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“In every community there are little knots of fantastic extremists who loudly proclaim that they are striving for righteousness, and who, in reality, do their feeble best for unrighteousness. Just as the upright politician should hold in peculiar scorn the man who makes the name of politician a reproach and a shame, so the genuine reformer should realize that the cause he champions is especially jeopardized by the mock reformer who does what he can to make reform a laughingstock among decent men.”

Source: The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses

“To be sure an European woman would blush to her fingers' ends at the very idea of appearing publicly stark naked; but education and prejudice are everything, since it is an axiom, that where there is no feeling of self-reproach, there can assuredly be no shame.”

Ideas Ends Self Feelings Prejudice Shame Fingers Naked Appearing Starks Axioms Reproach Nudity

Book:Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam: In Guiana ... from the Year 1772 to 1777 ; Elucidating the History of that Country and Describing Its Productions, Viz. Quadrupeds, Birds, [etc.] Trees, Shrubs, [etc.] with an Account of the Indians and Negroes of Guinea

Source: Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam: In Guiana ... from the Year 1772 to 1777 ; Elucidating the History of that Country and Describing Its Productions, Viz. Quadrupeds, Birds, [etc.] Trees, Shrubs, [etc.] with an Account of the Indians and Negroes of Guinea

“An older child, one who possesses a conscience, will be troubled with self-reproaches and feelings of shame for his naughtiness, even if he is not discovered. But our two-year-olds and our three-year- olds experience guilt feelings only when they feel or anticipate disapproval from the outside. In doing this, they have taken the first steps toward the goal of conscience, but there is a long way ahead before the policeman outside becomes the policeman inside.”

“I can't even explain to you how terrible that feels, that I equate dating a woman with punishment, shame, guilt, disappointment, reproach, reprimand, persecution. It's a nightmare.”

Feels I Can Terrible Dating Shame Guilt Disappointment Punishment Nightmare Persecution Reproach

Author:John Mayer

“Reproach is shame, blame, disgrace, disapproval and a disrespectful attitude toward yourself. When you're under reproach, your behavior shows it.”

Shows Attitude Behavior Shame Blame Disgrace Reproach Disrespectful Disapproval

Author:Joyce Meyer

“If you do not leave this pasturage, Saladin will come and attack you here. And if you retreat from this attack the shame and reproach will be very great.”

Ifs War Shame Retreat Reproach Great War Medieval War Saladin

Author:Gerard de Ridefort

“Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more than your ability deserves? By lowering your standards? By doing work you despise for purchasers you scorn? If so, then your money will not give you a moment's or a penny's worth of joy. Then all the things you buy will become, not a tribute to you, but a reproach; not an achievement, but a reminder of shame.”

Ifs Men Giving Moments Joy Ability Money Fool Achievement Standards Deserve Shame Greed Investing Vices Stupidity Fraud Despise Reminders Scorn Pennies Tribute Reproach Catering Purchasers

Book:Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

“Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a shame to have one, yet at the same time has credited it with power to drag the soul to perdition.”

Knows Soul Body Church Shame Drag Theological Reproach Scorned Perdition

Author:Eliza Farnham

“One of our troubles is we are not willing to humble ourselves. We are not willing to give up our opinions as to how things should be done. We want a revival to come just in our way. You never saw two revivals come just alike. We must let them come in God's way. People are ashamed to admit they need a revival. If you are not willing to take the shame on yourself, you then let it remain on Jesus Christ. You must bear the reproach of your sinful state of indifference, or the cause of our Master must bear it.”

People Ifs Way Want Needs Giving Should Two States Done Jesus Causes Christ Opinion Saws Trouble Willing Masters Bears Giving Up Jesus Christ Shame Humble Indifference Ashamed Revival Reproach

Author:Mordecai Ham

“Let dissolution come when it will, it can do the Christian no harm, for it will be but a passage out of a prison into a palace; out of a sea of troubles into a haven of rest; out of a crowd of enemies, to an innumerable company of true, loving, and faithful friends; out of shame, reproach, and contempt, into exceeding great and eternal glory.”

Christian Can Do Company Enemy Trouble Sea Havens Eternal Glory Shame Prison Crowds Harm Faithful Contempt Passages Palaces Reproach Dissolution Faithful Friends

Book:The Riches of Bunyan

Source: The Riches of Bunyan

“If you are not willing to take the shame on yourself, you then let it remain on Jesus Christ. You must bear the reproach of your sinful state of indifference, or the cause of our Master must bear it.”

Ifs States Jesus Causes Christ Willing Masters Bears Jesus Christ Shame Indifference Reproach

Author:Mordecai