“You can't look outside of yourself. You must look within yourself, and address all of the things that are going on within you, and clear out the things that are not useful. Whether it's fear or anger or shame or guilt or whatever it is - clean that stuff up.” LooksStuffClearShameGuiltCleanAddressesWithin You Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“The difference between guilt and shame is very clear--in theory. We feel guilty for what we do. We feel shame for what we are. A person feels guilt because he did something wrong. A person feels shame because he is something wrong. We may feel guilty because we lied to our mother. We may feel shame because we are not the person our mother wanted us to be.” PeopleWantFeelsMayPersonsDifferentFeelingsWantedLyingMotherDifferencesClearTheoryShameGuiltGuiltyAshamedWrongLied Author:Lewis B. Smedes
“Of course you don't want anybody to feel shame for their sexuality. But you also want to make it clear that a loud, a loud and proud approach to your sexuality at a young age isn't necessary to be a fully integrated person.” WantFeelsPersonsAgeYoungCoursesClearProudApproachShameSexualityLoudYoung AgeIntegrated Author:Lena Dunham
“Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.” DreamPainPastNightBlackBehindsClearBearsOceanShameSlaveLeavingTerrorWideAncestorRootedTidesHutsSwellingDaybreak Author:Maya Angelou
“Give me strength, not to be better than my enemies, but to defeat my greatest enemy, the doubts within myself. Give me strength for a straight back and clear eyes, so when life fades, as the setting sun, my spirit may come to you without shame.” GivingMayEyeSpiritEnemySunClearDoubtStrengthGive MeShameDefeatSettingSettingsFadesGive Me StrengthCherokeeClear Eyes Author:P. C. Cast
“I think that everyone at any age should ask themselves, 'where do I want to be today, where do I want to be tomorrow, and where do I want to be in a hundred years?' We all have clear answers to those questions. We only have so much time. It's a real shame if we don't spend our lives trying to do that.” IfsThinkingWantShouldTryingYearsRealAgeTodayAsksAnswersClearOur LivesTomorrowHundredShame Author:Jack Antonoff
“I want to make it clear that I do not judge or condemn any woman who has had an abortion, but every abortion is a tragedy and up to 100,000 abortions a year is this generation's legacy of unutterable shame.” WantYearsClearGenerationsJudgingTragedyShameLegacyAbortionThis GenerationDo Not Judge Author:Tony Abbott