“Lea was on the floor of a stall hugging a toilet. When she heard the door close, she lifted her head and… — Christine Zoldenz Copy Share Image
“The funny thing about coming out is that it relies on the belief that the information you're keeping about yourself is shameful.… — Courtney Trouble Copy Share Image
Those who can ask without shame are viewing themselves in collaboration with-rather than in competition with-the world. — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
The Refinement of Shame. People are not ashamed to think something foul, but they are ashamed when they think these foul thoughts… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
It didn't happen, but I feel fortunate for the two chances we had and it's just a shame we didn't go to… — Ryne Sandberg Copy Share Image
Pride ruined the angels, Their shame them restores; And the joy that is sweetest Lurks in stings of remorse. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Often feelings of shame, powerlessness, and self-hate are bottled up with the memories, and as the memories come through, these feelings do,… — Laura Davis Copy Share Image
I know acts and I'm not going to name names but these people sold ten million copies the first time and the… — Gerry Beckley Copy Share Image
Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
If Germany, my beloved fatherland, of whom you know I am proud, will not accept me, then must I, in the name… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
Many people keep deploring the low level of formal education in the United states (as defined by, say, math grades). Yet these… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
You know, I'm trying to think of what I'm ashamed of. But, damn, I don't really have any shame. — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
Only the Lord Jesus can redeem the soul that is steeped in guilt and shame. This baggage weighs us down until we… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
I have so many other things going on that if 'A Dirty Shame' is my last movie, that's OK. — John Waters Copy Share Image
There is no shame in what you are feeling, Harry,' said Dumbledore's voice. 'On the contrary... the fact that you can feel… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That's the thing about abuse - it can make the victim feel an overwhelming sense of shame, a shame so disabling that… — Jagmeet Singh Copy Share Image
“As a fallen noble, he could only imagine the embarrassment she must have endured, when his family disowned her. To lose the… — Kristina Stangl Copy Share Image
One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown too old to blush. — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
“Like a dog!" he said, it was as if the shame of it should outlive him.” — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors? — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
If God kills, lies, cheats, discriminates, and otherwise behaves in a manner that puts the Mafia to shame, that's okay, he's God.… — Dennis McKinsey Copy Share Image
Sin and shame ever go together; he that would be freed from the last must be sure to shun the company of… — Anne Bradstreet Copy Share Image
It's a shame to see drug dealers enter and leave the United States as if nothing in addition to those that purchase… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
The awakenings of remorse, virtuous shame and indignation, the glow of moral approbation if they do not lead to action, grow less… — Anna Letitia Barbauld Copy Share Image
There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: recklessness, which leads to destruction; cowardice, which leads to capture; a hasty… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Working with Jim Sheridan for instance, we did this movie Brothers. Jim will ask anybody - we'll get a delivery on set,… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Six months ago, I traveled to India to see firsthand what the prime minister of that country calls a national shame. It… — Elizabeth Vargas Copy Share Image
It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world. — Charles Kettering Copy Share Image
“How despicably have I acted!” she cried. “I who have prided myself on my discernment! I, who have valued myself on my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No shame, no solution, no remorse, no retribution, just people selling t-shirts. — Don Henley Copy Share Image
Shame is the most powerful emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My father told me, "Don't do anything that would bring shame to the family." I was always mindful of that. When I… — George Takei Copy Share Image
Falling in love has been greatly overrated. Falling in love consists of 45 percent fear of not being accepted, 45 percent manic… — Peter Høeg Copy Share Image
Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
“Being put in our place by something larger, older, greater than ourselves is not a humiliation; it should be accepted as a… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
There was a warmth of fury in his last phrases. He meant she loved him more than he her. Perhaps he could… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
To publicly shame and attack someone who's been found to be harassed, to intimidate someone who's found to already have been harassed… — Jagmeet Singh Copy Share Image
Suffering... is not just lots of pain but pain amplified by distinctly human emotions such as regret, self-pity, shame, humiliation, and dread. — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
