Humiliated Quotes

• Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Gratitude, Charity, Made

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• There is nothing more dangerous than a humiliated man.

  Nelson Mandela

  Men, Danger, Closed Minded

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• The moment our dignity is undermined, we get up in arms and want to see our dignity restored - especially if we are humiliated.

  Desmond Tutu

  Want, Arms, Dignity

  Interview With Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. June 17, 2012.

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• When you feel humiliated or things like that, you either use it as fuel to change or you get covered by it.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Use, Fuel, Feels

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• Know that humiliation does not weaken you, it strengthens you. The more egoistic you are, the more humiliation you feel. When you are childlike and have a greater sense of kinship, you do not feel humiliated. When you are steeped in love with the Existence, with the Divine, nothing whatsoever can humiliate you.

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Doe, Divine, Existence

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• Those children who are beaten will in turn give beatings, those who are intimidated will be intimidating, those who are humiliated will impose humiliation, and those whose souls are murdered will murder.

  Alice Miller

  Children, Giving, Soul

  "Forgiving Others and Trusting God . . . a Handbook for Survivors of Child". Book by J. E. Norris-Bernal, p. 16, 2011.

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• Always remember, my good friends, that there is one sin we must never commit and it is to humiliate another person or to allow another person to be humiliated in our presence without us screaming and shouting and protesting.

  Elie Wiesel

  Good Friend, Remember, Sin

  "Changing world of commencement speakers" by Heidi Benson, www.sfgate.com. June 11, 2008.

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• Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Life, Leadership, Order

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• Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.

  Toni Morrison

  Love, Self Respect, Humiliation

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• How is it possible for me to be so miserable and embarrassed and humiliated and beaten an function still talk and smile and concentrate?

  Beatrice Sparks

  Miserable, Function, Embarrassed

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• There is nothing more pleasing to God, than to see a soul who patiently and serenely bears whatever crosses it is sent; this is how love is made, by putting lover and loved one on the same level. . . A soul who loves Jesus Christ desires to be treated the way Christ was treated-desires to be poor, despised and humiliated.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Jesus, Love Is, Soul

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• Being humbled is always good for us, even if it doesn't feel good to us.

  LeCrae

  Humble, Rapper, Hip Hop

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• There is a lovely root to the word humiliation - from the latin word humus, meaning soil or ground. When we are humiliated, we are in effect returning to the ground of our being.

  David Whyte

  Latin, Humility, Pride

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• Humility is born of the spirit, humiliation of the ego.

  Alan Cohen

  Humility, Emotional, Ego

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• When a person is humiliated, when his rights are being violated, and he does not have the proper education, naturally he gravitates toward terrorism.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Rights, Doe, Terrorism

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• The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.

  Ted Hughes

  Hurt, Regret, Fear

  Ted Hughes (2011). “Letters of Ted Hughes”, p.514, Faber & Faber

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• I like a leader who can, while pointing out a mistake, bring up the good things the other person has done. If you do that, then the person sees that you have a complete picture of him. There is nobody more dangerous than one who has been humiliated, even when you humiliate him rightly.

  Nelson Mandela

  Leadership, Mistake, Done

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. April 2001.

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• It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, School, Equality

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.16, A&C Black

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• Overnight, I went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one. I was Patient Zero.

  Monica Lewinsky

  Zero, Patient, Figures

  "Monica’s Mission: Can the humiliated Lewinsky lead the charge against online harassment?" by Howard Kurtz, www.foxnews.com. October 22, 2014.

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• Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall.

  Saint Patrick

  Wall, Lying, Compassion

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• Many of those who are humiliated are not humble. Some react to humiliation with anger, others with patience, and others with freedom. The first are culpable, the next harmless, the last just.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Humble, Lasts, Next

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• I was so humiliated, hurt, spurned, offended, angry, sorry--I cannot hit upon the right name for the smart--God knows what its name was--that tears started to my eyes.

  Charles Dickens

  Hurt, Sorry, Smart

  Charles Dickens (2010). “A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations (Oprah's Book Club): Two Novels”, p.375, Penguin

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• If you are a success in life, there are places you must go and pay to be humiliated. It is an unwritten law that human beings must be tormented throughout their lives in one way or another. If you are fortunate enough to have risen to a social level where no one does it to you for free, then you must pay for the service.

  Jonathan Carroll

  Law, Doe, Levels

  Jonathan Carroll (2010). “White Apples”, p.21, Macmillan

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• In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'.

  Jackie Chan

  Dog, Past, People

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• I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated.

  Kevin Costner

  Believe, Paid Off, Knows

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