Shame Quotes · Page 36

Founders: there is no shame in failing, take pride in that you have the guts to try something new.

— Kevin Rose

“Shame is the landfill emotion. It's not organic, like joy. It was dumped there by somebody else.”

— Augusten Burroughs

The scourge of life, and death's extreme disgrace, The smoke of hell,--that monster called Paine.

— Philip Sidney

I think it's a great shame that America stopped being a republic and became an empire.

— Marianne Faithfull

He who has no shame before the world has no fear before God.

— Vikrant Parsai

never feel guilty about anything shame and guilt are a waste of time just do what you do-- and deal with it

— Kevin Brooks

We learn humility through accepting humiliations cheerfully.

— Mother Teresa

If you can't keep yourself in shape on your own without being told to, that's a shame.

— Peyton Hillis

“When you try to take someone's pain away from them, you don't make it better. You just tell them it's not OK…

— Megan Devine

Out of the woods my Master came, Content with death and shame. When Death and Shame would woo Him last, From under…

— Sidney Lanier

If we had the courage to confront the doubts we timidly conceive about ourselves, none of us would utter an 'I' without…

— Emile M. Cioran

“I am careful not to look anyone in the face because I don't want them to see the shame in my eyes,…

— NoViolet Bulawayo

Live life like a pair of walking feet, The foot that is forward has no pride and the foot behind has no…

— Anonymous

Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a…

— Eliza Farnham

The label of tasteful or tasteless is so often used to silence people and to maintain the status quo. It's used to…

— Margaret Cho

Shame on the men who can court exemption from present trouble and expense at the price of their own posterity's liberty!

— Samuel Adams

“He stopped at an intersection, panting, rubbing at the twinge in his hamstrings, looking around, though he knew no cars were coming…

— Denise Mina

Hollywood is no longer the top. I love going to the cinema. I've always adored the idea of being in great, epic…

— Ruth Wilson

For in all the world there are no people so piteous and forlorn as those who are forced to eat the bitter…

— Dorothy Dix

I like my shame straight up and honest, and nobody does it better than In-N-Out Burger. You go to In-N-Out Burger, and…

— Tom Segura

“In the future, Martin will recall this night as the first time -- and one of the only times -- he ever…

— Jessica Shattuck

He who is accustomed to give account of his life at confession here will not fear to give an answer at the…

— John of Kronstadt

It is rather the nature of America - our freewheeling, outspoken, prosperous, liberty-loving citizens extend equality to women, homosexuals, minorities, and almost…

— Victor Davis Hanson

“When one experiences a profound setback in the course of an enviable life, one has a variety of options. Spurred by shame,…

— Amor Towles

There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.

— Aeschylus

If you had one word to describe the root of all this rage, it's humiliation.

— Hamza Yusuf

“Shame without repentance doesn’t lose power when it is spoken, it only seeks approval.”

— Shannon L. Alder

Eating disorders are one of the toughest things to talk about. It's very shame-based.

— Paula Abdul

Culture now spreads at central nervous system speed. It’s a shame that compassion doesn’t.

— Dean Cavanagh

I think half of what a trainer does is make you feel shame if you dont show up.

— Stephen Moyer

I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.

— Ben Stiller

“It's a shame when a body like that doesn't come with any brains.”

— Colleen Hoover

It'd be a shame to stop now that I've started to make really good mistakes

— Sara Bareilles

American culture is not about experiencing our shame, it's about denying it. It's been that way our whole history.

— Chris Jordan

Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.

— Plautus

A bad Tweet can cause scandal, shame, even possibly end a politician's career.

— Meghan McCain

What is a shame is that there isn't stuff that is as great as 'Oz' on a consistent level around today.

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

“Don't you feel shame? I thought scum like you could at least feel shame ”

— Kohta Hirano

It's a great shame that the world was organized with two sexes. It makes for a lot of trouble.

— Margaret Ayer Barnes

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.

— Douglas Engelbart