Quotes about Humiliation

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification. Votes: 6

One man's transparency is another's humiliation. Votes: 5

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster. Votes: 5

All the world wondered as they witnessed... a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest pride. Votes: 5

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it. Votes: 5

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings. Votes: 4

With publicity comes humiliation. Votes: 3

To write is a humiliation. Votes: 3

Humiliation scars deeper than the lash. Votes: 3

Avoiding humiliation is the core of tragedy and comedy. Votes: 3

Humiliation is the only ladder to honoring God's Kingdom. Votes: 3

You cannot let your parents anywhere near your real humiliations. Votes: 3

I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember. Votes: 3

Humiliation sets armies marching, empires falling, breaks hearts and minds and souls. Votes: 3

Humiliation, by the way, is a truly terrible emotion. It's at the bottom of the pile. Votes: 3

Encounter: Doubt, Shame, Humiliation. It will finally be worth it. Acting is more about courage than anything else. Votes: 3

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation. Votes: 3

Humiliation, slavery, fear have perverted us to the bone; we no longer look like men... . Men must be granted the respect due to them. Votes: 3

The holy book is implanted in the hearts and minds of all the Muslims. Humiliation of the holy book represents the humiliation of our people. Votes: 3

Humiliation is a vast country of imprecise boundaries. If you think you're there, you are. The neurotic rule: when in doubt, go ahead and feel humiliated. Votes: 3

Nothing good ever happens at lunch. The cafeteria is a giant sound stage where they film daily segments of Teenage Humiliation Rituals. And it smells gross. Votes: 3

Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat. Votes: 3

I appeal to you as a soldier to spare me the humiliation of seeing my regiment march to meet the enemy and I not share its dangers. Votes: 3

Humiliation is a guest that only comes to those who have made ready his resting-place, and will give him a fair welcome. ... no one can disgrace you save yourself. Votes: 3

Humiliation and mental oppression by ignorant and selfish teachers wreak havoc in the youthful mind that can never be undone and often exert a baleful influence in later life. Votes: 3

Those children who are beaten will in turn give beatings, those who are intimidated will be intimidating, those who are humiliated will impose humiliation, and those whose souls are murdered will murder. Votes: 3

Personal humiliation was painful. Humiliation of one's family was much worse. Humiliation of one's social status was agony to bear. But humiliation of one's nation was the most excruciating of human miseries. Votes: 3

A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle. Votes: 3

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Votes: 3

What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God. Votes: 3

I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity. Votes: 3

The song 'Humiliation' is kind of about what if, outside of a dinner party or something, I was blown up by a drone missile, out by the pool. What an embarrassing way to go. Votes: 3

We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a productive of happiness, private or public. Votes: 3

Humiliation and indifference, these are conditions every one of us finds unbearable — this is why the Coyote when falling is more concerned with the audience’s opinion of him than he is with the inevitable result of too much gravity. Votes: 3

Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings. Votes: 3

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification; and as without this, without holiness, no man shall see God, though he pore whole nights upon his Bible; so without that, without humility, no man shall hear God speak to his soul, though he hear three two-hour sermons every day. Votes: 3

I believe America is the most powerful country in the world and is a country that stands on principle. Its principles are enshrined in its very foundation and constitution, and it has a duty to serve humanity. America has a duty to follow its conscience to reject repression. It must reject oppression. It must reject humiliation. Votes: 3

We learn humility through accepting humiliations cheerfully. Votes: 2

Oh, humiliation is poisonous. It's one of the deepest pains of being human. Votes: 2

It is a bitter dose to be taught obedience after you have learned to rule. Votes: 2

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. Votes: 2

You ask anybody what their number one fear is, and it's public humiliation. Multiply that on a global scale, and that's what I've been through. Votes: 2

This is God's way, the way of humility. It is the way of Jesus; there is no other. And there can be no humility without humiliation. Votes: 2

The British Empire passed quickly and with less humiliation than its French and Dutch counterparts, but decades later, the vicious politics of partition still seems to define India and Pakistan. Votes: 2

Writing humor in my column isn't as dangerous as performing it. If I fail in front of a live audience, the humiliation is as great as anything a human being can suffer. Votes: 2

Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat. Votes: 2

The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked, half strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation. Votes: 2

To those who despair of everything reason cannot provide a faith, but only passion, and in this case it must be the same passion that lay at the root of the despair, namely humiliation and hatred. Votes: 2

We did not start a fight with America, and we don't want a war with America. If someone launches an attack, though, we will respond. We will not take rejection or humiliation. We do not want to fight. Votes: 2

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that this humiliation is seen by everyone. Votes: 2

I guess I have a talent for humiliation, a place within me that experience can't reach, which is terrible in real life but something that comes in handy in writing. It seems as though humiliation has become a career for me. Votes: 2

However much I might have yearned to be one of The Beautiful Ones, particularly at those ghastly school discos, where any desperate attempt to impress the opposite sex lead to at best deep humiliation, I now feel extremely blessed that I wasn't. Votes: 2

A woman in agony of spirit might turn her head just so; a man in deep humiliation probably would wring his hands in such a way. From straws like these, drawn from completely different sources, the fabric of a character may be built. Votes: 2

