Quotes About Shame

though suffering rises up and shames me.

I took a deep breath and—alongside the oxygen and the carbon dioxide—I exhaled tidbits of the intense shame and fear that I had carried as an extra weight on my backbone.

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.

But how could he admire Joyce's lengthy, libidinal 'yes' so fervently and end up saying 'no' to his own life? 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.

Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death.

There is no shame in not knowing something," he said gently. "The shame is in not being willing to learn.

No es ninguna vergüenza no saber nada. La vergüenza es no tener ansias de aprender.

There is no shame in not knowing something. The shame is not being willing to learn.

There is no shame in not knowing something," he said gently. "The shame is in not being willing to learn

There is no shame in not knowing something. The shame is in not being willing to learn.

Never be ashamed of your love," he said gently. "The only thing to be ashamed of is denying your love. That is what makes the shadow grow within your heart; that is the darkening of the Light. And we all have many loves.

There is no shame in loving: it is the sign of a generous heart, and pain the price of an open soul.

The more I researched Alger, the more I believed "bootstrapping" was a story line emerging out of the ashes of Alger's own personal shame for his pedophilia and the trauma he inflicted on others. His life story morphed from his longing for young boys into the ultimate story of young boys' exerting mastery over the adults and the world around them, perhaps his own identification with his powerless victims.

There are many things that people will do in the dark that they will not do in light.

Brought in three or four references to Fallen Women

No existe nombre para la violación de un diario. Lo cual demuestra que es más grave. No tiene nombre.

Honor sometimes means doing something very unwise. Behaving like an idiot is better than dishonor. To this day I blush for having chosen sensible restraint over common decency.

To show weakness, we're told in sports, is to deserve shame. But showing weakness, addressing your mental health, is strength.

When you've displayed a weakness, you've displayed something a person can grab a hold of and attack you there. If you're not ashamed of it, who can make you feel bad about it? Nobody. If you make a mistake, at least you get to see them, identify them, acknowledge them and hopefully remedy them.

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.

I was afraid people wouldn't take me seriously, or would stop respecting me, if I talked about how bad I was feeling. The only people I talked openly about it with was my business partner, Dave Jilk, and my girlfriend - now wife - Amy Batchelor. They were amazingly supportive, but even then, I was deeply ashamed about my weaknesses.

I never had any friends beyond a certain superficial level. We hate to admit weaknesses. We were raised to want to get ahead, to be good and clever and successful. You're just ashamed to open up.

I want to bust the stigma attached to alcoholism in our country. Women particularly are discouraged from seeking help because it's a matter of shame for the family. We don't share our pain or frailties; we cover our weaknesses, and it becomes a cancer.

We regard wealth as something to be properly used, rather than as something to boast about. As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it: the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.