Healing Shame Quotes

#1. There's an undeniable healing power in telling the truth to someone who validates you by simply listening ... honor washes away the stench of shame.

Jo Ann Fore

#2. Joe is the hero and Sammy is the sidekick. That's how I feel about it.

Michael Chabon

#3. My thing is I'd love to be friends with Thom Yorke but if he wasn't a nice guy it would ruin everything for me, I probably wouldn't be able to listen to his music.

Zac Farro

#4. If we keep our heads down, either out of defeat or loss or shame or tiredness ... whatever the reason, we are going to miss the beautiful sun (and Son) that is right there in front of us, shining its warmth on our faces and our souls!

Mary Beth Chapman

#5. During sexual abuse, children feel and incorporate the rage, pain, shame, and sense of perversion that the perpetrator is projecting. They take these feelings into the very core of themselves, and they are badly traumatized by the emotions surrounding the assault, as well as by the assault itself.

Renee Fredrickson

#6. All nations that are civilized and do not accept this kind of action as representing any sort of legitimate political cause are coming together to fight these terrorists.

Colin Powell

#7. Shame is the demon that keeps many of us trapped in our pain; healing comes when we gain the courage to confront our demon(s).

J'son M. Lee

#8. I am always naturally drawn to heroines that have human flaws because I enjoy people that have lived their life with courage and make big successes and big failures.

Romola Garai

#9. Shame is internalized when one is abandoned. Abandonment is the precise term to describe how one loses one's authentic self and ceases to exist psychologically.

John Bradshaw

#10. Forgiveness is required to dissolve all the negative energy cords because it releases shame, guilt, anger, hatred, etc.

Hina Hashmi

#11. But no matter how much evil I see, I think it's important for everyone to understand that there is much more light than darkness.

Robert Uttaro

#12. But shame is like a wound that is never exposed and therefore never heals.

Andreas Eschbach

#13. In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others.

Brennan Manning

#14. An engaging examination of a painful subject, with a focus on healing and forgiveness. - Kirkus Review

Robert Uttaro

#15. Just know that it takes a bit of courage to unlearn that shame, and to be there for others when they try to unlearn that shame, and that it all gets easier after you feel how healthy it is.

Hugh Howey

#16. I think most survivors transfer the shame of their experience into their present-day healing and become ashamed of themselves for needing the time and support

Jeanne McElvaney

#17. Pray for all who have suffered shame, abuse, or neglect that leads them to despise themselves. May they experience this God in whom there is mercy, healing, and complete acceptance. PRAYER

Lisa E. Dahill

#18. I did some school plays in elementary school, but that was it.

Jason Mewes

#19. Don't stay too long in the shame-filled grounds of relapse. Fertile soil awaits your return and your recoverying.

Holli Kenley

#20. A body can't run from what they done. They carry it with them inside. It fester and spread like poison if it's buried. It gotta be out in the air where it can heal.

Susan Crandall

#21. Everyone has secrets. Fiction allows people to see themselves in characters, to discover healing and truth when their 'reputation' or shame won't let them pick up a non-fiction book. They can watch characters struggle, then experience the truth that sets them free.

Susan May Warren

#22. As a wife you don't question. By doing as you're told, you're relieved of the responsibility of decisions.[...]It's a blessing. Don't you agree?

Aleatha Romig

#23. Some of the most effective segments are interviews with various staff members, including Aila, who works for the center's legal department. She explains the difficulties of rape prosecution, concluding that "only the survivor" can truly define justice. - Kirkus Review

Robert Uttaro

#24. Come, and see the victories of the cross. Christ's wounds are thy healings, His agonies thy repose, His conflicts thy conquests, His groans thy songs, His pains thine ease, His shame thy glory, His death thy life, His sufferings thy salvation.

Matthew Henry

#25. I am filled with truth at my center where I once held shame.

Maureen Brady

#26. Always know there are friends somewhere rooting for you. There are people you don't know, always praying for you and lifting you before God. - Jenee, from "To the Survivors".

Robert Uttaro

#27. Hope's one thing, expectation's quite another.

Kate Morton

#28. I hope this will help new moms not feel alone or desperate, and that there is no shame in their feelings. PPD is out of their control, but the treatment and healing process is not.

Brooke Shields