Shame Quotes · Page 46

If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.

— Confucius

I think that fear of embarrassment is the essence of the human challenge.

— Frances Moore Lappé

Even the eternal skies weep, I thought; is there any shame then, that mortal man should spend himself in tears?

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

“Ukiajiri ndugu usimwonee aibu! Namna hiyo ajira yake haitaathiri nguvu ya mamlaka yako.”

— Enock Maregesi

It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.

— Benjamin E. Mays

The male cannot bear very much humiliation; and he really cannot bear it, it obliterates him.

— James A. Baldwin

It is a shame for a man to desire honor because of his noble progenitors, and not to deserve it by his…

— Saint John Chrysostom

All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand! Oh, oh, oh!

— William Shakespeare

If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the…

— Confucius

“My tears simply broke through the fragile wall that had held them, and with a terrible feeling of shame, I laid my…

— Arthur Golden

“In English we say: fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. In Naskarian we say: it's not…

— Abhijit Naskar

“Life is full of challenges. In the end, it's getting up that pulls us through the dark days. So we can admire…

— Azelene Williams

Its a shame when a certain individual doesnt cherish their significant other and then throws a fit about it when they break…

— Anonymous

And when April like an over-lustful lover leaped upon the lush flanks of the Downs there would be yet another child in…

— Stella Gibbons

I have no shame around the fact that I can be shot into suicidal feelings by certain people's treatment of me. I…

— Sinead O'Connor

“and I saw all over again what comes of pretending that terrible things do not happen. Shame comes with denial. Fear fattens…

— Dorothy Allison

Falling in love has been greatly overrated. Falling in love consists of 45 percent fear of not being accepted, 45 percent manic…

— Peter Høeg

A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts with his deepest convictions. Then,…

— Mikhail Bakunin

For here the religion that languishes in crowded cities or steals shame-faced to hide itself in dim churches, flourishes greatly, filling the…

— William Henry Hudson

It's a shame how a lot of actors use theater as a stepping stone to film and television work; I think it…

— Peter Dinklage

“How was I bringing shame? I wanted to ask him. I was a child, a ten-year-old girl. A little girl who liked…

— Malala Yousafzai

It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, "Rather than have the…

— Al Sharpton

“You have two choices in life when it comes to truthful observations by others that anger you: You can be ashamed and…

— Shannon L. Alder

“the shock of waking up to the fact that the world does not also belong to you; the shame at having been…

— Carina Chocano

I've got shame, i've got scars that I'll never show. Im a survivor in more ways than you know

— Anonymous

Love all men as God, even if they hurt you or shame you. Be like Gandhi and Christ.

— Neem Karoli Baba

The walk of shame when you have to put something back in a store after your mom says no.

— Anonymous

I fell into shame like a suicide throws herself into a river. (253)

— Dorothy Allison

“With hard men intimacy is a thing of shame- and something precious.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I think it's a disgrace that some would allow extreme voices in this country to erase our proud heritage.

— Andrew Scheer

Not only was I a victim of viral humiliation but a victim of cyber-bullying.

— Paige

“You are too silly to fear the shame of being silly while trying.”

— Kangoma Kindembo

Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides: Who cover faults, at last shame them derides.

— William Shakespeare

I had a lot of failed relationships, a lot of unhappiness, a lot of shame and embarrassment, bad self-image stuff.

— David Furnish

We are constantly dealing with the embarrassment of being alive.

— Ayo Edebiri

Our heroes are men who do things which we recognize, with regret, and sometimes with a secret shame, that we cannot do.

— Mark Twain

Pathetic isn't something I would normally call myself, but looking back I'm ashamed at how blind I really was.

— Anonymous

“Oh, yes, he’d spent a good portion of his day in self-pity. And now? Now he felt shame.”

— Cathy Maxwell

If you don't enjoy your life, sorrow, sadness, suffering, fear, shame and guilt will.

— Iyanla Vanzant

As soon as you forbid something, you make it extraordinarily appealing. You also bring shame in as a phenomenon.

— Jock Sturges