Scar Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old scar quotes, scar sayings, and scar proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Scars are beautiful when we see them as glorious reminders that we courageously survived. Lysa Terkeurst
Scars show toughness: that you've been through it, and you're still standing. Theo Rossi
Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real. Cormac Mccarthy
Every winner has scars. Herbert Newton Casson
Don't hide your scars. They make you who you are. Frank Sinatra
It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars. Garrison Keillor
The scars of others should teach us caution. St. Jerome
Every scar has a life of its own and a space in my heart. Paulo Coelho
Scars fade with time. And the ones that never go away, well, they build character, maturity, caution. Erin McCarthy
From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, "I survived." Craig Scott
My scars tell a story. They are reminders of when life tried to break me, but failed. unknown
Never again will I justify the scars just because I loved the person holding the knife. Steve Maraboli
The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. Douglas Macarthur
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
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 just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it. Carly Simon
Let our scars fall in love. Galway Kinnell
Hate leaves ugly scars, love leaves beautiful ones. Mignon McLaughlin
Scars are memory. Like sutures. They stitch the past to me. China Miéville
He jests at scars who never felt a wound. William Shakespeare
Because nobody goes through life without a scar. Carol Burnett
Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again. Rosa Parks
A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh. Leonard Cohen
A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars. Carly Simon
I just don't want to die without a few scars. Chuck Palahniuk
When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing. Rabindranath Tagore
Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh. Leonard Cohen
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
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. Angela Carter
It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow