Humiliation Quotes

287 Humiliation quotes by 256 unique authors

Boxing is fascinating. It's good for the soul to be made to feel clumsy. I swank around during the week thinking I'm a big cheese,… — Hugh Laurie
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. — Elie Wiesel
Know that humiliation does not weaken you, it strengthens you. The more egoistic you are, the more humiliation you feel. When you are childlike and… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we… — Jorge Luis Borges
Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never… — Nelson Mandela
It's not just that humiliating people, of any age, is a nasty and disrespectful way of treating them. It's that humiliation, like other forms of… — Alfie Kohn
The most tragic consequence of our criticism of a man is to block his way to humiliation and grace, precisely to drive him into the… — Paul Tournier
He who spends more than he earns is sowing the winds of needless self-indulgence from which he is sure to reap the whirlwinds of trouble… — George S. Clason
Love has a way of showing you to yourself, whether through satisfaction or humiliation. It hovers over you like a magnifying glass you cannot escape,… — Marianne Williamson
I am persuaded that the world has been tricked into adopting some false and most pernicious notions about consistency - and to such a degree… — Mark Twain
The men began to trade tales of atrocities, first stories they had heard, then those they'd witnessed, and finally the things that had happened to… — Toni Morrison
Daily the Negro is coming more and more to look upon law and justice, not as protecting safeguards, but as sources of humiliation and oppression.… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Saigon was an addicted city, and we were the drug: the corruption of children, the mutilation of young men, the prostitution of women, the humiliation… — James Fenton
You can't shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What used to be called shame and humiliation is now called publicity. — P.J. O'Rourke
I'm highly emotional, so I'm highly aware of humiliation. — Sally Field
Jesus has many who love the kingdom of God, but few who bear a cross. He has many who desire His comfort, but few who… — Thomas a Kempis
As soon as error is corrected, it is important that the error be forgotten and only the successful attempts be remembered. Errors, mistakes, and humiliations… — Vince Lombardi
When it's time to let someone go, do it right. No surprises. No humiliation. — Jack Welch
When one has looked upon Jesus, though he be of little stature like Zacchaeus of old (cf. Lk. 19:3), and climb up on the top… — Gregory of Nazianzus
Our Lord humbled without humiliation His lofty station which yet could not be humbled, and condescends to His servants, with a condescension ineffable and incomprehensible.… — John of Damascus
Do you conceive of your Lord as less because? He shows that humiliation is the best road to exaltation (cf. Mt. 23:12); because He humbles… — Gregory of Nazianzus
My philosophy is: if you don't bear a cross, you can't wear a crown so you gotta go through some form of humiliation to reach… — Peter Tosh
Three hundred years of humiliation, abuse and deprivation cannot be expected to find voice in a whisper. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
For the sacrificed, in the hour of sacrifice, only one thing counts: faith-alone among enemies and skeptics. Faith, in spite of the humiliation which is… — Dag Hammarskjold
You cannot change someone using fear, degradation, humiliation, or by comparing them to others. It can only be done through love, with love, for love.… — Suzy Kassem

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