But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
If the next time our governments propose to make war on a helpless civilian population we were to uncover our grief and… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
Where does guilt and punishment lie, and are we not more expressive over remorse or guilt when other people see the badness… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
I get up and pace the room, as if I can leave my guilt behind me. But it tracks me as I… — Rosamund Lupton Copy Share Image
Much of the time, the things we feel guilty about are not our issues. Another person behaves inappropriately or in some way… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
God Who delivers us from the guilt of sin through faith in Jesus Christ, is able to deliver the believer from the… — J. Edwin Orr Copy Share Image
People feel guilty. And guilt is stymieing. Guilt immobilizes. Guilt closes the air ducts and the veins, and makes people ignorant. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Key Learning: Shame derives its power from being unspeakable. That’s why it loves perfectionists—we’re so easy to keep quiet. If” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
[Bill Clinton] has settled numerous lawsuits without admitting any guilt on a whole number of things. Are you saying, are you implying… — Anderson Cooper Copy Share Image
“Just as the room of the Inquisitor in Dr. Talos's play, with its high judicial bench, lurked somewhere at the lowest level… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
I have no creative use for guilt, yours or my own. Guilt is only another way of avoiding informed action, of buying… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“I lay on my side with my head on the pillows and looked out of the window; the blue of the sky… — Hanne Ørstavik Copy Share Image
One of the characteristics of North American culture is that you can always start again. You can always move forward, cross a… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The difference between guilt and shame is very clear--in theory. We feel guilty for what we do. We feel shame for what… — Lewis B. Smedes Copy Share Image
Perhaps you have been ensnared by a sinful habit that you will not abandon, and your guilt is so overwhelming you are… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
“I once was a stranger to grace and to God, I knew not my danger, and felt not my load; Though friends… — Robert Murray McCheyne Copy Share Image
“There are usually enough tragedies in life that we are genuinely responsible for. Feel guilty about them, for sure. But there is… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other peoples best interests. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Your sense of guilt will linger. It will always be part of you. but sharing it, allowing people to love you anyway,… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
“A tiny bit of guilt pricked at me for leaving Josie alone with Luke and Deacon. One of them alone could be… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
Guilt is price of living a dissatisfied & a painful life, a life in turmoil. It is not too late.Take corrective step… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Villains!' I shrieked. 'Dissemble no more! I admit the deed! Tear up the planks! Here, here! It is the beating of his… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
There was no way to laugh anymore, to love, to care, and there was a sense of guilt in having survived when… — Romeo Dallaire Copy Share Image
My captors were definitely aware that what they were doing was wrong. It came out in small ways - occasionally through a… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
A baby comes with such responsibility. Once you become a mother, you always have a guilt trip. You always try to do… — Gal Gadot Copy Share Image
Guilt says I've done something wrong; ... shame says there is something wrong with me. Guilt says I've made a mistake; ...… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
I don't feel any 'white guilt,' because I had nothing to do with (slavery) whatsoever. I feel shame for my country that… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
What is guilt? Guilt is the pledge drive constantly hammering in our heads that keeps us from fully enjoying the show. Guilt… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
“Abused children realize that they cannot rely on their emotions since their innocent love and trust are already crushed and betrayed. They… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
We feel guilt when others have reason to think poorly of us. We are guilty when we harm others, we feel guilty… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
There is scarcely anything more important in the government of men than the exact - I will ever say pedantic - observance… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
To 'justify' means nothing else than to acquit of guilt him (her) who was accused as if his own innocence were confirmed. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“Abused children pick up from their past encounters to expect less of themselves and others. They are not commonly taught to trust… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
Just the sound of his voice twists my stomach into a knot of unpleasant emotions like guilt, sadness and fear. And longing.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I know this is insane, but i somehow wish i had been in auschwitz with my parents so i could really know… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
It hurts feeling that the simplest of tasks requires a Herculean effort. Being riddled with guilt because you have no reason to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
When guilt is in its blush of infancy, it trembles in a tenderness of shame; and the first eye that pierces through… — Thomas Southerne Copy Share Image
The sense of anxiety and guilt doesn't come from having too much to do; it's the automatic result of breaking agreements with… — David Allen Copy Share Image
“It was the Communists, it was the Mexicans, it was the government. And the only people who acknowledged their guilt weren't guilty… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
I think everyone in the world to a large or small extent has felt rejection. And with rejection comes anger, and with… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
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