Humiliation can be a difficult emotion to process. It can leave us feeling embarrassed, ashamed, and vulnerable. But it can also be a powerful source of motivation and self-reflection. In this blog post, we’ll explore some of the best humiliation quotes from authors, philosophers, and celebrities. From the inspiring to the humorous, these quotes will help you to understand the power of humiliation and how to use it to your advantage. So, let’s take a look at some of the most powerful humiliation quotes and gain a new perspective on this difficult emotion.
The best humiliation quotes
1. The street is full of humiliations to the proud. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. Courage is clearly a readiness to risk self–humiliation. — Nigel Dennis
3. Most all methods of capitol punishment are designed to inflict the maximum of humiliation–not attempts to prevent suicide. — William S. Burroughs
4. Judge Afiuni has suffered enough. She has been subject to acts of violence and humiliations to undermine her human dignity. I am convinced that she must be set free. — Noam Chomsky
5. Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. — J. K. Rowling
6. 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. — Rush Limbaugh
7. I don’t think comedy comes from hotbeds of doing shtick. I think it usually comes from some kind of childhood humiliation or darkness. — Sarah Silverman
8. Courage is clearly a readiness to risk self–humiliation. — Nigel Dennis
9. 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. — Nivard Kinsella
10. Public humiliation is a commodity and shame is an industry. — Monica Lewinsky
11. Conversely, I though humiliation would be everything, but it´s such a nothing. — Suzanne Finnamore, Split: A Memoir of Divorce
12. 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. — Mel Gibson
13. 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. — Rush Limbaugh
14. Writing is frustration–it’s daily frustration, not to mention humiliation. It’s just like baseball: you fail two–thirds of the time. — Philip Roth
15. Oh, humiliation is poisonous. It’s one of the deepest pains of being human. — Pierce Brosnan
16. With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation. — William James
17. But self–abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance. — Stephen Mitchell, The Book of Job
18. I would suffer all the humiliation, all the torture, the absolute ostracism and even death, to prevent violence — Martin Luther King
19. I don’t think comedy comes from hotbeds of doing shtick. I think it usually comes from some kind of childhood humiliation or darkness. — Sarah Silverman
20. As far as our culture of humiliation goes, what we need is a revolution. Public shaming as a blood sport has to stop. — Monica Lewinsky
21. There is a very personal price to public humiliation, and the growth of the Internet has jacked up that price. — Monica Lewinsky
22. But self–abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance. — Stephen Mitchell, The Book of Job
23. I don’t think comedy comes from hotbeds of doing shtick. I think it usually comes from some kind of childhood humiliation or darkness. — Sarah Silverman
24. We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation. — Vance Havner
25. And came to her a realization that the largest humiliation for the person was a lie. And the viler the one to whom you lie, the greater is the humiliation. — Osyp Nazaruk, Roxelana
26. As far as our culture of humiliation goes, what we need is a revolution. Public shaming as a blood sport has to stop. — Monica Lewinsky
27. 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. — Mel Gibson
28. Conversely, I though humiliation would be everything, but it´s such a nothing. — Suzanne Finnamore, Split: A Memoir of Divorce
29. There is a very personal price to public humiliation, and the growth of the Internet has jacked up that price. — Monica Lewinsky
30. Denial of climate change and degradation of environment for the purpose of economic prosperity is humiliation and slavery of the nature. — M.F. Moonzajer
31. Public humiliation as a blood sport has to stop, we need to return to a long–held value of compassion and empathy. — Monica Lewinsky
32. We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation. — Vance Havner
33. I don’t think comedy comes from hotbeds of doing shtick. I think it usually comes from some kind of childhood humiliation or darkness. — Sarah Silverman
34. Somewhere in this latest humiliation there was a lesson in self–reliance. He’d failed so completely that he’d become his own man again. — Stewart O’Nan, West of Sunset
35. You feel the shame, humiliation, and anger at being just another victim of prejudice, and at the same time, there’s the nagging worry that maybe… you’re just no good. — Nina Simone
36. Were it not for frustration and humiliationI suppose the human race would get ideas above its station. — Ogden Nash, Custard and Company: Poems
37. Conversely, I though humiliation would be everything, but it´s such a nothing. — Suzanne Finnamore, Split: A Memoir of Divorce
38. Judge Afiuni has suffered enough. She has been subject to acts of violence and humiliations to undermine her human dignity. I am convinced that she must be set free. — Noam Chomsky
39. 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. — Mel Gibson
40. Courage is clearly a readiness to risk self–humiliation. — Nigel Dennis
41. Writing is frustration–it’s daily frustration, not to mention humiliation. It’s just like baseball: you fail two–thirds of the time. — Philip Roth
42. I would suffer all the humiliation, all the torture, the absolute ostracism and even death, to prevent violence — Martin Luther King
43. Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. — J. K. Rowling
44. With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation. — William James
45. Public humiliation is a commodity and shame is an industry. — Monica Lewinsky
46. 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. — Mel Gibson
47. But self–abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance. — Stephen Mitchell, The Book of Job
48. Courage is clearly a readiness to risk self–humiliation. — Nigel Dennis
49. But self–abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance. — Stephen Mitchell, The Book of Job
50. It is not the pain and the wounds that are the worst. The worst is the humiliation. — Pascal Mercier
Conclusion
Humiliation can be a hard emotion to face but it can also be a source of growth and strength. It is important to remember that everyone experiences humiliation at some point in their life, and that it can be a positive thing if we learn from it and use it to become better people. Ultimately, humiliation can lead to an increased level of self-awareness and a greater understanding of our own limitations.