Kris Kristofferson Quotes

I broke my back, I broke my ankle. I didn't cry then.

I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful, in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you are for coming out of it.

It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.

I speak to people who have been through so much more.

I have a lot of scars, man. My mother said that a man is not a man unless he has a scar on his face. And what she meant by a scar was some kind of battle that you had to go through, whether it was psychological or physical. To her, a scar was actually beautiful and not something that marred you.

I know that I'm very lucky to be alive. For 35 or 40 years I've spilt my blood and broke my bones and spent years in hospitals.

I didn't lead a very wise life, myself, but it was a full one and a grown-up one. You come of age very quickly through shipwreck and disaster.

Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.

People who come up through life or literature the hard way must inevitably carry their scars with them into composition.

I had to fight; I had to fall, and I had to get hurt to be where I am.

Through all the hardships and all the operations and all the hospitals, all that stuff each part of my life, there's been some goodness, some greatness that comes in here and helps me to be strong, to continue what I'm doing.

Injuries make you stronger.

I am a big believer in life in this fact: Scars are a very beautiful thing.

I was injured many times, but life is like this, and I have to accept this.

I want to share the things I've done, the things I've survived, the things I've struggled through.

Not everybody's journey is easy, and it wouldn't be worthwhile if you can't see what you gained without realizing what kind of battles you've been through, what kind of scars you have.

With, or despite our scars, we stay alive.

Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you.

I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different styles and adjust to them. I had to face a lot of bad situations and come back. I've had to fight with my eyes swollen shut and my nose broken and bloody.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.

Scars show toughness: that you've been through it, and you're still standing.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals.