Shame Quotes · Page 60

Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Shame and blame should have no place in our body, mind, or spirit.”

— Asa Don Brown

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

— Nabil N Jamal

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

— Lewis B. Smedes

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

— Samantha Jones

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

— Rich Froning Jr

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

— Ann Patchett

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

“...if it had to be shame, then let it be shame; if it had to be disgrace, then let it be disgrace;…

— Dostoevsky

I come from a violent background. So I became hard. I realised that I had made myself that way to deal with…

— Mickey Rourke

People who live under fascism are not only miserable but they're full of shame. You just don't go in and inject democracy…

— Norman Mailer

All the contagion of the south light on you, You shames of Rome! you herd of--boils and plagues Plaster you o'er; that…

— William Shakespeare

“It's important to understand that while honor is an entitlement to respect--and shame comes when you lose that title--a person of honor…

— Kwame Anthony Appiah

The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It…

— Karl A. Menninger

“In comparison to what I've suffered from myself, the humiliation and suffering inflicted on me by others vanishes into insignificance.”

— Anonymous

At my most unlovable and ungraceful, I've felt so much shame. What would be so great in those times is to have…

— Taylor Russell

With memory set smarting like a reopened wound, a man's past is not simply a dead history, an outworn preparation of the…

— George Eliot

“Incredible shame is associated with mental illness. People will confide the most intimate details of their love life before they'll mention a…

— Candace Pert

There is a certain kind of pain that can change you. Even the strongest sword, when placed in a raging fire, will…

— Adam Gidwitz

I did everything to get food. I have stolen for food. I have jumped in huge garbage bins with maggots for food.…

— Viola Davis

“Children who are victimized through sexual abuse often begin to develop deeply held tenets that shape their sense of self: 'My worth…

— Rachel Lloyd

Kind words produce their own image in men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the…

— Blaise Pascal

A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for…

— Isoroku Yamamoto

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

— Torrey Peters

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

— Anita Baker

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

— Proverb11:2

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

— Claudia Jessie

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

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

— Henry Constable

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

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

— Mark Driscoll

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

— Judith McNaught

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

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

Shame is always easier to handle if you have someone to share it with.

— Craig Thompson

“Now shame on the coward soul, which wants the courage either to be a firm friend, or an open enemy.”

— Matthew Gregory Lewis