875 Quotes About Shame

This man had something to hide, some shame in his past, and those with a past can always be bought.

There is no shame in asking for help; it is one the most courageous things you’ll ever do and will lead to greater connection with those around you.

Shame evokes anxiety about what will happen if someone really knows is, but, because it is impossible to for anxiety and anger to be felt simultaneously, we can dream our anxiety by employing anger or rage in the form of contempt... Contempt, because it feels more powerful has always helped us feel safer and more powerful than the anxiety we feel when we experience shame. [3]

Don't stay too long in the shame-filled grounds of relapse. Fertile soil awaits your return and your recoverying.

Kill the blames and you will put your shames into blazing flames. Look for solutions, not problems!

Guilt, of course, is feeling bad about one's actions, but shame is feeling bad about oneself.

The feeling of being rejected, disapproved of, or conditionally loved by one’s primary caregivers is a monumental, long-lasting burden for a child to carry. It produces chronic shame, guilt, and anxiety. The child is blamed for doing something wrong and in doing so learns to perceive themselves as being bad.

Guilt, she’d explained, was useful because a person could learn from it and do the right thing next time. Shame, on the other hand, was useless,

Whatever Row thought was certainly right, and he had never needed to look any deeper than that. It maddened Katie sometimes, but there was also a relief there. Row never needed to gaze backward, wondering whether he had screwed up, whether he had been unfair. The tiny mistakes he made didn't haunt him at night.