Kyle Carpenter Quotes

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

There were a lot of hard times, and having to have a team of people help me out of the bed, having to use a bedpan is a really tough thing to swallow. But looking back, I'm proud of my scars and what myself and my Marines went through in Marjah.

All of us heal in time. The strongest are born again. We only keep the scars we choose to keep.

My cancer allowed me to explore who I really was. Now I feel like a woman who's able to handle whatever life has dealt her.

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

I'd had episodes before, but I swept them under the carpet. This time, I couldn't do that because everyone knew. I got on with the hard work of getting better and haven't had a blip in almost 10 years.

Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. We can't allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn't think we could be that strong.

No one is perfect in this world, and we all have our battles, but it's the way we get back on our feet and turn it around that really counts.

The low points I had all helped make up my character, so I probably wouldn't want to do away with them because I like being flawed and I like having them help me grow and change and become better and stronger.

There's nothing like being a soldier for confidence or learning your limits or enduring utter humiliation.

Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.

My roots allow me to let go of the fear of failure.

People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them.

Even going back to the haters, it's messed up what they say, but that's made me stronger, and it's built me into who I am today, and I am completely fine with that.

That's the good part of an injury, it strengthens you in many ways.

I am proud of my scars because they show I dedicated myself to a bigger purpose.

The struggles don't define you. It's how you handle them that determines who you are.

It was rough growing up but it was best for me, it's what made Shannon Briggs, it's who I am.

I grew up poor in East Houston. I used to be ashamed of it, but I'm not anymore. It's kind of a badge of courage now.

The scars in my face are the source of my strength.

Take these broken wings and learn to fly.

I had it together on Sunday. By Monday at noon it had cracked. On Tuesday debris Was descending on me. And by Wednesday no part was intact. On Thursday I picked up some pieces. On Friday I picked up the rest. By Saturday, late, It was almost set straight. And on Sunday the world was impressed With how well I had got it together.

The more our bodies fail us, the more naked and more demanding is the spirit, the more open and loving we can become if we are not afraid of what we are and of what we feel. I am not a phoenix yet, but here among the ashes, it may be that the pain is chiefly that of new wings trying to push through.