In Vietnam, our soldiers came back and they were reviled as baby killers, in shame and humiliation. It isn't happening now, but I will tell you, there has never been an American army as violent and murderous as our army has been in Iraq. Votes: 2

Your sweetheart calls you by another's name. His eyes linger too long on your best friend. He talks with excitement about a girl at work. And the fire catches. Jealousy - that sickening combination of possessiveness, suspicion, rage, and humiliation - can overtake your mind and threaten your very core as you contemplate your rival. Votes: 2

Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others; and shame is fear of humiliation at one's inferior status in the estimation of others. When one sets one's heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he or she is automatically involved in fear of losing status. Votes: 2

We live in a world of communication - everyone gets information about everyone else. There is universal comparison and you don't just compare yourself with the people next door, you compare yourself to people all over the world and with what is being presented as the decent, proper and dignified life. It's the crime of humiliation. Votes: 2

I was not popular in school, and I was definitely not a ladies' man. And I had a very painful adolescence, because it was all very strange to me. It wasn't like I got beat up, but the humiliation and isolation, and the existential 'God, I exist, and nobody cares' of being a teenager were extremely pronounced for me. Votes: 2

Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - difficulties, contradictions, humiliations, all the soul's miseries, her burdens, her needs - everything, because through them, she learns humility, realizes her weakness. Everything is a grace because everything is God's gift. Whatever be the character of life or its unexpected events - to the heart that loves, all is well. Votes: 2

Humility fears not humiliation. Votes: 1

Existence is humiliation, anyway. Votes: 1

Too many non-achievers confuse humility with humiliation. Votes: 1

These humiliations are the essence of the game. Votes: 1

I panicked. I farted.I shrieked in humiliation. Votes: 1

There is no humiliation more abusive than hunger. Votes: 1

The humiliation of the North is complete and overwhelming. Votes: 1

Flaws would not only bring death but, far worse, humiliation. Votes: 1

Who wants the humiliation of being father to the human race? Votes: 1

I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters. Votes: 1

We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons. Votes: 1

Humility won't result in humiliation except it's void of truth and uprightness Votes: 1

Too often in my life, love has been defined as humiliation with occasional roses. Votes: 1

How torture is torture and humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer. Votes: 1

The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever. Votes: 1

HOW CONCISE THAT YOU CAN CRY FROMAWFUL WOUNDS, DESERTION, HAPPINESS,MEMORIES, HUMILIATION,DISAPPOINTMENT OR GRANDEUR. Votes: 1

A disease and its treatment can be a series of humiliations, a chisel for humility. Votes: 1

It is not the pain &the wounds that are the worst. The worst is the humiliation. Votes: 1

He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life. Votes: 1

Clem: Hide me somewhere deeper, somewhere really buried.Joel: Where?Clem: Hide me in your humiliation. Votes: 1

Life is like a bully that gets laughs by seeing how much humiliation you'll put up with. Votes: 1

My habitual mood of humiliation, self-doubt, forlorn depression, fell damp on the embers of my decaying ire. Votes: 1

I walked along Nevsky Avenue.Actually it was more torture, humiliation, and bilious irritation than a stroll... Votes: 1

Success always have in god work. self humiliation are devil work Do not ever despair of His Essence Votes: 1

With relief, with humiliation, with terror, he understood that he too was a mere appearance, dreamt by another. Votes: 1

It's probably possible to gain humility by means other than repeated humiliation, but repeated humiliation works very well. Votes: 1

Like young men from the dawn of time, I decided to choose the risk of death over certain humiliation. Votes: 1

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but that this humiliation is seen by everyone Votes: 1

His rules were thus: One, resist when beneficial to the cause. Two, dignity before humiliation. Three, don't show true emotions. Votes: 1

But with time I came to understand that seeing a rubbery as a humiliation and an affront is an exmotional luxury. Votes: 1

But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance. Votes: 1

Denial of climate change and degradation of environment for the purpose of economic prosperity is humiliation and slavery of the nature. Votes: 1

Without sex, we would be dangerously invulnerable. We might believe we were not ridiculous. We wouldn't know rejection and humiliation so intimately. Votes: 1

Poverty should not be viewed by us as a humiliation and even less so as a position of honour or a fatality. Votes: 1

Hermione's eyes lit up with a terrible light of helpfulness and something in the back of Harry's brain screamed in desperate humiliation. Votes: 1

Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one's own and that of other people. Votes: 1

Russians consider themselves civilized Europeans, but have to endure the humiliation of daily encounters with officials that belong in a squalid dictatorship. Votes: 1

Suffering... is not just lots of pain but pain amplified by distinctly human emotions such as regret, self-pity, shame, humiliation, and dread. Votes: 1

I feel sometimes like a book tour is a slow series of humiliations and that if you're strong you'll come out of it OK. Votes: 1

He held his hands tightly together and cursed his daughter for bringing the terrible world, with its humiliation and longing, back to his door. Votes: 1

In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be nonsense syllables. Votes: 1

If it were nothing but sexual attraction I'm sure I would not suffer such unbearable humiliation. But I wanted so much more than her body. Votes: 1

I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage - though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow. Votes: 1

If only I could tell someone.The humiliation I go throughwhen I think of my pastcan only be described as grace.We are created by being destroyed. Votes: 1

