Quotes about Self-harm

Resentment is a method of self harm. "As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.

Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.

He was careless of his life; careless of whether he lived or died, but not actively intent on self harm.

If someone is bent on hurting herself, she'll find a way to do it. She was a grown woman; sooner or later, she was responsible for herself.

He who harbors hatred and bitterness injures himself far more than the one towards whom he manifests these evil propensities.

Women play with their beauty as children do with a knife. They wound themselves.

He that wounds himself, even though he has not the right, is not culpable; but if others have wounded him, they are culpable.

You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.

I can hurt myself more than anyone else can, she told her sister. I can do it with my eyes closed.

A Rattlesnake, if Cornered will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is — a biting of oneself. We think we are harming others in holding these spites and hates, but the deeper harm is to ourselves.

A Rattlesnake, if Cornered will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is - a biting of oneself. We think we are harming others in holding these spites and hates, but the deeper harm is to ourselves.

We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.