“You cannot simply read the Quran,not if you take it seriously.You either have surrendered to it already or you fight it. It attacks tenaciously,directly,personally; it debates,criticizes,shames and challenges. From the outset it draws the line of battle, and I was on other side.” IfsFightingSidesChallengesLinesBattleDrawsShameDebateCriticizeQuran Author:Jeffrey Lang
“There should be no more shame in acknowledging (mental illness) than in acknowledging a battle with high blood pressure or the sudden appearance of a malignant tumor.” ShouldBloodBattlePressureShameIllnessAppearanceMental IllnessTumorsBlood PressureHigh Blood Pressure Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“And the stigma hasn't really changed that much in 31 years. You are still getting people - it's a shame-based disease. It's based on sexual transmission. And it's still shame-based. And until people feel strong enough and feel loved enough to actually open up and say, listen, I'm HIV-positive, then we are facing an uphill battle.” PeopleFeelsYearsStillsEnoughStrongChangedBattleDiseaseShameStrong EnoughHivStigmaTransmissionHiv PositiveUphill Battles Author:Elton John
“But until we get rid of that shame, then people are going to stay underground, they are not going to get tested, and we're facing an uphill battle [with AIDS].” PeopleBattleShameAidsTestedUphill Battles Author:Elton John
“Theirs is the banner in my hand. And I wish I had the power to tell them that the despair of their hearts was not to be final, and their night was not without hope. For the battle they lost can never be lost. For that which they died to save can never perish. Through all the darkness, through all the shame of which men are capable, the spirit of man will remain alive on this earth. It may sleep, but it will awaken. It may wear chains, but it will break through. And man will go on. Man, not men. ~Equality 7-2521 (as Prometheus), pgs 103-104” MenHeartMayHandsEarthSpiritNightLostWishSleepBreakDarknessAliveGoes OnBattleDespairCapableDiedShameFinalsChainsBreak ThroughBannerWithout HopePrometheus Book:Anthem Source: Anthem
“Inside Laila too a battle was being waged : guilt on one side, partnered with shame, and, on the other, the conviction that what she and Tariq had done was not sinful; that it had been natural, good, beautiful, even inevitable, spurred by the knowledge that they might never see each other again.” DoneMightBeautifulSidesNaturalBattleShameGuiltConvictionInevitable Book:A Thousand Splendid Suns Source: A Thousand Splendid Suns
“The One who lives outside of time invites you into a reality that is informed by His perfect plans to give you hope and a future. God speaks in the past tense about battles you’re currently fighting. And He buries the shame of yesterday in order to resurrect the moment you are in and sustain you in the season He is calling you to embrace.” GivingMomentsRealityPastOrderFightingSpeakPerfectPlansCallingBattleSeasonsShameEmbraceYesterdayInvitesTense Book:Crash the Chatterbox: Hearing God's Voice Above All Others Source: Crash the Chatterbox: Hearing God's Voice Above All Others
“Be strong: we are not here to play, to dream, to drift, we have hard work to do and loads to lift, shun not the struggle, face it, 'tis god's gift. Be strong: say not the days are evil - who's to blame! And fold your hands and acquiesce - o shame! Stand up, speak out, and bravely in god's name. Be strong! It matters not how deep entrenched the wrong. How hard the battle goes, the day, how long! Faint not, fight on! Tomorrow comes the song.” LongMatterHardPlayDreamHandsFacesSongFightingEvilNamesSpeakStrongStruggleHard WorkTomorrowBattleShameBlameLiftsLoadFoldsSpeaks OutLife Struggle Author:Maltbie Davenport Babcock
“It is wonderful, awesome and merrywise to see satan lose the battle to us in fear and panic and shame! Our victory is in Christ Jesus!” JoyJesusFearChristLossWiseWonderfulVictoryBattleJesus ChristShameFood For ThoughtIsraelmore AyivorWinnerGreatLoserPanicWinMerryLoseOvercomeVictoriaAwesomeWinnersVictorWe Will WinChampionsChampsThe Battle Is The Lord SChrist WinsDevil LoseMerrywiseSatan LoseWe Are Winner Author:Israelmore Ayivor