Humans are born, small, weak and helpless. That's why we have family. And the elders of the family are the honoured guardians… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Your machinery is beautiful. Your society people have apologized to me for the envious ridicule with which your newspapers have referred to… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Despite the doctor’s orders, I bought myself several cartons of cigarettes (…) I think that I preferred to put myself in serious… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
“And if we do speak out, we risk rejection and ridicule. I had a best friend once, the kind that you go… — Carolyn Spring Copy Share Image
Ireland and its people have much to be proud of. Yet every land and its people have moments of shame. Dealing with… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
“Where are you, Adam? According to the book of Genesis, Adam went into hiding after the fall. By trying to be more… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“The agony of this chronic stage of being cannot be endured for long. At the deepest level, toxic shame triggers our basic… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
In Britain, when the working class are summoned for fiction, it's 'isn't it a shame, isn't it a pity, isn't it awful,… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
"But when you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. 'And I don't quite know… — Moderata Fonte Copy Share Image
I'd still thought that everything I thought about that night-the shame, the fear-would fade in time. But that hadn't happened. Instead, the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The hardest period in life is one’s twenties. It’s a shame because you’re your most gorgeous, and you’re physically in peak condition.… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
No sane person, I hope, would accuse me of saying that every Distributist must drink beer; especially if he could brew his… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
So I let my shame own me, kill me, wilt me away into a thousand dead flakes, knowing if I kept it… — Jessica Sorensen Copy Share Image
“I’ll never forget one of the first families I visited. The father was a railroad man who had lost his job. I… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
“I vowed that I would never tell anyone of my shame. They say that when you kept a secret, it eats you… — Jenni Rivera Copy Share Image
I believe we all have lists of shame. Long lists. We live with our constellation of shames quite privately. But they weigh… — Victoria Redel Copy Share Image
We all have secret lives. The life of excretion; the world of inappropriate sexual fantasies; our real hopes, our terror of death;… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
The recession of the late 1980s was a very visible humiliation. Cities across Britain had become the victims of botched battlefield surgery… — Simon Beaufoy Copy Share Image
The basic building blocks of being trans are not 'other' to other people: the desire to be recognised by the people that… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
As an advocate to end violence against women, I have come to learn that the shame surrounding domestic violence is a barrier… — Rosario Dawson Copy Share Image
To be shame-bound means that whenever you feel any feeling, need or drive, you immediately feel ashamed. The dynamic core of your… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“Some of the most effective segments are interviews with various staff members, including Aila, who works for the center’s legal department. She… — Robert Uttaro Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Moral Injury is differentiated from PTSD in that it directly relates to guilt and shame veterans experience as a result of committing… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
We have made men proud of most vices, but not of cowardice. Whenever we have almost succeeded in doing so, God permits… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You don't shower or shave for a month, until you smell like a sewer. Then you walk around for two weeks wearing… — Neil Strauss Copy Share Image
People always say, "You played such a strong character." I remember someone said that to me when I played a role in… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
There is a certain kind of pain that can change you. Even the strongest sword, when placed in a raging fire, will… — Adam Gidwitz Copy Share Image
I did everything to get food. I have stolen for food. I have jumped in huge garbage bins with maggots for food.… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
“Children who are victimized through sexual abuse often begin to develop deeply held tenets that shape their sense of self: 'My worth… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for… — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
“The idea that humiliation is some capital crime of the spirit is a fiction. The sentences we hand down for losing control… — John Hockenberry Copy Share Image
