Quotes About Shame

The lion is ashamed, it's true, when he hunts with the fox.

No torment in the world is comparable to an accusing conscience.

I'm not a Perfectionist."I just don't want to get Embarrassed and Ashamed".

Your mistakes are to help you develop your purpose, not shame and guilt.

Shame eats away at the core of who we are.

There is no other shame like senseless sin.

eyes." I had passed in the wrong note-book. I don't think I have felt greater embarrassment in my whole life than I did at that moment. I was ashamed not only that my teacher should see this nakedness of my heart, but that she should find out that I had any knowledge of such affairs. It did not then occur to me to be ashamed of the kind of poetry I had written.

A great wave of humiliation and shame swept over me. Shame that I belonged to a race that could be so dealt with; and shame for my country, that it, the great example of democracy to the world, should be the only civilized, if not the only state on earth, where a human being would be burned alive. My heart turned bitter within me. I could understand why Negroes are led to sympathize with even their worst criminals and to protect them when possible.

T was mine to shrink, withstand in time, For, while I sinned, I knew my crime. Oh! Wretched, wavering heart! As vain Thy wild resentment as thy pain: One thought alone expels the rest, One sole regret distracts my breast, O'ermastering and subduing all More than my crime, more than my fall: Are not shame, fear, remorse, forgot, In that one thought- He loves me not!

Sean) "The therapist calls it cleithrophobia." "That sounds like a fear of something else," Krista snorted before she could stop herself. She bit her lip, as shame washed through her. Sean turned, his startled laughter sounding rusty as it erupted from his chest. "No, I'm definitely not scared of that.

In the end, his mother's memory could not be shamed by a gift from God. Don't worry about me, she would say, and never worry what others may think. I worried too much about what others thought—I can tell you it's a tragic waste of time and energy and pokes God in the eye.

How close to human must the breathed-in air come before it develops a sense of shame or humor?

Unfortunately, many children of alcoholics have not been given a secure base from which to venture into the adult world. The focus on addiction in their families, rather than on the developing needs of children, often causes children of alcoholics to feel shameful and anxious rather than confident and secure. These children learn to adapt to life rather than learning how to live their lives. Without

Children do better when they feel better. Where did we get the crazy idea that in order to "make" children behave, we should make them feel shame, humiliation, or even pain? Children are more motivated to cooperate, learn new skills, and offer affection and respect when they feel encouraged, connected, and loved.

shame and humiliation are disrespectful, and a child who is treated with disrespect is likely to return the favor.

My brother killed Abraham Lincoln. That is my weight, my shame.

What does it mean when individuals can no longer be embarrassed or shamed?

Turning back to embrace the past has been a long, slow lesson not only in self-esteem, but in patriotism—pride in homeland, heritage. It has taken a decade to whip the shame, to mispronounce words and shun grammar when mispronunciation and misspeaking are part of my dialect, to own the bad blood. What I come from has made me who I am.

Kaikki häpeävät petturuutta, petturitkin. Siksi he tahtovat varmistaa, että kukaan ei muista.

I want to say something so embarrassing about September that even the leaves start blushing and turning red.

There was a war all over the world and all over the world was grief. And yet I whispered into jewelled ears verses of love. It makes me feel ashamed. But no, not really.

When children are not shamed for undeveloped skills but rather are loved quite fully just for being who they are, then competence becomes less important.

If you can access the sense of your inherent preciousness, you can rise above shame. If you can meditate and feel equanimity, you may be able to rise above your distress.

Man. He felt almost guilty about the condoms in his wallet. A guy wasn't supposed to lust after Beaver Cleaver's mom.