If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Each human being has his or her own sexual identity and should be able to exercise that identity without guilt as long… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Guilt is the most destructive of all emotions. It mourns what has been while playing no part in what may be, now… — Penelope Leach Copy Share Image
“Or was their guilt written plainly, and for all the world to see, across their face? Was it their face, in fact,… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share Image
“Don't fill yourself with useless guilt. You are a product of the people who raised you, and the fact that you do… — Bethany Hagen Copy Share Image
I would get fit after having each of my children but it was always slightly tainted with guilt because I would feel… — Sara Cox Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that Jesuits ever produce faithful Catholics. Because they're too fierce. It is Sturm und Drang, and it is guilt… — Peter Hammill Copy Share Image
Young people are moving away from feeling guilty about sleeping with somebody to feeling guilty if they are *not* sleeping with someone. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Silence is difficult and arduous; it is not to be played with. It isn't something that you can experience by reading a… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Royal relationships across the generations have often been strained and distant, rather than close and affectionate. Most eldest sons, interminably waiting to… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
Stop entertaining those vain fears. Remember it is not feeling which constitutes guilt but the consent to such feelings. Only the free… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
The more I think about the human suffering in our world and my desire to offer a healing response, the more I… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
A dirty player is somebody who ultimately is trying to hurt somebody. There's a huge difference. There's no gray in that. Like,… — Ndamukong Suh Copy Share Image
“Generally speaking, most of our vital, spontaneous, instinctual life gets shamed. Children are shamed for being too rambunctious, for wanting things and… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
I knew many Marines had done brave deeds that no one saw and for which they got no medals at all. I… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
“No one needed to say it, but the room overflowed with that sort of blessing. The combination of loss and abundance. The… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
“Guilt is like a sore, endlessly fascinating, and the guilty party feels compelled to examine it and pick at it, so that… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it- it can't survive being… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I walk around feeling a sort of existential guilt all the time; and honestly for me this house is a way of… — Julia Louis-Dreyfus Copy Share Image
The beauty of life is, while we cannot undo what is done, we can see it, understand it, learn from it and… — Jennifer Edwards Copy Share Image
“The trick was learning to live without the grief and without the guilt. The trick was to create a life worth living,… — Vincent Zandri Copy Share Image
He incurs a fearful amount of guilt who in the least promotes the aim of the Evil One by trampling upon a… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
My mother was French Protestant, and my father was Italian Catholic, and their union was an excess of God, guilt and sauce. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“The awareness of human separation, without reunion by love—is the source of shame. It is at the same time the source of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Acting is not terribly important work, and I have always felt a bit of guilt about pursuing something that is so selfish.… — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
I'm just going to say it: I'm pro-guilt. Guilt is good. Guilt helps us stay on track because it's about our behavior.… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“There is a noticeable element of the pathological in some current leftist critiques, which I tend to attribute to feelings of guilt… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Guilt isn't always a rational thing, Clio realized. Guilt is a weight that will crush you whether you deserve it or not. — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
People say you need to be strong, smart, and lucky to survive hard times, war, a natural disaster, or physical torture. But… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“Guilt wears track shoes. Sprint, marathon, or cross-country, it doesn’t matter. It runs tireless to catch you, and it carries a sledgehammer.” — Jamie Mason Copy Share Image
All my life I've been dogged by guilt because I feel there is this difference between the way I look and the… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
“Sorry, sorry, sorry. Oh, you can pile on as many as you want, but the guilt is still there, like that pea… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
Suffering is just about the easiest of all human activities; being happy is just about the hardest. And happiness requires, not surrender… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
“Shame is the demon that keeps many of us trapped in our pain; healing comes when we gain the courage to confront… — J'son M. Lee Copy Share Image
Take guilt in your stride & make sure it teaches you a lesson how to act & behave next time.Guilty,notifies you that… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
I'm sorry for all of your sacrifices that you have made. One should not be in your position. The guilt inside is… — Emma Hampton Copy Share Image
People feel guilty enough at funerals without having more guilt heaped on. I would prefer a bighearted preacher giving my eulogy, someone… — Philip Gulley Copy Share Image
“Guilt was not a good look for him—it gave one unsightly lines. And now he felt bad for being rude to the… — Kady Cross Copy Share Image
Guilt is to danger, what fire is to gunpowder; a man need not fear to walk among many barrels of powder, if… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
Guilty feelings about clothes are totally unnecessary. A lot of people earn their living by making clothes, so you should never feel… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
