SHAME QUOTES IV

quotations about shame

Though honor might possess certain advantages, yet shame had others, and not inferior.

THOMAS MANN

The Magic Mountain

Tags: Thomas Mann


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 see. And you become less than it. You become something disgusting.

KIRSTY EAGER

Raw Blue


Shame is the most powerful master emotion. It's the fear that we aren't good enough.

DEBRA CAMPBELL

"Peeling the Onion of Abuse and Shame", Huffington Post, September 14, 2017


Among the problems with shame was that it in fact did not make you shorter or quieter or less visible. You just felt like you were.

J. R. WARD

Lover Enshrined


Shame is like the weaver's thread; if it breaks in the net, it is wholly imperfect.

BULWER

attributed, Day's Collacon


Where there is shame there is virtue.

JOHANN RIST

attributed, Day's Collacon


Shame is a part of original sin.

JOHN HUMPHREY NOYES

attributed, Day's Collacon


Suddenly, my need to disappear became stronger than my need to be safe. That's what shame does.

TARA HEDMAN

When Shame is Protective


You made me cry
When you said goodbye
Isn't that a shame
My tears fell like rain
Isn't that a shame
You're the one to blame

JOHN LENNON

"Ain't That a Shame"

Tags: John Lennon


The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.

THOMAS HOBBES

Leviathan

Tags: Thomas Hobbes


Love taught him shame, and shame, with love at strife,
Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.

JOHN DRYDEN

Cymon and Iphigenia

Tags: John Dryden


Shame ... ever sticks close to the ribs of honor.

THOMAS MIDDLETON

The Mayor of Queenborough; Or Hengist, King of Kent


Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

SENECA

attributed, Day's Collacon


Shame is more the bedrock of trauma.

RICK GOODWIN

"No room left for hate", St. Catharines Standard, September 8, 2017


Nothing is truly infamous, but what is wicked; and therefore, shame can never disturb an innocent and virtuous mind.

WILLIAM SHERLOCK

A Practical Discourse Concerning a Future Judgment


Now there's a lifestyle
With painted lips
Now there's a lifestyle
Everybody wants it
But it don't exist
And I said shame...

EURYTHMICS

"Shame"


Time was when most people didn't want to admit feelings shame, but even that terribly crippling feeling is more out in the open now than it used to be. Admitting shame is admitting a flaw or a defect in oneself, as if there is something wrong with the person's being. Talking about feeling shame or guilt can make a person feel exposed and vulnerable; it can also lead to grace.

JEANIE MILEY

"Growing Edges: Talking about shame and guilt can lead to grace", Standard-Times, August 19, 2017


He who hath shame seldom sins.

TALMUD

attributed, Day's Collacon


Worthlessness, depravity, torment and fear. The definition is up to you. No matter where you stand, shame breeds nothing but negativity, which can cause you problems throughout your journey.

CORINE GATTI

"7 Ways to Beat Shame", Belief Net, April 14, 2017


Pride gets into the Coach, and Shame mounts behind.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Poor Richard's Almanack, 1758

Tags: Benjamin Franklin