Best 857 quotes in «shame quotes» category

It shames the average man to be valued below his own estimate of his worth.

It's no shame to fall down, but it is a shame to just stay down.

It's such a shame that people are so much more worried about being right than being decent.

It will be a shame if either side lose, and that applies to both sides.

I was all braced for the wrath that was going to put grizzlies to shame, and this is what I get? I should infuriate you more often.

I wanted control over what was said and what was not said, rather than holding my head down in shame.

I was always the shame of the family - the one Yankee who was actually born in the North.

I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.

Laborin' man an' laborin' woman Hev one glory an' one shame; Ev'y thin' thet' s done inhuman Injers all on 'em the same.

I write about African women, that's really my topic. I have no shame or qualm in it because it's a very underrepresented topic, which is part of the reason I started to write.

I was really not a good student, and I felt that shame every day. That's one of the reasons I started smoking pot and drinking daily.

I would often be a coward, but for the shame of it.

Likewise, I see no shame in writing Captain America or Wolverine.

Let life be short, else shame will be too long.

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.

Like my old mentor would always say, Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice and I'll be dead.'' Okay, she wasn't a good poet, but that lady could handle her whiskey.

Live in thy shame, but die not shame with thee!

Men are my bread and butter. It's what I live for! I have no shame about that.

Lovely place, shame about the people!

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

Men walk this tightrope where any sign of weakness illicits shame, and so they're afraid to make themselves vulnerable for fear of looking weak.

Most of the groups I worked with 30 years ago are either dead or dead broke. And it's a shame.

Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill. Shame and woe to us, if we our wealth obey; The horse doth with the horseman away.

My charity is outrage, life my shame; And in that shame still live my sorrow's rage!

My feelings for you shame me into silence.

My father told me, "Don't do anything that would bring shame to the family." I was always mindful of that. When I told him I wanted to pursue a career as an actor, my father said, "Look at what you see on television at the movies, is that what you want to be doing? Do you want to make a life out of that?" And I said, "Daddy, I'm going to change it".

My rage outweighs my shame, as always happens when one is really ashamed and knows he ought to be.

My lady's presence makes the roses red, because to see her lips they blush for shame.

Nature her custom holds, Let shame say what it will.

Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings.

never feel guilty about anything shame and guilt are a waste of time just do what you do-- and deal with it

No matter whether a person belongs to the upper ranks or the lower, if he has not put his life on the line at least once he has cause for shame.

One is honest about oneself either with a sense of shame or with vanity.

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

Offspring were a joy or a shame, but still the crown of their elders, nature's unpredictable creatures.

Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational.

Nothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt.

O loving wisdom of our God when all was sin and shame, a second Adam to the fight and to the rescue came.

One, Andrew Carnegie said, ‘He who dies with wealth dies in shame.’ And someone once said, ‘He who gives while he lives also knows where it goes.’

One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown too old to blush.

One of the few downsides to being awakened is that we no longer require sleep; therefore we also no longer dream. It's a shame, because if I could dream, I know I'd dream about you.

One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as well.

O the shame of it, the humiliating shame of being condescended to by dolts

Shame cannot exist in conditions of light, sunshine, and humor. So the very moment that you share your most shameful moments - and can learn to laugh about them - then the spell is lifted. And you, too, are free.

Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a shame to have one, yet at the same time has credited it with power to drag the soul to perdition.

Retain your shyness and drop your shame.

Shame is the root of all addictions.

Shame on me, for me to have this platform and me to have this opportunity to stand up for something that I thought was unjust, and I passed on it. I can't do that.

Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.

Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot survive empathy.