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Quotes About Shame

Will, therefore, is the unbroken determination to exercise free choice as well as self-restraint, in spite of the unavoidable experience of shame and doubt in infancy.
~ Erik Erikson
If you have not the experience, ask. There is no shame in asking, but do not pretend you know when you don't.
~ Mother Teresa
Feeling alone and unseen can intensify the experience of being harassed, shamed, or bullied.
~ Monica Lewinsky
Failure is no shame - but not making the attempt is despicable.
~ Unknown
What people are afraid of isn't failure. It's blame. Criticism.
~ Seth Godin
When you get used to being let down, you will never be ashamed of failure.
~ Uzoma Nnadi
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Broken, shattered, life filled with pain. Lonely, forgotten, eyes filled with shame. Lost, confused, heart filled with hurt. Praying, longing for life not to get worse.
~ Unknown
A shot to kill the pain. A pill to drain the shame. A purge to end the gain. A cut to break the vein. A smoke to ease the crave. A drink to win the game. An addiction is an addiction because it all hurts the same.
~ Unknown
I feel lonely every single day of my life but I'm ashamed to admit that to the people who love me.
~ Unknown
Life has this funny and annoying way of making you feel guilty for things you failed to do.
~ Unknown
I was too wild to feel any shame. It was true. I would not just uproot the world, but tear it, burn it, do any evil I could to keep Glaucos by my side.
~ Madeline Miller
Eskiden beri çocuklar?m?n en kötüsüydün," dedi. "?erefime leke sürmeye kalkma sak?n." "Benim daha iyi bir fikrim var. Can?m?n istedi?ini yapaca??m, sen de çocuklar?n? sayarken beni aralar?na katma.
~ Madeline Miller
Aquiles se sonrojó como si le hubieran abofeteado. Una cosa era llevar un vestido, impelido por la necesidad, y otra muy distinta que todos lo supieran. Nuestro pueblo reservaba los más feos apelativos para los hombres que actuaban como mujeres; semejantes insultos habían provocado la pérdida de muchas vidas.
~ Madeline Miller
For who can be be ashamed to lose to such beauty? It was enough to watch him win.
~ Madeline Miller
I have long known about madmen and kings; I have long known about feeling real. I have long been lucky enough to feel real, no matter what diminishments or depressions have come my way. And I have long known that the moment of queer pride is a refusal to be shamed by witnessing the other as being ashamed of you.
~ Maggie Nelson
And I have long known that the moment of queer pride is a refusal to be shamed by witnessing the other as being ashamed of you.
~ Maggie Nelson
Middle aged women are such easy prey, like they're supposed to walk around with eyes averted, hanging their heads in shame at their wreckage. (Bellamy)
~ Maggie Nelson
To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace
~ Malcolm X
I wish... I wish he wasn't quite so ashamed of me. And if he could stop feeling so ashamed of himself, then maybe we might stand a chance.
~ Malorie Blackman
Did you love Melanie?" asked Adam unexpectedly. There was no pause before I shook my head. "That's a shame," said Adam. "Why?" "Well, someone as special as your daughter should've been... made with love.
~ Malorie Blackman
myself. I'd felt ashamed of myself a lot recently, and, if I'm honest, part of me resented Callum for it. I didn't want to feel guilty for just being, but that's how he was beginning to make me feel.
~ Malorie Blackman
We all make mistakes in our youth of which we are ashamed. The difference is that the rest of us can forgive the child we were and believe in the honour of the adult we have become. - Gwyddhien
~ Unknown
We all make mistakes in our youth of which we are ashamed. The difference is that the rest of us can forgive the ignorance of the child we were and believe in the honour of the adult we have become.
~ Unknown