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Forgiveness is required to dissolve all the negative energy cords because it releases shame, guilt, anger, hatred, etc. -- Hina Hashmi
Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. -- William Cowper
I am not racked with self-loathing. Some issues of guilt and shame, but I'm a pretty good guy. -- Marcus Brigstocke
I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which. -- Kevin Kline
Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement. -- Brene Brown
An exciting and inspiring future awaits you beyond the noise in your mind, beyond the guilt, doubt, fear, shame, insecurity and heaviness of the past you carry around. -- Debbie Ford
Guilt is one side of a nasty triangle; the other two are shame and stigma. This grim coalition combines to inculpate women themselves of the crimes committed against them. -- Germaine Greer
There is so much shame and guilt in our society, and I think it has deprived a lot of people from living fully. We are all facing battles... We've all had someone who has hurt us. So let's talk about it. -- Mary Lambert
My son John was just under a year old when I collapsed with a life-threatening kidney disease. The shame and guilt resulting from my unplanned pregnancy had continued to fester to the point that my toxic feelings literally poisoned my body. -- Mary Manin Morrissey
I had a lot of guilt and shame when I was running from God, but nothing like when I was running for God. I was always looking for God's approval, and that's where the guilt and shame came out in a big way. -- Jud Wilhite
Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been the last person to have wanted his iconization and his heroism. He was an enormously guilt-laden man. He was drenched in a sense of shame about his being featured as the preeminent leader of African-American culture and the civil rights movement. -- Michael Eric Dyson
Family life is tough, I'll say that for it. But in my case, I've mined the family. In a sense, I've used it. I've used what happened - the different events, the births of children, birthdays. Connecting, not connecting. Regret, shame, guilt. I mean, they're all in the songs. And love, too, I hasten to add. -- Loudon Wainwright III
Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame. -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
It is the guilt, not the scaffold, which constitutes the shame. -- Pierre Corneille
Guilt addresses an external action while shame attacks the internal character!" EL -- Evinda Lepins
Guilt is about something you do. Shame is about who you are. -- Bill Konigsberg
Your mistakes are to help you develop your purpose, not shame and guilt. -- Sue Fitzmaurice
Guilt can teach us to become better; shame causes us to become bitter." EL -- Evinda Lepins
Work on psychological blocks like shame and guilt - they falsely color your reality. -- Deepak Chopra
If you don't enjoy your life, sorrow, sadness, suffering, fear, shame and guilt will. -- Iyanla Vanzant
Without guilt or remorse, shame was an empty emotion. Indeed, shame would not be shame. -- Sylvain Reynard
Grace gives us the power to live, and mercy keeps us free from guilt, condemnation, and shame. -- John Bevere
With no guilt and no shame, no sorrow or blame. Whatever it is, we are all the same. -- Peter Gabriel
Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame. -- Charles Churchill
Marriage may restrict your activity, but it increases your pleasure. It permits sex without shame, fear, or guilt. -- Robert H. Schuller
Nothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt. -- Jonathan Swift
If you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure. -- Boyd K. Packer
When you hear the haunting melody of guilt and shame, drown it out with God's song of forgiveness and love. -- Katy Kauffman
Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement. -- Brene Brown
Being natural and matter-of-fact about nudity prevents your children from developing an attitude of shame and guilt about the human body. -- Lee Salk
Anger, depression, guilt, and shame are the product of the thinking that is at the base of violence on our planet. -- Marshall B. Rosenberg
God didn't send His only Son to die on the cross so that we can hide behind our guilt, shame, and pride. -- Heather Bixler
Because any guilt the sizeof a speck of dust, or shame,can crush even the best of men,in mountains of weight -- Phil Volatile
We want to take action out of the desire to contribute to life rather than out of fear, guilt, shame, or obligation. -- Marshall B. Rosenberg
never feel guilty about anything shame and guilt are a waste of time just do what you do-- and deal with it -- Kevin Brooks
Mind chatter: a clatter of left-brain rains of doubt, worry, guilt, shame in a thunderstorm of fear. Forgive the chatter, clear your mind. -- Soul Dancer
When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God's gift of grace. -- Brennan Manning
Love is a prayer, begin it with self. If you can worship yourself without shame or guilt, you will be able to respect others. -- Vishwas Chavan
I have never seen a person grow or change in a self - constructive meaningful way when motivated by guilt, shame, or self hate. -- Herb Goldberg
A tranquil conscience invites freedom from anguish, sorrow, guilt, shame, and self-condemnation. It provides a foundation for happiness. It is a condition of immense worth. -- Richard G. Scott
Balance is of the essence,' she said. 'That appies to all good, harmonious relationships. Balance in guilt, balance in shame and pangs of conscience. -- Jo Nesbø
This was not guilt: guilt is what you feel when you have done something wrong. What I felt was shame: I was what was wrong. -- Atul Gawande
I'm not sure if the shame/guilt distinction resonates for me. I just know that shame is a debilitating emotion that is perpetuated by Church and State. -- Marilyn Dumont
WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES when we go against our instincts? What are the consequences of not speaking out? What are the consequences of guilt, shame, and doubt? -- Terry Tempest Williams
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. -- John Mayer
Power-Over leads to punishment and violence. Power-With leads to compassion and understanding, and to learning motivated by reverence for life rather than fear, guilt, shame, or anger. -- Marshall B. Rosenberg
I would rather have these things weigh on my mind. At the end of this tunnel of guilt and shame, there must be a light of some kind. -- Ani DiFranco
Responsibilites and expectations are the basis of guilt and shame and judgement, and they provide the essential framework that promotes performance as the basis for identity and value. -- William P. Young
Desire is a teacher: When we immerse ourselves in it without guilt, shame, or clinging, it can show us something special about our own minds that allows us to embrace life fully. -- Mark Epstein
You let go of the past, and stop bringing the past into the present and replaying it into the future. You release guilt, shame, and you can create an entirely new pattern for yourself. -- Gabrielle Bernstein

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