Shame Quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“there is a limit of ignominy, beyond which man's consciousness of shame cannot go, and after which begins satisfaction in shame?”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Another time, twice, in fact, I tried hard to be in love. I suffered, too, gentlemen, I assure you. In the depth of my…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also. You, Mr. Gray, you yourself,…

— Oscar Wilde

“He stopped at an intersection, panting, rubbing at the twinge in his hamstrings, looking around, though he knew no cars were coming in either…

— Denise Mina

My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music from different…

— Rokia Traore

Most readers, then and now, have at some time experienced the humiliation of being told that their occupation is reprehensible.

— Alberto Manguel

“There's something energizing about getting what you want, even if that something is shame.”

— Riley Sager

I guarantee you [Hillary Clinton] is smoking in humiliation over the idea that she needs to heal and that [Donald] Trump's the guy to…

— Rush Limbaugh

Telling a story of illness, one pulls a thread through a narrow opening flanked on one side by shame and the other by trivia.

— Susan Griffin

“Build a bridge over shame by teaching kids about sexual abuse. Give them a chance to run to us should they encounter it. Be…

— Carolyn Byers Ruch

Mine would be, "We will stand together, he and I. One in victory, one in shame. Only then can I truly own the power…

— Anonymous

For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe…

— Geneen Roth