875 Quotes About Shame

Think wisely before you exercise an action. Having done so however, never look back and regret. That would be a shame

Did you make a mistake today? Did you do or say something that you’re ashamed of? Congratulations. You are officially human. Love yourself, especially when you’re aching with shame or regret. Make your amends, learn the lesson, and love your wondrous human self.

Minority gender identities may become stigmatised as they have bodily expressed meanings that oppose pre-existing cultural norms and standards.

Because any guilt the sizeof a speck of dust, or shame,can crush even the best of men,in mountains of weight

The spurned diagnosisShame"By shame, I have in mind the terrible, at times unfathomable, feeling of being outcast from human society, of being shunned and spurned, of being wanted by no one, and having no one who empathizes with you (Lynd 1958). Part of this experience of shame is the focus on the inadequacies of oneself in the eyes of others and oneself, and of feeling mortified, wanting to disappear, to hide inside a crack in the wall (Lewis 1971).

This disease comes with a package: shame. When any other part of your body gets sick, you get sympathy.

Guilt is one side of a nasty triangle; the other two are shame and stigma. This grim coalition combines to inculpate women themselves of the crimes committed against them.

He dressed quickly in silence, refusing her tissues. He shakily pulled a wad of uncounted notes from his wallet, abandoned them in the no man’s land between, and escaped in an indecent haste, leaving the shameful tableau in his wake.

It is the return of a dog to his vomit.