With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation. — William James Copy Share Image
I've never liked much of reality television, mostly because it involves humiliation. — Joe Morton Copy Share Image
“Please don't humiliate me by killing yourself before we can save your life.” — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
Money the measure of human elevation, humiliation and animalism too. — Mariana Fulger Copy Share Image
Most all methods of capitol punishment are designed to inflict the maximum of humiliation - not attempts to prevent suicide. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“If it were nothing but sexual attraction I’m sure I would not suffer such unbearable humiliation. But I wanted so much more… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Orwell says somewhere that no one ever writes the real story of their life. The real story of a life is the… — Vijay Seshadri Copy Share Image
Most damage that others do us is out of fear, humiliation and pain. Those feelings occur in all of us, not just… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Theres nothing like being a soldier for confidence or learning your limits or enduring utter humiliation. — Guy Davenport Copy Share Image
So, not for lack of love of language, but because I feel our language is in an enormous state of humiliation, I… — Godfrey Reggio Copy Share Image
I am living on the razor's edge between success and failure, adulation and humiliation - between justifying my existence and revealing my… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, for revenge to be as sweet and painful as it is intended, some time has to pass. Time enough that people… — Elizabeth Bourgeret Copy Share Image
“But it was a terrible humiliation. The worst things that people do to us always make us feel ashamed. The worst things… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For the sacrificed, in the hour of sacrifice, only one thing counts: faith-alone among enemies and skeptics. Faith, in spite of the… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
He's having a vision," I said. "That's what happens." (Maya) "Attractive, I know," Corey said between gritted teeth. "And now I get… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
It has always been my view that terrorism is not spawned by the poverty of money; it is spawned by the poverty… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“How many we know who have fled the sweetness of a tranquil life in their homes, among the friends, to seek the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the end, I had to call myself a faggot, which really annoyed me, because 1. I don't think that word should… — John Green Copy Share Image
The opposite of esprit d'escalier is the way that life's embarrassments come back to haunt us even after they're long past. I… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
“You took advantage." She sounded as if she loathed him. Even on the first night, she'd never spoken to him with such… — Anna Campbell Copy Share Image
For in all the world there are no people so piteous and forlorn as those who are forced to eat the bitter… — Dorothy Dix Copy Share Image
“Loretta’s shoulders slumped in defeat. With numb hands she lowered the rifle to the dirt. A nasty grin twisted Hunter’s mouth. “So… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
Winter near the shore is cold. The wind kicks up a salty mist and elephant seals come to shore to trumpet and… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
“Images of him continued to plague me, unbidden and cruelly tantalising: the mesmerizing blue eyes that compelled me to share with him… — Cayla Kluver Copy Share Image
If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell's equations-then so much the… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Humanity looks upon Jesus the Nazarene as a poor-born Who suffered misery and humiliation with all of the weak. And He is… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Jesus beckons me to follow him to that place of weakness where I risk the vulnerability of a child so that I… — Gary Haugen Copy Share Image
There is something worse than dying, and that is humiliation - at least so it seemed to me. — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Copy Share Image
“All through those years of war, the bread tasted of humiliation.” — Stephen P. Kiernan Copy Share Image
If you had one word to describe the root of all this rage, it's humiliation. — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