The hurt is in the act of possession: we are too small in mind and body to possess another person without pride or to be possessed without humiliation. Votes: 1

You were chased here by darkness. Listen to the curve of the hills, the guttering voice. The way to anywhere leads through humiliation. There are only animal trails. Votes: 1

So, not for lack of love of language, but because I feel our language is in an enormous state of humiliation, I decided to make films without words. Votes: 1

When both sides of a controversy revel in the defeat and humiliation of the other side, in fact they are on the same side: the side of war. Votes: 1

Why did he go onward? Why did he not rest here upon the bottom of utmost humiliation and for a while take his content?But he went onward. Votes: 1

[H]e who spends more than he earns is sowing the winds of needless self indulgence from which he is sure to reap the whirlwinds of trouble and humiliation. Votes: 1

If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation. Votes: 1

We each die countless little deaths on our way to the last. We die out of shame as humiliation. We perish from despair. And, of course, we die for love. Votes: 1

The theme is the theme of humiliation, which is the square root of sin, as opposed to the freedom from humiliation, and love, which is the square root of wonderful. Votes: 1

The most brazen humiliation ever inflicted upon God and mankind, justifying all the curses of the synagogue, is to be found in the 'sive' of the formula Deus sive Natura. Votes: 1

Abuse and neglect negate love. Care and affirmation, the opposite of abuse and humiliation, are the foundation of love. No one can rightfully claim to be loving when behaving abusively. Votes: 1

Being put in our place by something larger, older, greater than ourselves is not a humiliation; it should be accepted as a relief from our insanely hopeful ambitions for our lives. Votes: 1

As the world's finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace that order is restored, the Republic cleansed. Votes: 1

The humiliation that Jane had felt turned to something else--grief perhaps, or regret. Regret that she had not known how to act with a boy, regret that she had not been wiser. Votes: 1

Time, fertile in resources, more inventive and more charitable than we think, possesses a remarkable capacity to help us out, to afford us at any hour of the day some new humiliation. Votes: 1

Through the repeated hammer blows of defeat, destruction, and deportation, interpreted by the faithful prophets, Israel has to learn that election is not for comfort and security but for suffering and humiliation. Votes: 1

Many of those who are humiliated are not humble. Some react to humiliation with anger, others with patience, and others with freedom. The first are culpable, the next harmless, the last just. Votes: 1

What good is it, being two stranded British fops in the heart of America, if we don't announce it on Halloween by wearing enormous fuzzy hats for the purpose of our humiliation? Votes: 1

Watching, she had felt unusually and keenly alive, alive the way a knife is sharp, so that the humiliation she was enduring was perfect, like the paring of skin from a hard apple. Votes: 1

Rest is the ultimate humiliation because in order to rest, we must admit we are not necessary, that the world can get along without us, that God's work does not depend on us. Votes: 1

With this sweet hope of ultimate acceptance with God, I have always enjoyed much cheerfulness before men; but I have at the same time laboured incessantly to cultivate the deepest humiliation before God. Votes: 1

A history of perceived humiliation, after all, lurks behind many acts of terror. And competing narratives of victimhood and insults sustain conflicts in the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East and many other regions. Votes: 1

Egyptians are like camels: they can put up with beatings, humiliation and starvation for a long time but when they rebel they do so suddenly and with a force that is impossible to control. Votes: 1

But at least if you hint and are rejected, the rejection is blurable rather than blistering. Whereas if you ask outright and are refused, the humiliation is as stark as a streaker on a football. Votes: 1

He also told me he'd just written the epitaph for his tomb: LO PEOR YA PASO. PEOR HUMILLACION QUE LA DE EXISTIR NO HAY. THE WORST IS BEHIND. THERE IS NO HUMILIATION WORSE THAN EXISTENCE Votes: 1

Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm, where it's OK to fail - a kind of home, I suppose. Votes: 1

I have prayed for years for one good humiliation a day, and then, I must watch my reaction to it. I have no other way of spotting both my denied shadow self and my idealized persona. Votes: 1

The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for the duration on a diet of isolation, rejection, self-doubt, despair, ridicule, contempt, and humiliation. Votes: 1

Ah men,why do you want all this attention?I can write poems for myself, make love to a doorknob if absolutelynecessary. What do you have to offer meI can't find otherwiseexcept humiliation? Which I no longerneed. Votes: 1

I'll tell you...what real love is. It is blind devotion, unquestioning self-humiliation, utter submission, trust and belief against yourself and against the whole world, giving up your whole heart and soul to someone who smites it. Votes: 1

Levin scowled. The humiliation of his rejection stung him to the heart, as though it were a fresh wound he had only just received. But he was at home, and at home the very walls are a support. Votes: 1

For with any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation. There comes a certain point in such conditions when only three things are possible: first a perpetuation of Satanic pride, secondly tears, and third laughter. Votes: 1

Friends, to me for years St. Louis represented a city of fear... humiliation... misery and terror... A city where in the eyes of the white man a Negro should know his place and had better stay in it. Votes: 1

Food for her is not food, it is terror, dignity, gratitude, vengeance, joyfulness, humiliation, religion, history, and, of course, love. As if the fruit she always offered us were picked from the destroyed brances of out family tree. Votes: 1

To be wise was to be above joy and sorrow, fear and pity, ambition and humiliation. It was to hate nothing and to love nothing, and above all to be utterly indifferent to the love and hate of others. Votes: 1

