875 Quotes About Shame

The dark might be dark, but at least we don’t have to look at ourselves when we’re standing in it.

The shame that tormented me was all the more corrosive for having no very clear origin: I didn't know why I felt so tainted, and worthless, and wrong-only that I did, and whenever I looked up from my books I was swamped by slimy waters rushing in from all sides.

The pain and shame felt are unknown to those with planned vacations. They know not of the tsunami that rescinded the homes, goals, and hopes of its victims—swallowed by the sea of greed.

When you find yourself looking ridiculous, reasoning isn't worth a damn.

Cause shame was what we always felt, me and all my girlfriends, for expecting sex to breed complicity. ("Complicity is like a girl's name," writes Dodie Bellamy).

You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. We were created to be victorious.

A body can't run from what they done. They carry it with them inside. It fester and spread like poison if it's buried. It gotta be out in the air where it can heal.

I had to sever my emotional cord to escape the anger and shame that silently slithered through my head, disconnecting myself from the stares and whispers that followed me down the hall.

Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.