Shame Quotes · Page 52

“You must first feel sorry for your sins, to seek the free gift of grace of salvation.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Unfortunately, in American politics there are no standards for shame.

— Mark McKinnon

“To be capable of embarrassment is the beginning of moral consciousness. Honor grows from qualms.”

— John Leonard

I don't think closeted homosexual morticians have the market cornered on self-loathing or sense of shame.

— Michael C. Hall

shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us

— Ann Patchett

It's not even necessarily the will or want to win. It's the shame and embarrassment of losing.

— Rich Froning Jr

I haven't lost my innocence particularly. I'm always ready to pretend I haven't. Yeah, it is a shame in a way.

— Robert Plant

We feel guilty for what we do. We feel shame for what we are.

— Lewis B. Smedes

It is a shame that so many leaders spend their time pondering their rights as leaders instead of their awesome responsibilities as…

— James Hunter

What I loved about 'Strictly' as a viewer and contestant was that it was warm, family entertainment. So it is a shame…

— Alesha Dixon

“I truly believe I am not afraid of death. What I shrink from, I believe, is the shame of dying as stupid…

— J.M. Coetzee

“We would not be ashamed of doing some of the things we do in private, if the number of sane human beings…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Perhaps this war will pass like the others which divided us leaving us dead, killing us along with the killers but the…

— Pablo Neruda

I've definitely over-filled and I've definitely had some bad Botox where your eyes drop but, y'know, there's no shame in my game.

— Brandi Glanville

I can't point to any major episodes of sexual discrimination in my early life. But I was so aware of the crime,…

— Betty Friedan

Shame, boatloads of shame. Day after day, more of the same blame, please lift it off please take it off, please make…

— The Avett Brothers

Your machinery is beautiful. Your society people have apologized to me for the envious ridicule with which your newspapers have referred to…

— Oscar Wilde

“I was so ashamed for a mistake I made unknowingly when I was completely out of control and lost my mind for…

— Sammy Toora Powerlifter

As an advocate to end violence against women, I have come to learn that the shame surrounding domestic violence is a barrier…

— Rosario Dawson

The basic building blocks of being trans are not 'other' to other people: the desire to be recognised by the people that…

— Torrey Peters

Compassion and shame come over one who considers how precarious is the origin of the proudest of living beings: often the smell…

— Pliny the Elder

In falling over in heels while trying to look attractive, you don't just hurt your body, you bear the humiliation of injuring…

— Kate Reardon

“Happiness is not a choice, or we’d all be happy. Let’s stop putting unnecessary pressure on ourselves to be happy all the…

— Scott Stabile

“Dehumanizing and holding people accountable are mutually exclusive. Humiliation and dehumanizing are not accountability or social justice tools, they’re emotional off-loading at…

— Brené Brown

Fuck me badly once, shame on you. Fuck me badly twice, shame on me.

— Samantha Jones

Fool me once; fool me twice; but shame on me if you fool me thrice.

— Nabil N Jamal

I didn't get etiquette classes, which is a shame because someone like me needs them.

— Claudia Jessie

When pride cometh then cometh shame but with the lowly/Humble is wisdom.

— Proverb11:2

I'm in love, sweet love. Feel me calling out your name, I feel no shame.

— Anita Baker

It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.

— Francois Rabelais

Have you ever gotten the feeling that you aren't completely embarassed yet, but you glimpse tomorrow's embarrassment?

— Tom Cruise

My lady's presence makes the roses red, because to see her lips they blush for shame.

— Henry Constable

It's a big shame, because 'Trixter' in my mind were what a real rock n' roll band is all about.

— Steve Brown

It's a shame that creativity and sloth look exactly the same.

— Louise Penny

Sometimes I think it's a shame, when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.

— Gordon Lightfoot

And she waited patiently. It was all the same. All my pride and shame, but she put me on my feet.

— Parachute

To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.

— Confucius

I wish to remain nameless And live without shame 'Cause what's in a name, Oh I still remain the same

— Florence Welch

She wept with shame for her lack of will and with fear for a love she couldn't control.

— Judith McNaught

Repentance keeps sin from condemning us because Jesus died and scorned the shame.

— Mark Driscoll