How to seperate the humiliation from the loss, that's the catch. You can never be sure if what tortures you is the pain of being without someone you love or the embarrassment of admitting that you have been rejected. Votes: 1

Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools. Votes: 1

All of this caused Kiyoaki constant pain. In comparison with Satoko's public humiliation, however, he did not even have a slighting remark to contend with. And however acute his private agony, it was, after all, the torment of a coward. Votes: 1

Once we have seen Him in a stable, we can never be sure where He will appear or to what lengths he will go or to what ludicrous depths of self-humiliation He will descend in His wild pursuit of men. Votes: 1

I am in the middle of it: chaos and poetry; poetry and love and again, complete chaos. Pain, disorder, occasional clarity; and at the bottom of it all: only love; poetry. Sheer enchantment, fear, humiliation. It all comes with love Votes: 1

Being sent to bed is a terrible command to all children, because it means the most public possible humiliation in front of adults, the confession that they bear the stigma of childhood, of being small and having a child's need for sleep. Votes: 1

In that one stolen second, I considered the Glebe girl. She entered my mind like a burglar, them vanished again, taking nothing. It was like the humiliation of the past had been dragged instantly from my back and left somewhere on the ground. Votes: 1

Germany, because of the fact and the perception of a special relationship with Russia, is the only one who can influence Russian debate. Russians also believe that Germans understand them best because they've been through a big war and know what humiliation means. Votes: 1

...three particular T-shirts with vulgar slang written on them that made the vein in his forehead poke out. It was a cute little vein and I grew fond of seeing it's public appearance while I walked behind him like a parade of humiliation. Votes: 1

How wonderful to find in living creatures the same substance as those which make up minerals. Nevertheless they felt a sort of humiliation at the idea that their persons contained phosphorous like matches, albumen like white of egg, hydrogen gas like street lamps. Votes: 1

I speak in a poem of the ancient food of heroes: humiliation, unhappiness, discord. Those things are given to us to transform, so that we may make from the miserable circumstances of our lives things that are eternal, or aspire to be so. Votes: 1

Life makes fools of all of us sooner or later. But keep your sense of humor and you'll at least be able to take your humiliations with some measure of grace. In the end, you know, its our own expectations that crush us. Votes: 1

Given a choice, she would rather be the one who was persecuted than the one doing the persecuting-- both had a terrible price to pay, but she would rather endure humiliation and fear than grow numb to what it was to be human. Votes: 1

We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children, between the ugliness of hate and the will to oppose it. Between inflicting suffering and humiliation on our fellow man and offering him the solidarity and hope he deserves. Or not. Votes: 1

Don't ever humiliate a man. If you're gonna have to dress him out, you take him aside and do it that way. That's the one thing I don't like about Hollywood: They go in for public humiliation. You shouldn't do that to a man. Votes: 1

My sermon on the meaning of the manna in the wilderness can be adapted to almost any occasion, joyful, or, as in the present case, distressing. [All sigh.] I have preached it at harvest celebrations, christenings, confirmations, on days of humiliation and festal days. Votes: 1

Fear and guilt are the dark angels that haunt rich men, Khader said to me once. I wasn't sure if that was true, or if he simply wanted it to be true, but I did know from experience that despair and humiliation haunt the poor. Votes: 1

I hated them horribly, though perhaps I was worse than any of them. They repaid me in the same way, and did not conceal their aversion for me. But by then I did not desire their affection: on the contrary, I continually longed for their humiliation. Votes: 1

Living in a family where all the interactions are superficial and shallow can cause a wound that may limit capacity for meaningful connections with others. Physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, neglect, rejection, extreme punishment, humiliation, ridicule, and abandonment can also be the source of unhealed wounds. Votes: 1

I'll tell you, said she, in the same hurried passionate whisper, what real love it. It is blind devotion, unquestioning self-humiliation, utter submission, trust and belief against yourself and against the whole world, giving up your whole heart and soul to the smiter - as I did! Votes: 1

The most tragic consequence of our criticism of a man is to block his way to humiliation and grace, precisely to drive him into the mechanisms of self justification and into his faults instead of freeing him from them. For him, our voice drowns the voice of God. Votes: 1

I gave you justice, it said, as I was taught it. And I gave you mercy , too, so far as I could. While I could not spare you pain and humiliation, I make you a gift of my own pains and humiliations, that yours might be easier to bear. Votes: 1

You don't shower or shave for a month, until you smell like a sewer. Then you walk around for two weeks wearing a dress and a goalie mask with a dildo strapped to the front. That's what I did. And I will never be afraid of public humiliation again. Votes: 1

Every day, the pain of that moment has scored through me. The humiliation and anger and misery and rejection. So many emotions that churn over me, always forcing me to feel it all fresh again and again - never in my life had I felt so ugly and unwanted. Votes: 1

Sex will never be simple or nice in the ways we might like it to be,It is not fundamentally democratic or kind; it is bound up with cruelty, transgression and the desire for subjugation and humiliation. It refuses to sit neatly on top of love, as it should. Votes: 1

Let them be spattered in humiliation, be spattered in corruption; let them hear the dirge that spills from my lips, once those of a human being but no longer. The angel who deceived me, the men who treated me like an animal. you've all made me into a Phantom. Votes: 1

