Shame Quotes - Page 20

• Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot survive empathy.

  Brené Brown

  Empathy

  "How To Turn Negative Emotions Into Your Greatest Advantage". www.huffingtonpost.com. October 29, 2013.

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• He who is accustomed to give account of his life at confession here will not fear to give an answer at the terrible judgment-seat of Christ. It is for this purpose that the mild tribunal of penitence was here initiated, in order that we, being cleansed and amended through penitence here below, may give an answer without shame at the terrible judgment-seat of Christ.

  John of Kronstadt

  Christian, Order, Giving

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• Speak boldly and speak truly, shame the devil.

  John Fletcher

  Devil, Speech, Speak

  Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher (1750). “The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher”, p.333

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• When perfectionism is driving us, shame is riding shotgun and fear is that annoying backseat driver!

  Brené Brown

  Riding, Driving, Annoying

  FaceBook post by Brené Brown from Jun 13, 2013

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• The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in.

  Rumi

  Dark, Doors, Laughing

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.150, Penguin UK

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• Christ's death is the Christian's life. Christ's cross is the Christian's title to heaven. Christ "lifted up" and put to shame on Calvary is the ladder by which Christians "enter into the holiest," and are at length landed in glory.

  J. C. Ryle

  Christian, Heaven, Titles

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible commentary - The gospel of John”, p.48, Editora Dracaena

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• But somewhere within each of us, buried at varying depths depending on the age and degree of neglect or abuse, shame or coercion we endured, there is a resistant, daydreaming, rebellious, creative, unique child -- a true self who is waiting.

  Gloria Steinem

  Children, Unique, Self

  Gloria Steinem (2012). “Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem”, p.98, Open Road Media

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• Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Praise

  Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.420, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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• You see it is important to understand how damaged people don't always know how to say yes, or to choose the big thing, even when it is right in front of them. It's a shame we carry. The shame of wanting something good. The shame of feeling something good. The shame of not believing we deserve to stand in the same room in the same way as all those we admire. Big red As on our chests.

  Lidia Yuknavitch

  Believe, People, Feelings

  Lidia Yuknavitch (2013). “The Chronology of Water: A Memoir”, p.130, Hawthorne Books

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• Sexuality, and sexual orientation - regardless of orientation - is just natural. An act of sex is one of the most human things. But an organization like the church, say, through its doctrine, would undermine humanity by successfully teaching shame about sexual orientation - that it is sinful, or that it offends God. The song is about asserting yourself and reclaiming your humanity through an act of love.

  Hozier

  Song, Sex, Teaching

  "Q&A: Irish Musician Hozier on Gay Rights, Sexuality, & Good Hair". Interview with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, www.thecut.com. March 11, 2014.

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• We wouldn't pay to rent and watch the same painful movie two hundred fifty times, but somehow we let our mind replay a bad memory over and over, each time experiencing the same distress and shame.

  Jan Chozen Bays

  Memories, Two, Mind

  Jan Chozen Bays (2011). “How to Train a Wild Elephant: And Other Adventures in Mindfulness”, p.6, Shambhala Publications

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• If we want to live and love with our whole hearts, and if we want to engage with the world from a place of worthiness, we have to talk about the things that get in the way- especially shame, fear and vulnerability

  Brené Brown

  Heart, And Love, World

  Brené Brown (2010). “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are”, p.50, Simon and Schuster

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• Words will never fully capture what is alive in our hearts.It would be a shame, though, if we denied our bears their dancing.

  Dinty W. Moore

  Heart, Dancing, Alive

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

  Kevin Kline

  Jobs, Guilt, Hell

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Acting for me, is a passion, but it's also a job, and I've always approached it as such. I have a certain manual-laborist view of acting. There's no shame in taking a film because you need some money.

  James Spader

  Jobs, Passion, Views

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I will tell you that when I was heavy, people would say to me - and it was such a backhanded compliment - they would say, 'You've got such a beautiful face,' in the way of, like, 'Oh, isn't it a shame that from the neck down you're questionable.'

  Kate Winslet

  Beautiful, People, Way

  "Kate Winslet: Your #1 Most Glam". Interview with Skip Hollandsworth, www.glamour.com. February 28, 2011.

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• 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.

  Danai Gurira

  Writing, Topics, Reason

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• Don't be afraid to do weird stuff, so long as you do it cheaply and cover everyone's bets. Be bold. Be stupid, if you have to: so long as you don't hurt anybody, what's it matter how dopey your dream is? If I hadn't made TUSK? If I'd let it die as a podcast? I wouldn't have three other movies I'm now making within the span of a year. Some folks will try to shame you for trying something outside the norm; the only shame is in not trying to accomplish your dreams.

  Kevin Smith

  Dream, Hurt, Stupid

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• Guilt is about something you do. Shame is about who you are.

  Bill Konigsberg

  Guilt, Who You Are

  Bill Konigsberg (2013). “Openly Straight”, p.293, Scholastic Inc.

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• Richard A. Posner is an extraordinary person. If he did not exist, it would be hard to believe that he could. (...) He writes with a flair that puts most journalists to shame and a depth of knowledge that puts most professors to shame.

  Alan Ryan

  Believe, Writing, Extraordinary Person

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• Archimedes said Eureka, Cos in English he weren't too aversed in, when he discovered that the volume of a body in the bath, is equal to the stuff it is immersed in, That is the law of displacement, Thats why ships don't sink, Its a shame he weren't around in 1912, The Titanic would have made him think.

  Richard Digance

  Science, Thinking, Law

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• Shame makes people abandon their children and drink themselves to death. It also keeps us from true happiness. An apology is a glorious release.

  Amy Poehler

  Children, Apology, People

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.66, Pan Macmillan

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• Scars on the back are a swordsman’s shame.

  Zoro

  Scar, Swordsman

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

  John Henry Newman

  Fighting, Sin, Adam

  John Henry Newman (1868). “Verses on Various Occasions”, p.354

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• Jesus is not your accuser. He’s not your prosecutor. He’s not your judge. He’s your friend and your rescuer. Like Zacchaeus, just spend time with Jesus. Don’t hide from him in shame or reject him in self-righteousness. Don’t allow the opinions of other people to shape your concept of him. Get to know him for yourself, and let the goodness of God change you from the inside out.

  Judah Smith

  Jesus, Self, People

  Judah Smith (2013). “Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human”, p.20, Thomas Nelson Inc

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