875 Quotes About Shame

Temporis filia veritas; cui me obstetricari non pudet.Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.

Sacrifice is a necessary response to evil. You can only shame evil by showing them honor.

We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we have soil good enough to cultivate; we can plant anything in it.

Because if there is something to be ashamed of, it is not stupid or bad things we did, it is not learning from them.------

It’s too hard to forget the weight of shame that a pair of eyes can put down on you.

When you hear the haunting melody of guilt and shame, drown it out with God's song of forgiveness and love.

But guilt never travels alone. Guilt begets regret. Regret begets shame. And the three cling to us mercilessly. At first we embrace them out of a sense of obligation, only to discover that they are not our allies. They will suffocate and kill us if they can have their way.

His problem consisted of a burning wish not to have done the things he'd done.

We may also discover that sexual abuse helps to explain the high prevalence rates of eating disorders among women and may lend some insight into why we are starting to see more documentation of eating disorders among boys as we see the reports of sexual abuse for male children increasing. Culture alone cannot explain the phenomena of such high rates of eating disorders.