Damen said, If you tell him, I can'tserve him.Tell him? said JordTell him the manhe trusts has lied, and lied again, hasdeceived him into the worsthumiliation?I wouldn't hurt him, said Damen, andheard the words drop like lead.You killed his brother, then got himunder you in bed. Votes: 1

He's having a vision, I saidThat's what happens. (Maya)Attractive, I know, Corey said between gritted teethAnd now I get new witnesses to my humiliation. Wonderful.We're used to it, Chloe saidDerek used to do that when he Changed. Only worse.Thank you for sharing, Derek muttered.She grinnedYou're welcome. Votes: 1

Let truth be told - women do as a rule live through such humiliations, and regain their spirits, and again look about them with an interested eye. While there's life there's hope is a connviction not so entirely unknown to the betrayed as some amiable theorists would have us believe. Votes: 1

Being exhausted, yet keeping up the pursuit.' (Judges 8:4) Even after what I had said of wanting out, even after that humiliation, the physical exhaustion, the deep despair I felt, those words were my new marching orders. The next morning, I swung my rucksack over my shoulders and was off again. Votes: 1

You're thinking that people don't keep up old jealousies for twenty years or so. Perhaps not. Not just primitive, brute jealousy. That means a word and a blow. But the thing that rankles is hurt vanity. That sticks. Humiliation. And we've all got a sore spot we don't like to have touched. Votes: 1

Yet at least we can admire the wise Prearrangement which has ordained that, as they have no hopes, so they shall have no memory to recall, and no forethought to anticipate, the miseries and humiliations which are at once a necessity of their existence and the basis of the constitution of Flatland. Votes: 1

How could people like these, without words to put to their emotions and passions, manage? They could, at best, only suffer dumbly. Their pains and humiliations would work themselves out in their characters alone: like evil spirits possessing a body, so that the body itself might appear innocent of what it did. Votes: 1

I admit there's an element of brutality in all my work - it's part of the truth about human existence I always want to explore - but the last thing I'm trying to do is put on some kind of freak show, inviting people to get off on other people's pain and humiliation. Votes: 1

A writer, or any man, must believe that whatever happens to him is an instrument; everything has been given for an end. This is even stronger in the case of the artist. Everything that happens, including humiliations, embarrassments, misfortunes, all has been given like clay, like material for one's art. One must accept it. Votes: 1

If outer events bring him to a position where he can bear them no longer and force him to cry out to the higher power in helplessness for relief, or if inner feelings bring humiliation and recognition of his dependence on that power, this crushing of the ego may open the door to grace. Votes: 1

Life is about means not ends. There is no utopia to be gained, there is no end-state that is static and eternal, once accomplished. This was one of the great lies of communism. Likewise, capitalism offers the great deception that thanks to its machinations everyone will be richer in the future, thus justifying gross inequality and humiliation today. Votes: 1

Her life was shameful and lonely. There was no longer any hope for her, there was no chance of escape. Yet, in spite of her humiliation and the despair which possessed her, she still remained in some part of her soul aloof and untouched. It was the hard centre of her being which never altered. Nothing could touch that. Votes: 1

Our Lord's descent from the holy heights of the Mount of Transfiguration was more than a physical return from greater to lesser altitudes; it was a passing from sunshine into shadow, from the effulgent glory of heaven to the mists of worldly passions and human unbelief; it was the beginning of His rapid descent into the valley of humiliation. Votes: 1

Well, yes, yes, to be enslaved to you is a pleasure. There is, there is pleasure in the ultimate degree of humiliation and insignificance! I went on ravingDevil knows, maybe there is in the knout, too, when the knout comes down on your back and tears your flesh to pieces...But maybe I want to try other pleasures as well. Votes: 1

And here I thought they were called Peeping Toms. I didn't need to see him to know he wore a smileStop laughing, I said, my cheeks hot with humiliationGet me down.Jump.What?I'll catch you.Are you crazy? Go inside and open the window. Or get a ladder.I don't need a ladder. Jump. I'm not going to drop you. Votes: 1

Why do you tolerate it? (Kat)The same reason Sin hasn't resigned himself to death. There are six billion people on earth who need someone to protect them from things that are scarier than the tax man or a knife-wielding stranger. Things that a gun won't stop. As long as their lives hang in the balance, what's a little humiliation for me? (Acheron) Votes: 1

The opposite of esprit d'escalier is the way that life's embarrassments come back to haunt us even after they're long past. I could remember every stupid thing I'd ever said or done, recall them with picture-perfect clarity. Any time I was feeling low, I'd naturally start to remember other times I felt that way, a hit parade of humiliations coming one after another to my mind. Votes: 1

Sometimes, for revenge to be as sweet and painful as it is intended, some time has to pass. Time enough that people have forgotten about past hurts and humiliations. Time enough to make the poison of bitterness consume a soul. It was to be that time...Two worlds collide and find a common link. A plan was made, a price was paid and revenge was set in motion. Votes: 1

Christian may have entered the Valley of Humiliation overconfident and puffed up with false pride, but he departs with humble reliance on the Word of God and prayerful gratitude to the Lord of the Highway who has come to his aid and saved him from the Destroyer. He goes forward with his sword drawn. He has learned his lesson and now relies consciously on God's Word for protection.5. Votes: 1

