#shame

It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next. ↗

— Brenda Ueland

#conceited #course #go #mistakes #next

Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved. ↗

— Jacob Bronowski

#ashamed #even #evolved #human #imaginative

Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary, our system is the envy of the world and should be a source of pride. ↗

— Arthur C. Brooks

#contrary #envy #free #free markets #incomes

Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar. ↗

— Xun Zi

#aware #bravery #death #dog #drink

I know that my Republican colleagues are as ashamed as I am that the United States is forced to borrow over $1 trillion from foreign nations to pay for our national priorities like reconstruction of the gulf coast and the war in Iraq. ↗

— Dennis Cardoza

#ashamed #borrow #coast #colleagues #forced

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them. ↗

— Confucius

#deceived #distrust #friends #more #our

We are scheduled to meet this year fewer days than any Congress since at least 1948. And that is even before I was born. So far, we are in the 123rd day of this year, and yet we have only had 26 voting days in this body. That is a shame. ↗

— Jim Cooper

#before #body #born #congress #day

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#ashamed #author #belief #boundaries #critics

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#cure #everyone #faults #fear #his

I did as well as I knew how and have nothing to be ashamed of. ↗

— Peter Tork

#did #how #i #knew #nothing