875 Quotes About Shame

But none of that matters. When I see you, I remember that you made me want to drown rather than be myself.

The privatization of the organs will only begin with the shame felt by man at the sight of man.

Do no be ashamed to make a temporary withdrawal from the field if you see that your enemy is stronger than you; it is not winning or losing a single battle that matters, but how the war ends.

Do not be ashamed to make a temporary withdrawal from the field if you see that your enemy is stronger than you; it is not winning or losing a single battle that matters, but how the war ends.

The book of Jonah becomes an embarrassing and public reading of your family business. (page iii)

Slowly, I'm beginning to realise that what happened to me wasn't my fault, that I was taken advantage of by a group of vile, twisted men.

Gripped by this familiar shame, she thought of the dead, for whom the absence of life meant they would never be hungry again. But life still lingered on for her, with hunger still a yoke around her neck. It was that which had tormented her for the past five years – that she could still feel hunger, still salivate at the sight of food.

Pride is not the opposite of shame, but it's source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.