A writer - and, I believe, generally all persons - must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art. Votes: 1

Jerome sighed and set down his forkAre you still doing that, Georgie? Don't I suffer enough without having to endure the humiliation of a succubus who moonlights as a Christmas elf? You always said I should quit the bookstore and find something else to do, I reminded him.Yes, but that was because I thought you'd go on to do something respectable. Like become a stripper or the Mayor's mistress. Votes: 1

Art is born of humiliation. Votes: 0

Humility is a safeguard against humiliation. Votes: 0

Humanity cannot be degraded by humiliation. Votes: 0

I'm definitely a fan of public humiliation. Votes: 0

Courage is clearly a readiness to risk self-humiliation. Votes: 0

What hurts people a lot is taking humiliation. Votes: 0

I'm highly emotional, so I'm highly aware of humiliation. Votes: 0

I seethe at the humiliation of airport security checks. Votes: 0

I will put honesty before the risk of humiliation. Votes: 0

I am always driven by the terror of humiliation. Votes: 0

Humility is born of the spirit, humiliation of the ego. Votes: 0

Public humiliation is a commodity and shame is an industry, Votes: 0

Success is whatever humiliation everyone has agreed to compete for. Votes: 0

The personal interiorization of the practice of humiliation is called humility. Votes: 0

I don't believe in public humiliation. It went out with the stocks. Votes: 0

To experience brokenness and humiliation all you have to do is lead. Votes: 0

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation. Votes: 0

Humility may bring you humiliation here on earth, but surely not in heaven. Votes: 0

Torture is torture and humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer. Votes: 0

The problem with golf is I have to deal with a humiliation factor. Votes: 0

Oh, humiliation is poisonous. Its one of the deepest pains of being human. Votes: 0

When you decide to hit rock bottom, humiliation is part of the deal. Votes: 0

With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation. Votes: 0

You will find that you survive humiliation. And that's an experience of incalculable value. Votes: 0

it is the worst humiliation and grievance of the suffering, that they cause suffering. Votes: 0

Sex is every man's loco spot ... he'll take a disappointment, but not a humiliation. Votes: 0

There is nothing for which men ask to be paid dearer than for humiliation. Votes: 0

Too often in my life, love has been defined as "humiliation with occasional roses". Votes: 0

Feeling my own humiliation in my heart like the sharp prick of a needle. Votes: 0

When it's time to let someone go, do it right. No surprises. No humiliation. Votes: 0

Poverty is not simply having no money - it is isolation, vulnerability, humiliation and mistrust... Votes: 0

From one point of view becoming is a humiliation, and from another a royal procession. Votes: 0

If you had one word to describe the root of all this rage, it's humiliation. Votes: 0

In modern Greek history, there is a close relationship between national humiliation and political radicalization. Votes: 0

American history contains much matter for pride and congratulation, and much matter for regret and humiliation. Votes: 0

There's nothing like being a soldier for confidence or learning your limits or enduring utter humiliation. Votes: 0

Theres nothing like being a soldier for confidence or learning your limits or enduring utter humiliation. Votes: 0

A little humiliation and ego deflation, now and then, is good for apprentices. Mine sighed miserably. Votes: 0

The Tonys ignored West Side Story. The Tonys ignored Gypsy. It's a kind of public humiliation. Votes: 0

Much of the really serious trouble in the world gets going with a sense of humiliation. Votes: 0

The male cannot bear very much humiliation; and he really cannot bear it, it obliterates him. Votes: 0

I promise to crush Israel and return it to the humiliation and wretchedness of the Koran. Votes: 0

It is not the pain and the wounds that are the worst. The worst is the humiliation. Votes: 0

It takes strong men and women to love ... people strong enough inside themselves to love ... without humiliation. Votes: 0

I walked along Nevsky Avenue.Actually it was more torture, humiliation, and bilious irritation than a stroll..." Votes: 0

I walked along Nevsky Avenue.Actually it was more torture, humiliation, and bilious irritation than a stroll... Votes: 0

The end of nonviolent 'war' is always an agreement, never dictation, much less humiliation of the opponent. Votes: 0

Honesty is grounded in humility and indeed in humiliation, and in admitting exactly where we are powerless. Votes: 0

Three hundred years of humiliation, abuse and deprivation cannot be expected to find voice in a whisper. Votes: 0

Three hundred years of humiliation, abuse and deprivation cannot be expected to find voice in a whisper. Votes: 0

There is something worse than dying, and that is humiliation - at least so it seemed to me ... Votes: 0

I would suffer all the humiliation, all the torture, the absolute ostracism and even death, to prevent violence Votes: 0

We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation. Votes: 0

You only have to go hardcore humiliation on the first film. On the subsequent sequels, you can coast. Votes: 0

A lot of people aren't aware of the years and years of humiliation and horrible shows I've played. Votes: 0

Anything was better than nothing. Half-full was better than empty. Ignorance was the lowest form of humiliation and suffering. Votes: 0

If you do not prepare yourself physically to succeed, you must prepare yourself mentally for the humiliation of failure. Votes: 0

You can't shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What used to be called shame and humiliation is now called publicity. Votes: 0

It is an act of insanity and national humiliation to have a law prohibiting the President from ordering assassination. Votes: 0

