Quotes About Shame

Jane smothered the glow and burn within her, ashamed of a passion for freedom that opposed her duty.

Janie sat like a lump and waited. It was not death she feared. It was misunderstanding. If they made a verdict that she didn't want Tea Cake and wanted him dead, then that was a real sin and a shame. It was worse than murder.

I have nothing to be ashamed of. And I love to talk about the things that I am ashamed of.

It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.

The things people are ashamed of come through in whatever their outerwear is. I suppose I am always looking for that, even if it's somebody who, on the outside, seems to be perfect.

I want Sonnen to feel ashamed of how bad he'll be beaten by me.

I was so ashamed of who I was.

It's not about me. It's about not having to be ashamed.

I'm ashamed of what I did.

I was a little bit ashamed of American TV because I thought, 'None of the shows my father works on are as funny as my father.'

I have made mistakes, but I feel that the people who have done things to me - they should be ashamed.

I was ashamed of it, of the poverty I came from.

Some of the things I've done in my life I'm ashamed of.

For some reason, I was deeply ashamed of the theater early on. I think it had to do with this growing sense I was gay, although I couldn't have put a word to it back then.

I've done things in the media I was not only not proud of, I was ashamed of.

I give the worst possible relationship advice to people. I am not ashamed.

I can get incredibly angry, to the point that I get ashamed of my actions.

Some of the things I have done... of course I'm ashamed of in the past... was just to put food on the table and just take care of my family.

I was ashamed. My son is a drug addict. What does this mean about me?

We all have things we're ashamed of.

My children feel proud of me. Since their father is honest, they have nothing to be ashamed about.

I certainly couldn't have written 'Angela's Ashes' when my mother was alive, because she would have been ashamed.

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.

He has defiled his father's grave.