Quotes about Shame

21 quotes about Shame

Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

Quote by William Cowper about shame

The only shame is to have none.

The only shame is to have none.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about shame

It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.

Quote by William Faulkner about shame

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Quote by Joseph Addison about shame

I used to look in the mirror and feel shame, I look in...

I used to look in the mirror and feel shame, I look in the mirror now and I absolutely love myself.

Quote by Drew Barrymore about shame

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to...

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Quote by Aristotel about shame

Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then?...

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about shame

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about shame

When you go to areas that have poverty of that level, ...

When you go to areas that have poverty of that level, you're ready to feel shocked and some degree of shame, coming in as a rich westerner.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about shame

You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's...

You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.

Quote by Whoopi Goldberg about shame

There was a bit of a comparison that Bret was making between Vince McMahon and my dad. He looked up to Vince as a dad and stuff, and it was a shame to see the whole thing end the way it did.

Quote by Owen Hart about shame

It was a real shame that the technology wasn't up to the...

It was a real shame that the technology wasn't up to the creation that was going on with quad. It just wasn't reaching the consumer in the right way.

Quote by Alan Parsons about shame

Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real...

Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The shame is true of man.

Quote by Jean Genet about shame

The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by...

The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.

Quote by Jean Racine about shame

Virtue alone is free. Honor of our history, Our immortal...

Virtue alone is free. Honor of our history, Our immortal shame we live beside your glory.

Quote by Joseph Chénier about shame

Luckless is the country in which the symbols of procreation are the objects of shame, while the agents of destruction are honored! And yet you call that member your pudendum, or shameful part, as if there were anything more glorious than creating...

Quote by Hector Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac about shame

Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in...

Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.

Quote by Johannes Kepler about shame

From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this...

From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this but that the secrets to be discovered are so paltry and few.

Quote by John Updike about shame

Love can never be a mystery or a shame. It is made to be naughty, to be bold. to be ugly and beautiful, to be or not to be hidden nowhere and never. RightWords Translation

Quote by Mihai Tatulici about shame

You can't shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What...

You can't shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What used to be called shame and humiliation is now called publicity.

Quote by Patrick Jake O'Rourke about shame

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