on flowing from a mountain of broken trust, feelings may relentlessly besiege the stronghold of our flesh. Only a timely adjustment with our mental compass can shore up confidence, resilience; and reliance.”
Erik Pevernagie
“Scars fade with time. And the ones that never go away, well, they build character, maturity, caution.”
Erin McCarthy
“Everyone breaks a little sometimes. That doesn’t make you weak. It makes you wounded. And I will always be there to help you heal”
J. Kenner
“You have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that. We think so often that we are helpless, but we’re not. We always have the power of our minds…Claim and consciously use your power.”
Louise L. Hay
“And in the end, we were all just humans… drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness.”
Christopher Poindexter
“Healing wasn’t always the best thing. Sometimes a hole was better left open. Sometimes it healed too thick and too well and left separate pieces fused and incompetent. And it was harder to reopen after that.”
Ann Brashares
“We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment.”
Michael Jackson
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“Your heart will fix itself. It’s your mind you need to worry about. Your mind where you locked the memories, your mind where you have kept pieces of the ones that hurt you, that still cut through you like shards of glass. Your mind will keep you up at night, make you cry, destroy you over and over again. You need to convince your mind that it has to let go… because your heart already knows how to heal.”
Nikita Gill
“Forgiveness has nothing to do with absolving a criminal of his crime. It has everything to do with relieving oneself of the burden of being a victim – letting go of the pain and transforming oneself from victim to survivor.”
C.R. Strahan
“It takes skill to be real. Time to heal each other”
Tupac Shakur
“My body was broken—just how badly I wouldn’t find out until later—but I felt healed. Healed at last. I laughed.”
Khaled Hosseini
“I hope to one day see a sea of people all wearing silver ribbons as a sign that they understand the secret battle, and as a celebration of the victories made each day as we individually pull ourselves up out of our foxholes to see our scars heal, and to remember what the sun looks like.”
Jenny Lawson
“The human mind is a fearful instrument of adaptation, and in nothing is this more clearly shown than in its mysterious powers of resilience, self-protection, and self-healing.”
Thomas Wolfe
Works Cited
Healing Quotes (4479 quotes) (goodreads.com)
30 Impactful Healing Quotes for Daily Inspiration (bemytravelmuse.com)
115 Powerful Healing Quotes to Help You Recover – Planet of Success
