Shame Quotes

Nobody escapes being wounded. We are all wounded people, whether physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually. The main question is not, 'How can we hide our wounds?' so we don't have to be embarrassed, but 'How can we put our woundedness in the service of others?' When our wounds cease to be a source of shame, and become a source of healing, we have become wounded healers.

Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.

The only shame in masturbation is the shame of not doing it well.

India will have to hang down her head in shame if even one person is left who is said in any way to be untouchable.

To ask may be but a moment's shame, not to ask and remain ignorant is a lifelong shame.

For the first time, I am ashamed to be a German.

Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis.

Survival is your strength not your shame.

When secularization has had its full sway, it will leave a generation devoid of shame. And if you show me a generation that lacks shame, I will show you a generation that is monstrous in its appetite... never satisfied.

Ain't that a shame how they f-ck up ya name.

Shame on you for staying the same.

I don’t have any problem doing anything. The secret is I have no shame.

There's no shame in failing. The only shame is not giving things your best shot.

It's a shame to call somebody a 'diva' simply because they work harder than everybody else.

The shame of being a man - is there any better reason to write?

Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being.

To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.

If you are insulted, if you are accused, if they gossip about you, don't say anything bad. Don't be the one who sees the shame, be the one who corrects it.

If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.

Study carefully,
the character of the one you recommend,
lest their misconduct bring you shame.

It's a shame stupidity isn't painful.

The vanished lives of all are filled with many shames. Therefore do not judge.

If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame.

If you deceive me once shame on you because I have trusted you once and you have deceived me, if you deceive me twice shame on me because I have learnt my lessons and you have deceive me and if you deceive me for the third time shame on me because am a compound fool.

Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it - it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy... When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.

The secret is I have no shame.

One of the few downsides to being awakened is that we no longer require sleep; therefore we also no longer dream. It's a shame, because if I could dream, I know I'd dream about you.

The enemy works overtime to keep us in shame. He knows if he can keep us in shame, he can minimize our intimacy with God.

Scars on the back are a swordsman’s shame.

Be strong, know who you are, no be shame, stand up, e ala e.

You cannot let your parents anywhere near your real humiliations.

I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one's erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death.

Blowfish, did you say?" "Ah, no. Blofis, actually." "Oh, I see," Poseidon said. "A shame. I quite like blowfish.

Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.

Cowardice rightly understood begins with selfishness and ends with shame.

There smites nothing so sharp, nor smelleth so sour as shame.

All violence is an attempt to replace shame with self-esteem.

I am ashamed of anyone who has eyes and still can't see.

There is no shame in black beauty.

The mask was a thing on it's own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-conciousness.

The guilty think all talk is of themselves.

There is no shame in preferring happiness.

Every woman should be filled with shame by the thought that she is a woman.

Doubt is the brother of shame.

You will not achieve happiness if you don't work hard; and it's a shame not to want to work hard.

Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.

It's a sin to be rich, but it's a low down shame to be poor.

Once again, the hopeless cowardly Americans were back to repeat their cowardly act hiding behind a technological advance that God, most gracious, wanted it to be their curse and cause for shame.

Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.

There's no shame in enjoying the quiet life.