QuoteProject

Topic

Quotes on Ashamed

162 quotes

Those who are ashamed of what they ought not to be ashamed; and are not ashamed of what they ought to be - such men, embracing erroneous views, enter the woeful path.
Gautama BuddhaRead
A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.
ConfuciusRead
Don't be ashamed of your own ideas. Most musicians get applauded for sounding like someone else.
Brian EnoRead
Be ashamed to catch yourself idle.
Benjamin FranklinRead
A soul which is not clothed _x000D_ with the inner garment of Love _x000D_ should be ashamed of its existence.
RumiRead
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
Francois De La RochefoucauldRead
We fight to exist. Personally, I am not ashamed of fighting to exist. We are doing no very extraordinary thing to fight simply because we do not wish to be enslaved or exterminated.
Donald Woods WinnicottRead
Have faith in yourselves, be proud of your ancestors, instead of being ashamed of them.
Swami VivekanandaRead
You strayed from the way and did not return because you were ashamed. It would be more logical if you were ashamed not to return.
Josemaria EscrivaRead
It is my great desire to reform my subjects, and yet I am ashamed to confess that I am unable to reform myself.
Peter The GreatRead
I am sure it has been done with less, but you should be prepared to write and throw away a million words of finished material. By finished, I mean completed, done, ready to submit, and written as well as you know how at the time you wrote it. You may be ashamed of it later, but that's another story.
Jerry PournelleRead
The only thing is I am a little bit ashamed of is I didn't come out earlier, that I didn't have the strength to do it, the courage to break that lie. But everyone goes on their own path to do this, and I don't want the struggle to be so hard for other people.
Ian ThorpeRead
Desire is what leads you through life until the time comes when you desire a higher life. So do not be ashamed that you want so much, yet at the same time do not fool yourself into thinking that what you want today will be enough tomorrow.
Deepak ChopraRead
If we are extremists, then we are not ashamed of it, for the conditions that our people suffer are extreme, and extreme illness can not be cured with moderate medicine
Malcolm XRead
Don't be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you've been wounded and you need a comrade to pull you up? So what?
Marcus AureliusRead
Now, why is it that most of us can talk openly about the illnesses of our bodies, but when it comes to our brain and illnesses of the mind we clam up and because we clam up, people with emotional disorders feel ashamed, stigmatized, and don't seek the help that can make the difference.
Kirk DouglasRead
The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.
Flannery O'ConnorRead
And if after all this you eventually fail; don't take it personal. Don't be ashamed to start all over again.
Richard BransonRead
To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one's morality.
Friedrich NietzscheRead
The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.
Friedrich NietzscheRead
I am ashamed of some christians because they have so much dependence on Parliment and the law of the land. Much good may Parliment ever do to true religion except by mistake! As to getting the law of the land to touch our religion, we earnestly cry, `Hands off! Leave us alone.' Your Sunday bills and all other forms of the act-of-Parliment religion seem to me to be all wrong. Give us a fair field and no favor, and our faith has no cause to fear. Christ wants no help from Caesar.
Charles SpurgeonRead

A little wisdom, now and then

Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.