Toni Morrison
Novelist, Essayist
"Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love."
Humiliation quotes
Humiliation
55 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Gerry Adams
Politician
"One man's transparency is another's humiliation."
Simone Weil
Philosopher, Activist
"I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her."
Khaled Mashal
Political Leader
"Before Israel dies, it must be humiliated and degraded. Allah willing, before they die, they will experience humiliation and degradation every day."
Mother Teresa
Missionary, Nun
"We learn humility through accepting humiliations cheerfully."
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"Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification."
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"You will find that you survive humiliation. And that's an experience of incalculable value."
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"Whoever debases others is debasing himself."
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"There is something worse than dying, and that is humiliation - at least so it seemed to me."
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"I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember."
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"Humanity cannot be degraded by humiliation."
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"With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation."
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"If you do not prepare yourself physically to succeed, you must prepare yourself mentally for the humiliation of failure."
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"It is not the pain and the wounds that are the worst. The worst is the humiliation."
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"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."
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"Flaws would not only bring death but, far worse, humiliation."
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"I will put honesty before the risk of humiliation."
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"The male cannot bear very much humiliation; and he really cannot bear it, it obliterates him."
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"I walked along Nevsky Avenue.Actually it was more torture, humiliation, and bilious irritation than a stroll."
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