Ashamed Quotes · Page 12

Only a man who is ashamed of what he is will marry out of his race.

— Malcolm X

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.

— Anonymous

I'm not ashamed to admit that occasionally I've found myself aroused by my own depictions of sex.

— Louis Begley

“Farid...She missed him so much that she felt ashamed of it.”

— Meggie Inkspell by Cornelia Funke

never write a line you'd be ashamed to read at your own funeral.

— Anonymous

The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.

— Livy

We are ashamed of our thoughts and often see them brought forth by others.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Those who used to ask my father to be ashamed of himself for training us in wrestling now say they wish they…

— Geeta Phogat

The love I had has washed away I'm stuck between this poised dismay for the truth has always been the same and…

— Aaron

I'm like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he's cold, and his clothes are torn, and he's ashamed, but…

— Leo Tolstoy

The Water said to the dirty one, “Come here.” The dirty one said, “I am too ashamed.” The water replied, “How will…

— Rumi

It's not a problem that we're sinners; it's a problem that we aren't ashamed of our sin and don't seek forgiveness.

— Pope Francis

I've learned to use things like softness and vulnerability as weapons against the things you feel ashamed of in yourself.

— Arca

People want me to be so full of shame that I used to dance. I would never be ashamed of it. I…

— Cardi B

I feel fantastically geeky. [But] I'm not one of those people who's enormously proud of being a geek, but nor am I…

— China Mieville

“If you feel ashamed about your need for love & support, it's because you were made to feel this way as a…

— Anonymous

So, if you don’t fit in, if you feel at odds with the world, if your identity is troubled and frayed, if…

— George Monbiot

Don't you know that boys don't cry?' Adam grinned. 'Shall I tell you something I've only recently discovered,' I replied, not attempting…

— Malorie Blackman

I feel very strongly about letting people know I'm proud of who I am. I want people to know when they hear…

— Nomi Ruiz

I feel like, in the Czars, for example, I was afraid. I couldn't express myself. I didn't have a connection to myself.…

— John Grant

Being away from home gave me the chance to look at myself with a jaundiced eye. I learned not to be ashamed…

— Jackie Kennedy

The most notorious swindler has not assumed so many names as self-love, nor is so much ashamed of his own. She calls…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Don't be ashamed of your age. You've lived a long time. You've learned a lot. Tout you knowledge. Be proud of your…

— Vanessa Bell Calloway

“You’re sorry? I damn near drank myself to death, I could barely get out of bed, I shattered my phone into a…

— Jamie McGuire

I want to see 61, and one day I want to see 90, so that means I have to keep having birthdays.…

— Vanessa Bell Calloway

Your worst parts of your life, the things that you're ashamed of will become your strongest assets in a very quick amount…

— Andrew Zimmern

I just feel like the country is guilty. I think we should be deeply ashamed for what we've done in Iraq, and…

— Aaron McGruder

In the South you are ashamed of being a virgin. Boys. Men. They lie about it. Because it means less to women,…

— William Faulkner

Acting is so difficult for me that, unless the work is of a certain stature in my mind, unless I reach the…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

“Our need to be "greater than" or "less than" has been a defense against toxic shame. A shameful act was committed upon…

— Maureen Brady

Whoa," Connor Stoll said. "Back up. Zoom in right there." "What?" Annabeth said nervously. "You see invaders?" "No, right there—Dylan's Candy Bar."…

— Rick Riordan

“When somebody, no matter who, gives everything, it makes people feel ashamed for him.”

— Eudora Welty

Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man.

— Jean Genet

There's nothing I've done which I'm ashamed of or I thought was actually bad.

— Mike Figgis

“You should be much more ashamed of things you didn't say than you are of things you said.”

— Nassim Taleb

Everyone needs a sense of shame, but no one needs to feel ashamed.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Be proud of your people when you don't have to be ashamed of any it's social class

— Adolf Hitler

Why should I? I've done nothing to be ashamed of. I am not ashamed - I am only beaten

— John Wyndham

I'm trying to think of what I'm ashamed of. But, damn, I don't really have any shame.

— Leighton Meester