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“Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because of the ignominy that would be the result if the attempt was abandoned.”

Ifs Men Believe Has Beens Would Be Results Powerful Emotion Known Journey Discovery Importance Shame Accomplished Most Powerful Abandoned Ignominy Powerful Emotions

Book:An Instance of the Fingerpost

Source: An Instance of the Fingerpost

“The offence is what is improperly called the death of an infant, who has ceased to be, before knowing what existence is, a result of a nature not to give the slightest inquietude to the most timid imagination; and which can cause no regrets but to the very person who, through a sentiment of shame and pity, has refused to prolong a life begun under the auspices of misery.”

Giving Persons Causes Imagination Results Existence Knowing Regret Shame Misery Pity Sentiments Infant No Regrets Offence

Book:Theory of Legislation

Source: Theory of Legislation

“After the sleep of death we are to gather up our forces again with the incalculable results of this life, a crown of shame or glory upon our heads, and begin again on a new level of progress.”

Force Sleep Levels Results Progress Glory Shame This Life Immortality Crowns Begin Again

Book:Speech in Season

Source: Speech in Season

“What would happen if people practiced openness and honesty? If people talked about their real challenges without shame or fear of rejection? My guess is that people would feel less alone and isolated. People would be willing to share more, and as a result, society would feel more connected to each other and their experiences.”

People Ifs Feels Real Happens Would Be Challenges Results Share Honesty Willing Shame Connected Rejection Openness Isolated Fear Of Rejection

Author:Deborah Reber

“We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. Whether it's the fictition of duct tape or fictition of orange alerts we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you. Mr. Bush, shame on you. And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.”

Men War Reason President Results Shame Election Tape Pope Orange Chicks Us President Duct Tape Dixie Shame On You Election Results Dixie Chicks

Author:Michael Moore

“We must never mistake the process for the result...there is suffering; but this is only the process. God isn't going to stop with the process; He wants to produce the final result. Suffering leads to glory; shame leads to honor; weakness leads to power. This is God's way of doing things.”

Way Want Suffering Process Results Mistake Produce Honor Glory Weakness Shame Finals

Author:Warren W. Wiersbe

“There's so much shame involved in not being like everyone else. But I learned that the things that made me unique were good. Dealing with problems can be awful. But in the end I got positive results. I don't think I would have been a writer if I didn't have anxiety.”

Ifs Thinking Has Beens Made Ends Problem Results Involved Anxiety Unique Shame Awful Positive Results Dealing With Problems

Author:Jenny Lawson

“He had been content with daily labour and rough animal enjoyments, 'till Catherine crossed his path. Shame at her scorn, and hope of her approval, were his first prompts to higher pursuits; and, instead of guarding him from one and winning him to the other, his endeavors to raise himself had produced just the contrary result.”

Firsts Winning Animal Results Path Higher Shame Raises Contrary Pursuit Enjoyment Labour Rough Endeavor Approval Scorn Prompts Guarding

Author:Emily Bronte

“Your machinery is beautiful. Your society people have apologized to me for the envious ridicule with which your newspapers have referred to me. Your newspapers are comic but never amusing. Your Water Tower is a castellated monstrosity with pepperboxes stuck all over it. I am amazed that any people could so abuse Gothic art and make a structure not like a water tower but like a tower of a medieval castle. It should be torn down. It is a shame to spend so much money on buildings with such an unsatisfactory result. Your city looks positively dreary.”

“I feel no shame at being found still owning a share when the bottom of the market comes…I would go much further than that. I should say that it is from time to time the duty of a serious investor to accept the depreciation of his holdings with equanimity and without reproaching himself. … An investor…should be aiming primarily at long-period results, and should be solely judged by these.”

Feels Should Long Stills Found Results Accepting Share Serious Duty Periods Shame Bottom Investors Judged Equanimity Depreciation

Author:John Maynard Keynes

“My feelings about men are the result of my experience. I have little sympathy for them. Like a Jew just released from Dachau, I watch the handsome young Nazi soldier fall writhing to the ground with a bullet in his stomach and I look briefly and walk on. I don’t even need to shrug. I simply don’t care. What he was, as a person, I mean, what his shames and yearnings were, simply don’t matter.”

Men Needs Looks Mean Littles Persons Matter Feelings Care Young Fall Walks Results Watches Shame Soldier Jew Don't Care Stomach Yearning Bullets Nazi Handsome Misandry Man Hater Dachau

Book:The Women's Room

Source: The Women's Room

“I cannot think of the results of your labors without shame at the little we do.”

Thinking Littles Wisdom Results Labor Shame

Book:Correspondence, Conferences, Documents

Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents