Quotes About Shame

Quién en este largo mundo me confesaría haber sido vil una vez?

All of us, in some part or other, are loathsome. We all harbour a crime we've committed, or a crime that our soul doesn't let us commit.

And since we wish to be sterile, let us also be chaste, for there is nothing more shameful and ignoble than to forswear what in Nature is fertile while holding on to the part we like in what we've forsworn. There are no halfway noble attitudes.

Furthermore, we are so accustomed to seeing the cross functioning as a decoration that we can scarcely imagine it as an object of shame and scandal unless it is burned on someone's lawn.

I never wanted to go to college in the state of Washington because I was so embarrassed and ashamed of my family life. I wanted to run. That's what always what I do, I run. I run as far away as I can.

I think that's one of the reasons women don't tell people when they've had a miscarriage - they think it's their fault.

I think that many people are ashamed when they feel afraid. There's this thing in our society that you're not allowed to feel scared. You have to be a man and put on a brave face, but we all have fears.

I felt ashamed of being different and ashamed of feeling that way.

All my life I've always been so ashamed of being feminine.

I mean, I don't want to come down on call-out culture, because I guess it has its place, but there was an interesting article I read by a black feminist writer who was saying it brings shame into the equation. And shame can be very paralysing to people.

I'm ashamed how little science fiction I've read.

I'm not ashamed of anything I've done, because if I feel ashamed, I'm not going to do it in the first place.

Let's face it. Nobody predicted Trump. He's a fairytale nightmare that none of us could possibly have imagined. Shame on those 63 million who - especially those Obama voters who crossed over and voted, shame on them for putting this idiot in the White House.

Melania and the White House had accused me of criminal activity, had publicly shamed and fired me, and made me their scapegoat.

People are mean on social media, whoever you are. It's a shame people have to be that way.

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one's morality.

My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.

I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the props.

I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing.

The widespread shame of motherhood is criminal, and it needs to stop. The world can never improve if you disrespect the people that bring life.

Judaism will be enmeshed in pride and shame for as long as it endures. But to endure as a country, Israel must shun both these tendencies.

If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.

I'm very sorry to Mr. Gabas, to whom I apologised in person. Very sorry for letting my Davis Cup teammates down and for letting my country down. I apologise to all the tennis fans, to my supporters, and my sponsors. I feel ashamed of my unprofessional behaviour and will accept any consequences as a result of my action.