Mortifying Quotes

You sit down in a chair, and you constantly worry 'is this going to break?' because it sometimes does. And when it does, it's just mortifying. - Beth Moore

Whoever is admitted or sought for, in company, upon any other account than that of his merit and manners, is never respected there, but only made use of. We will have such-a-one, for he sings prettily; we will invite such-a-one to a ball, for he dances well; we will have such-a-one at supper, for he is always joking and laughing; we will ask another because he plays deep at all games, or because he can drink a great deal. These are all vilifying distinctions, mortifying preferences, and exclude all ideas of esteem and regard. Whoever is had (as it is called) in company for the sake of any one thing singly, is singly that thing, and will never be considered in any other light; consequently never respected, let his merits be what they will. - Lord Chesterfield

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree? - Logan Pearsall Smith

There's nothing more mortifying than getting an erection. - Jason Isaacs

That can be mortifying for some women. - Carley Roney

Mortifying the deeds of the body cannot be understood of the religious deeds of the body, for they are to be cherished, nor of the natural deeds of the body such as eating and drinking; but it refers to the sinful actions that are done by the body arising from the temptations and injections of Satan or the corrupt dictates of our own sinful heart. - Christopher Love

I've danced one time in my life. It was the most mortifying experience I ever had. - Billy Bob Thornton

It's actually mortifying that two doors down, to think that something like that could have happened while, who knows? While we were eating dinner, or whatever. - Melissa Lopez

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done. - Samuel Johnson

It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance rather than of contemplation, and of accident rather than of design. - Charles Caleb Colton