875 Quotes About Shame
Shame Quotes By Author
- Author Cora Carmack
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Phaedra keeps saying she's being selfish. That she hates herself for it, but she does it anyway. She can't deny herself what she wants, even if it brings about her downfall and his." "And have you learned anything from our literary parallel?" "Not really, I keep thinking that she would do it all over again if there were a chance...a chance that it could go right. Even if 99 times out of a 100 the story ends badly, it's worth it if only once she gets a happy ending.
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- Author Robert Uttaro
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But no matter how much evil I see, I think it’s important for everyone to understand that there is much more light than darkness.
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- Author Brené Brown
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We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others.
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- Author Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel
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So far we thrive for perfection, we shouldn't be sorry for our imperfection.
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- Author Bamigboye Olurotimi
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Don't just live in the new year but be fulfilled, those who live without fulfillment of dreams, goals, and aspirations always end the outgoing year with lots of pain and shame.
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- Author Alice Broadway
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We're all a bit bad. We all have things in our lives that bring us shame and regret. Things that have hurt our souls or hurt the people we love. But 're all a bit good too. i reckon we're mostly good actually. And life is about trying to learn the balance, plot our place on the continuum... We're not just made up of good and bad: we're everything else too.
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- Author Lailah Gifty Akita
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The insanity of shameful desires!
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Nothing humbles a beautiful woman better than not being wanted by a man whose girlfriend or wife is ugly (or not as beautiful as she is).
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- Author Tarana Burke and Brene Brown
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I embraced joy as my birthright. Radical black joy is inherent as a human need and not some special trinket you get after you rise high enough on the social-economic ladder or unlock some special level of desirability or accomplishment. –Tanya Denise Fields, “You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience and the Black Experience” (edited by Tarana Burke and Brene Brown)
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