Shame Quotes

Nobody escapes being wounded. We are all wounded people, whether physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually. The main question is not, 'How can we hide our wounds?' so we don't have to be embarrassed, but 'How can we put our woundedness in the service of others?' When our wounds cease to be a source of shame, and become a source of healing, we have become wounded healers.

It is my great desire to reform my subjects, and yet I am ashamed to confess that I am unable to reform myself.

Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.

I am not ashamed of my past. I am not ashamed of my humble beginning.

The only shame in masturbation is the shame of not doing it well.

India will have to hang down her head in shame if even one person is left who is said in any way to be untouchable.

To ask may be but a moment's shame, not to ask and remain ignorant is a lifelong shame.

For the first time, I am ashamed to be a German.

Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis.

Survival is your strength not your shame.

You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. You were created to be victorious.

When secularization has had its full sway, it will leave a generation devoid of shame. And if you show me a generation that lacks shame, I will show you a generation that is monstrous in its appetite... never satisfied.

If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.

Ain't that a shame how they f-ck up ya name.

I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you.

Shame on you for staying the same.

I don’t have any problem doing anything. The secret is I have no shame.

There's no shame in failing. The only shame is not giving things your best shot.

Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being.

Humans are stupid. I'm ashamed to be human.

If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.

It ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love.

It's a shame to call somebody a 'diva' simply because they work harder than everybody else.

If you are insulted, if you are accused, if they gossip about you, don't say anything bad. Don't be the one who sees the shame, be the one who corrects it.

The shame of being a man - is there any better reason to write?