Quotes about Shame
Getting weary is no shame. The shame comes in refusing to accept the victory through another when God supplies a hero. A hero accepts help. Remember, genuine martyrs are never self-appointed.
— Beth Moore
Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame; let the poor and needy praise Your name. Psalm 74:21
— Beth Moore
Rationalization is Resistance's right-hand man. Its job is to keep us from feeling the shame we would feel if we truly faced what cowards we are for not doing our work.
— Steven Pressfield
Sin's masterpiece of shame and hate became God's masterpiece of mercy and forgiveness. Through the death of Christ upon the cross, sin itself was crucified for those who believe in Him.
— Billy Graham
Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.
— Billy Graham
I became evil for no reason. I had no motive for my wickedness except wickedness itself. It was foul, and I loved it. I loved the self-destruction, I loved my fall, not the object for which I had fallen but my fall itself. My depraved soul leaped down from your firmament to ruin. I was seeking not to gain anything by shameful means, but shame for its own sake.
— St. Augustine
Behold my heart, O God, behold my heart, which Thou hadst pity upon in the bottom of the bottomless pit. Now, behold, let my heart tell Thee what it sought there, that I should be gratuitously evil, having no temptation to ill, but the ill itself. It was foul, and I loved it; I loved to perish, I loved mine own fault, not that for which I was faulty, but my fault itself. Foul soul, falling from Thy firmament to utter destruction; not seeking aught through the shame, but the shame itself!
— St. Augustine
He that is ashamed to speak the truth has need to be ashamed of himself.
— Charles Spurgeon
Whose life testifies to the truth that there is no shame in being oppressed: Those who should be ashamed are they who oppress others.
— Nelson Mandela
Do not so much be ashamed of that disgrace which proceeds from men's opinion as fly from that which comes from the truth.
— Epictetus
Righteousness exalts a nation, and sin brings reproach.
— TB Joshua
If a shameless woman expects to be defiled and then dies of her fierce love because you do not consent, will chastity also be homicide?
— St. Augustine