Shame Quote by George MacDonald

“We have these shames we keep to ourselves because to show ourselves as we are, no more and no less, would be too much.…

— Roxane Gay

“Now since shame is a mental picture of disgrace, in which we shrink from the disgrace itself and not from its consequences, and we…

— Aristotle

To be humbly ashamed is to be plunged in the cleansing bath of truth.

— George MacDonald

“word on shame: If there is any one thing that can hold us back, it is our own self-loathing. If we move through our…

— Jeff Brown

“Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides in our bodies: the storehouse of the memories of…

— Sharon Salzberg

“But shame is like a wound that is never exposed and therefore never heals.”

— Andreas Eschbach

“Shame is embarrassment multiplied against itself until it dies under it’s own weight and we with it. Forgiveness is freedom multiplied against the Cross…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but that this humiliation is seen by everyone”

— Milan Kundera

“If we can find someone who has earned the right to hear our story, we need to tell it. Shame loses power when it…

— Brené Brown

“Once they know they've got a hold of your shame, they can shake it out and hold it up for the all world to…

— Kirsty Eagar

“I think shame is the most profound of all emotions; I think the world is ruled by shame.”

— J.R. Salamanca

“If we confess our sins, we shall be cleansed.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita