“Being away from home gave me the chance to look at myself with a jaundiced eye. I learned not to be ashamed of a real hunger for knowledge, something I had always tried to hide, and I came home glad to start in here again with a love for Europe that I am afraid will never leave me.” LooksRealHomeEyeChanceEuropeHungerGladAshamedLeaving MeAway From HomeNever Leave Me Author:Jackie Kennedy
“America is now wholly given over to a d--d mob of scribbling women, and I should have no chance of success while the public taste is occupied with their trash - and should be ashamed of myself if I did succeed. What is the mystery of these innumerable editions of the Lamplighter, and other books neither better nor worse? - worse they could not be, and better they need not be, when they sell by 100,000.” IfsNeedsShouldBookAmericaGivenChanceMysteryTasteSucceedShould HaveSellsAshamedTrash Book:The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings Source: The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings
“No man esteems anything that comes to him by chance; but when it is governed by reason, it brings credit both to the giver and receiver; whereas those favors are in some sort scandalous that make a man ashamed of his patron.” MenReasonChanceCreditFavorsEsteemAshamedGiverPatronReceiverScandalous Author:Seneca the Younger
“When I grew up, shame was used as a tool for check and balance. If you stood a chance of hearing someone say, "Shame on you," or "You should be ashamed of yourself," you thought twice. It doesn't seem to be a factor today.” IfsShouldSeemsTodayUsedChanceGrewBalanceGrew UpToolsShameHearingChecksFactorsAshamedShame On You Author:Robert Redford