Most readers, then and now, have at some time experienced the humiliation of being told that their occupation is reprehensible. Votes: 0

Most all methods of capitol punishment are designed to inflict the maximum of humiliation - not attempts to prevent suicide. Votes: 0

Losing your capital is like losing your trousers. It is a real humiliation, and one not to be soon repeated. Votes: 0

There is a very personal price to public humiliation, and the growth of the Internet has jacked up that price. Votes: 0

It is important that you strive for humility, but not humiliation, for a cool, level-headed confidence, not a stiff, delusional arrogance. Votes: 0

Before Israel dies, it must be humiliated and degraded. Allah willing, before they die, they will experience humiliation and degradation every day. Votes: 0

Most acts of assent require far more courage than most acts of protest, since courage is clearly a readiness to risk self-humiliation. Votes: 0

The humiliation I go through/when I think of my past/can only be described as grace./We are created by being destroyed. Votes: 0

As far as our culture of humiliation goes, what we need is a revolution. Public shaming as a blood sport has to stop. Votes: 0

I don't think comedy comes from hotbeds of doing shtick. I think it usually comes from some kind of childhood humiliation or darkness. Votes: 0

Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one’s own and that of other people. Votes: 0

In the gap between who we wish one day to be and who we are at present, must come pain, anxiety, envy and humiliation. Votes: 0

Perhaps it is God's will to lead the people of South Africa through defeat and humiliation to a better future and a brighter day. Votes: 0

As an actor, you deal with so much rejection and humiliation. When the good things come around, you tend not to trust your instincts. Votes: 0

We refuse love, and reject society, in so far as it seems, in our own perverse imagination, to imply some obscure kind of humiliation Votes: 0

The only real failure is trying to second-guess the taste of an audience. Nothing comes out of that except a kind of inward humiliation. Votes: 0

China is one of the greatest cultures on Earth, and it is one of those countries that suffered immensely from colonialist horrors and humiliation. Votes: 0

Before Jesus leads His disciples into suffering, humiliation, disgrace, and disdain, He summons them and shows Himself to them as the Lord in God's glory. Votes: 0

I'll not have my grandson subjected to the humiliation of his reading becoming public. We have to cope with this disgrace discreetly -- Grandma Ruth Votes: 0

If you're willing to take the humiliation of sticking your head above the crowd, maybe it's, you know, the pleasure will be worth the pain. Votes: 0

In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be nonsense syllables. Votes: 0

You cannot change someone using fear, degradation, humiliation, or by comparing them to others. It can only be done through love, with love, for love. Votes: 0

Humour is the best weapon to fight any battle. But there is a thin line between humour and humiliation and beware not to cross it. Votes: 0

For every hero, there has to be a fall guy, and the greater the triumph on one hand, the greater the humiliation on the other. Votes: 0

You cannot change someone using fear, degradation, humiliation, or by comparing them to others. It can only be done through love, with love, for love. Love. Votes: 0

There is no humiliation worse than the consciousness of a wasted life. It stains the spirit, forestalls hope, and destroys any motive for action or change. Votes: 0

This is followed by laughter because we're in high school, which means we're predictable and almost everything is funny, especially if it's someone else's public humiliation. Votes: 0

I am living on the razor's edge between success and failure, adulation and humiliation - between justifying my existence and revealing my unworthiness to be alive. Votes: 0

There is only one certain test of the virtue and that is humiliation. The acceptance of humiliation alone shows the depth and reality of our humility. Votes: 0

It just makes it even harder for people to even approach the (open source) side, when they then end up having to worry about public humiliation. Votes: 0

I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage "“ though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow. Votes: 0

My philosophy is: if you don't bear a cross, you can't wear a crown so you gotta go through some form of humiliation to reach tribulation. Votes: 0

All tours are filled with humiliation. My publisher once hired a private jet to fly me to a venue where 1,000 people were waiting. It almost bankrupted him. Votes: 0

Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion is not. Votes: 0

He who spends more than he earns is sowing the winds of needless self-indulgence from which he is sure to reap the whirlwinds of trouble and humiliation. Votes: 0

I've had every kind of humiliation, from playing in Gala Bingo halls to doing a PA in a Glaswegian nightclub and having cans of lager thrown at me. Votes: 0

The moral nihilism of celebrity culture is played out on reality television shows, most of which encourage a dark voyeurism into other people's humiliation, pain, weakness, and betrayal. Votes: 0

Ireland is not in a good place at the moment. We have our own humiliation of losing our economic sovereignty, and we're now regaining it slowly and painfully. Votes: 0

No more humiliation for me, thanks very much. No more swallowing my anger. Honestly, I couldn't manage another mouthful. But it was delicious. Did you make it yourself? Votes: 0

My parents, who grew up in terror and dealt with segregation and humiliation, nonetheless taught us to be hopeful and open and loving and not hateful toward anyone. Votes: 0

If your theory is found to be against the second law of thermodynamics I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation. Votes: 0

There is no compulsion in Islam. You convert "voluntarily". But you are free not to convert by accepting subjugation, humiliation, discrimination and constant harassment. What can be more democratic? Votes: 0

When a man mourns for someone who has played him false, it is not for love of her, but for his own humiliation at not having deserved her trust. Votes: 0

