Laura Schlessinger Quotes

I was hurt so deep that I made up my mind never to hurt anybody else, no matter what. I never made jokes about anybody's big ears, their stut-terin', or about them bein' off their nut.

It is important in this journey to remember that just because someone has inflicted hurt upon us, it does not give us the right to do the same. Body shaming and hurtful tactics will never get the job done.

It's easier to hurt someone and make them cry, than it is to dry their eyes.

It is my observations, though, that happiness limits the amount of suffering one is willing to inflict upon others

Being hurt inevitably breeds feelings of hatred towards your attacker. But when we hurt others, we have to deal with their hatred for us, and our own feelings of guilt. But knowing what it feels like to be hurt is exactly why we try to be kind to others. That's what makes us human.

hurting other people is not excusable because you've been hurt yourself.

I've learned that hurting you feels infinitely worse than being hurt myself.

The only causes of regret are laziness, outbursts of temper, hurting others, prejudice, jealousy, and envy.

Why do people always think hurting others is all right, as long as they hurt themselves as well?

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.

To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.

The truth may hurt, but love helps ease the pain.

Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.

If it hurts me, it must hurt the other ones twice as much.

Each of us needs to eliminate our anger, fear and greed. The roots of social conflicts and political tensions are in personal anger, fear and greed.

Developing love and compassion and reducing anger and spite is a universal activity which requires no faith in any religion whatsoever

We shouldn’t use our own upset as an excuse for not helping.

He can kill anything for need but he could not even hurt a feeling for pleasure.

It's not what people do to us that hurts us. In the most fundamental sense, it is our chosen response to what they do to us that hurts us.

The nectar of compassion is so wonderful. If you are committed to keeping it alive, then you are protected. What the other person says will not touch off the anger and irritation in you, because compassion is the real antidote to anger. Nothing can heal anger except compassion. That is why the practice of compassion is a very wonderful practice.

Empathetic listening is an awesome medication for the hurting heart.

No outward thing - nothing, nobody from without - can hurt me inside, psychologically. I recognized that I could only be hurt psychologically by my own wrong actions, which I have control over; by my own wrong reactions (they are tricky, but I have control over them too); or by my own inaction in some situations, like the present world situation, that need action from me. When I recognized all this how free I felt! And I just stopped hurting myself.

When you try rescuing someone and discover they can't be reached, why would you ever throw that back in their face?

We cannot heal what we cannot feel.

The ability to understand the cause of your own suffering gives you the ability to understand ours.