Among the problems with shame was that it in fact did not make you shorter or quieter or less visible. You just… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
I was just a kid. I think I stole a candy bar. I remember feeling so terrible. It was the worst shock.… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
Those who feel guilty are afraid; and those who are afraid somehow feel guilty. To the onlooker, too, the fearful seem guilty. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“To me, the words “food” and “guilt” didn’t belong in the same sentence unless, say, you were referring to how you felt… — Kate Madison Copy Share Image
...I can’t stop squirming. If fidgets were Wikipedia edits, I would have completely revamped the entry on guilt by now, and translated… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“I turn away, tempted to punch the glass. I'm in the gratest danger of my life, and I'm playing with my hair… — Shannon Messenger Copy Share Image
For the first time, the best may err, art may persuade, and novelty spread out its charms. The first fault is the… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth's inhabitants are burned up, and very few are… — Isaiah Copy Share Image
“Yes. What is it, guilt, revenge, love, what?” I swallowed. “I live alone.” "And your point is?” "You have the Pack. You’re… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“You can see the same immorality or amorality in the Christian view of guilt and punishment. There are only two texts, both… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“Remembering your mistakes more acutely than any minor success. This was the worst. The things that kept you up at night. Tip… — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
“Even if their guilt actually does produce a good action, it will be the saddest good action you’ll ever see, and it… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“guilt’s a whore. It goes with anybody, but it’s not good in bed. You’re not dying, but this thing you’ve got with… — Jonathan Carroll Copy Share Image
It is the truth of grace and not of the law that brings you true freedom. The truth of the law only… — Joseph Prince Copy Share Image
The city has always been an embodiment of hope and a source of feeling guilt; a dream pursued, and found vain, wanting,… — Jonathan Raban Copy Share Image
Perhaps his tragedy is that he is the only normal writer left on earth -- and it is this that adds to… — Malcolm Lowry Copy Share Image
I owe my life and hope to the gospel. Without it I would still be strutting with racist pride, or I would… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“If I was president of the Slime Committee, I'd make it easier to come clean about shit. If coming clean is what… — D.B.C. Pierre Copy Share Image
Now, I don't want to get off on a rant here, but guilt is simply God's way of letting you know that… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
Guilt at least has a purpose; it tells us we've violated some ethical code. Ditto for remorse. Those feelings are educational; they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every day I get better at knowing that it is not a choice to be an activist; rather, it is the only… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
“The cannon of the spirits says that intent is guilt. Failure to successfully carryout the intent does not absolve the guilt. ~… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don't… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
“If you are tempted to “teach” your child by guilt, shame, or punishment, you will be creating discouraging beliefs that are difficult… — Jane Nelsen Copy Share Image
It's hard for me, a Jew, to stay in the moment. Without the past, where is the guilt? And without the future,… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
“At the age of twenty, I failed to grasp the difference between guilt, which can almost always be atoned for, and grief,… — Steve Yarbrough Copy Share Image
You can sit there forever, lamenting about how bad you've been, feeling guilty until you die, and not one tiny slice of… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
This young man-whether he's my son or a stranger-repeatedly declares, "I didn't do it, I didn't do it." And he's shot down.… — Marguerite Oswald Copy Share Image
ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“I remembered my father telling me when I was a little girl, "Guilt is bullshit. Don't ever let anyone make you feel… — Kaylie Jones Copy Share Image
I had concluded when I was the prosecutor that I would vote against the death penalty if I were in the legislature… — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
Requesting of apology or forgiveness does not mean that you always guilty and he is always right, sometimes you do it because… — Innah Delos Angeles Copy Share Image
“When you do feel shame, seek out someone who loves and accepts you for who you are, in the intimacy that exposure… — Daniel Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need to create good public relations. I'm doing… — George Soros Copy Share Image
“He was filled with horror at the thought of what a child becomes, and what the dead must feel watching the change… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Unfortunately the student often feels guilt for not living the type of life that their Teacher suggested, or they feel that they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Pain and guilt can't be taken away with the wave of a magic wand. They're the things that we carry with us,… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
