For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.Ralph Waldo Emerson
I was ashamed of myself when I realised life was a costume party and I attended with my real face.Franz Kafka
Moral Injury is differentiated from PTSD in that it directly relates to guilt and shame veterans experience as a result of committing actions that go against their moral codes. Therapists who study and treat moral injury have found that no amount of medication can relieve the pain of trying to live with these moral burdens.Chuck Norris
If we turn our backs of the Scythians who have provoked us, how shamefully shall we march against the revolted Bactrians; but if we pass Tanais and make the Scythians feel, by dear experience, that we are invincible, not in Asia only, it is not to be doubted but that Europe itself, as well as Asia, will come within the bounds of our conquests.Alexander the Great
The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.Plato
Better to die with honor than live in shame; for life is but a breath, and honor eternal.Caroline Lee Hentz