I guarantee you [Hillary Clinton] is smoking in humiliation over the idea that she needs to heal and that [Donald] Trump's the guy to do it. That was great. Votes: 0

I guarantee you [Hillary Clinton] is smoking in humiliation over the idea that she needs to heal and that [Donald] Trump's the guy to do it. That was great. Votes: 0

Catherine bristled at the amusement in his voice. He could laugh all he wanted when he stood tied to a wall utterly naked. A little humiliation might do him good. Votes: 0

Abuse and neglect negate love. Care and affirmation, the opposite of abuse and humiliation, are the foundation of love. No one can rightfully claim to be loving when behaving abusively." Votes: 0

Whatever in Christ had the nature of satisfaction, was by virtue of His suffering or humiliation; whatever had the nature of merit, was by virtue of His obedience or righteousness. Votes: 0

Early withdrawal from Iraq would result in unarguably, defeat and humiliation for the United States. There's no question. We would be defeated by definition. We would be humiliated in that defeat. Votes: 0

God has landed on this enemy-occupied world in human form...The perfect surrender and humiliation was undergone by Christ: perfect because He was God, surrender and humiliation because He was man. Votes: 0

There is an element of anger among women who've been raped. There's certainly a major element of humiliation. But it really does seem like a medical condition of shock and horror Votes: 0

In this condition of the most devastating humiliation, I still possessed the most precious of liberties, that no-one could take away from me: that of deciding who I wanted to be. Votes: 0

People really do like seeing their best friends humiliated; a large part of the friendship is based on humiliation; and that is an old truth,well known to all intelligent people. Votes: 0

Public humiliation comes to us all, and never so surely as when we're just a little bit pleased with ourselves and feel, just for once, that everything is going our way. Votes: 0

The revival of Islam dates from the early years of the 20th century. It was brought about by their humiliation, by their sense of how low they'd fallen compared with the West. Votes: 0

Stress is not necessarily something bad it all depends on how you take it. The stress of exhilarating, creative successful work is beneficial, while that of failure, humiliation or infection is detrimental. Votes: 0

At the moment I'm just swallowing it all as part of the humiliation but I think - and this is aimed at my dear manager - one shouldn't humiliate players for too long Votes: 0

As with fascism, the rise of Islamic totalitarianism has partly to do with its populist appeal to the class resentments of an economically oppressed population and to anger at political subordination and humiliation. Votes: 0

Football linemen are motivated by a more complicated, self- determining series of factors than the simple fear of humiliation in the public gaze, which is the emotion that galvanizes the backs and receivers. Votes: 0

My job is thick with risks, threats, occasional violence and sometimes the necessary folly that sometimes courts humiliation and ridicule. But I don't care. I see myself as the dean of American paparazzi. Votes: 0

I have criticized absent people so often, and then discovered, to my humiliation, that I was talking with their relatives, that I have grown superstitious about that sort of thing and dropped it. Votes: 0

Most damage that others do us is out of fear, humiliation and pain. Those feelings occur in all of us, not just in those of us who profess a certain religious or racial devotion. Votes: 0

A history of perceived humiliation, after all, lurks behind many acts of terror. And competing narratives of victimhood and insults sustain conflicts in the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East and many other regions." Votes: 0

I know I'm not going to write as well as I used to. I no longer have the stamina to endure the frustration. Writing is frustration - it's daily frustration, not to mention humiliation. Votes: 0

We don't yet know, above all, what the world might be like if children were to grow up without being subjected to humiliation, if parents would respect them and take them seriously as people. Votes: 0

There is a lovely root to the word humiliation - from the latin word humus, meaning soil or ground. When we are humiliated, we are in effect returning to the ground of our being. Votes: 0

If you have not tasted poverty, you will not be able to manage blessing when it comes. If you have not tasted humiliation, you will not be able to manage honour when it comes. Votes: 0

All golfers fear the one-iron. It has no angle, no loft. The one-iron is a confidence-crusher, a fear trip, an almost guarantee of shame, failure, dumbness and humiliation if you ever use it in public. Votes: 0

Israel claims it needs nuclear weapons as a deterrent against any threat to its existence. The Arab world in return feels that this is an imbalanced system; there is a sense of humiliation and impotence. Votes: 0

But at least if you hint and are rejected, the rejection is blurable rather than blistering. Whereas if you ask outright and are refused, the humiliation is as stark as a streaker on a football." Votes: 0

It is with antiquity as with ancestry, nations are proud of the one, and individuals of the other; but if they are nothing in themselves, that which is their pride ought to be their humiliation. Votes: 0

What has ISIS done to the women in the cities they have conquered? Direct enslavement, humiliation and turning women into concubines to be bought and sold. This was something nobody expected to see in Iraq. Votes: 0

I am who I am despite what America has put before me. I am who I am despite the obstacles that we have all faced based upon race and based upon social and spiritual humiliation. Votes: 0

The enslavement, humiliation, torture, and ultimate destruction of thousands upon thousands of human beings for a project for which there was ultimately no purpose is a horror that's very hard to imagine, far less understand. Votes: 0

Israel has been extremely aggressive, they have continued with their settlement policies, they have continued demolitions, they have continued with their occupation policies which entail a humiliation of Palestinians, which makes the (peace) process difficult. Votes: 0