Shame Quote by Roxane Gay

“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

“My body is the story of my life, and there is nothing I am ashamed of anymore. It took me looking at myself in…

— Georgia Clare

“Personal disillusionment accompanied by self-pity and self-loathing are the Achilles’ heel of modern humankind, representing the weakness of the human spirit.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“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

“we all have more than our share of pains and sorrow. Embarrassments and things that haunt us. From that, no one is ever immune,…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“Healthy shame is the psychological foundation of humility. It is the source of spirituality. What I discovered was that shame as a healthy human…

— John Bradshaw

“When we are exposed without any way to protect ourselves, we feel the pain of shame. If we are continually overexposed, shame becomes toxic.”

— John Bradshaw

“I did not know if I would ever find my way past that shame and toward a place where I could face my body,…

— Roxane Gay

“It’s affirming that we can look at any experience from the fullness of our being and get past the shame we carry.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“At the end of the day, our recovery must be based not on shame or perfectionism or the need to impress others, but on…

— Erica Spiegelman

“And when our bodies remind us that we are not, when they wrinkle and sag and weaken, we are ashamed of them. We do…

— Hannah Anderson

“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