When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God's gift of… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“I saw the regret in his eyes, the remorse that consumed him, and the pain of knowing his decision was more costly… — Nancy S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“The agonies of remorse poison the luxury there is otherwise sometimes found in the excess of grief.” — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
Theres nothing wrong with feeling bad about your past but you should also be proud of yourself for being strong enough to… — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
Trying to take back hurtful words said in anger, is like trying to retrieve the bullets after you've fired the gun. — Rashida Rowe Copy Share Image
“No one is sorry for how they’ve treated you. They will only show remorse after you gain the power to ruin their… — PK Kasirim Copy Share Image
There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
All who suffer are full of hatred; all who live drag a remorse: the dead alone have broken their chains. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Being conscious of having done a wicked action leaves stings of remorse behind it, which, like an ulcer in the flesh, makes… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“He was the person all of us should be, but most of us aren't. And if I could have taken his place… — Trish Doller Copy Share Image
One of the most difficult things to deal with in life is regret. Sometimes something will happen, and you will respond in… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
It was in His parting sorrow--that Jesus asked His disciples to remember Him; and never was entreaty of affection answered so; for… — James Martineau Copy Share Image
I wake up right about the mid-afternoon, With the sun in the sky but night's coming soon, And I walk to the… — Johnny 3 Tears Copy Share Image
Sometimes a woman's love of being loved gets the better of her conscience, and though she is agonized at the thought of… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Not sharp revenge, nor hell itself can find, A fiercer torment than a guilty mind, Which day and night doth dreadfully accuse,… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
It is the cult of self that is killing the United States. This cult has within it the classic traits of psychopaths:… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“Puck swung the cannon around in anger. The nozzle spun and hit Sabrina in the chest. The force was so pawerful she… — Michael Buckley Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness. It’s a troubling concept to the morality police of this world. In the callous world of morality, meticulous records are kept… — Steve McVey Copy Share Image
So I make no effort to hide my pain. I don’t ever put it all on display like this—but for today and… — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
“The salient point about remorse, however, is that it matters little whether it is genuine or not. Clients who get very sorry after acts… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“I know how soon youth would fade and bloom perish, if, in the cup of bliss offered, but one dreg of shame,… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“Holy shadows of the dead, I am not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
I had learned to dwell with pleasure as a beloved daydream on the thought of the separation of these elements. If each… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul...Since I knew you, I have been troubled… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Thousands of animals (now billions) are butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. It cries vengeance upon all the human race. — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
“God has broken me in every way possible. I spent a year not caring, a year trying to figure out what I'd… — Cassandra Giovanni Copy Share Image
There is no man that is knowingly wicked but is guilty to himself; and there is no man that carries guilt about… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
Walk a day in my shoes, feel the pain, loss, sadness, guilt, remorse, and the heartache, then I dare you to judge… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I felt for my crime a just terror; I looked on my life with hate, and my passion with horror. — Jean Racine Copy Share Image
Questions for the lord, why he don't like me, guard my soul, Though my life was hard with no remorse. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
“Whether man or beast, the secrets you kept in the fathoms of your heart always held you to ransom.” — Dianna Hardy Copy Share Image
It really is a day job, and it also seems to have virtually disappeared-with no remorse, really. It gives me more time… — Martin Mull Copy Share Image
Permanent remorse about failing to do your human duty, in my opinion, can be worse than losing your life. — Miep Gies Copy Share Image
Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in adversity. [Fr., Le remords s'endort durant un destin prospere et… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Pride ruined the angels, Their shame them restores; And the joy that is sweetest Lurks in stings of remorse. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“definition of remorse: a mourning that is out of control and never ends, that can strike out of the bluest of skies,… — Frank Delaney Copy Share Image
Good steel bends, but never breaks. Good steel stays always sharp and ready. Good steel feels no pain, no pity, and above… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“Voltage crossed the distance between Sheila and Webster. A current composed of anger and remorse and something else-the last flicker of attraction” — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
It’s your one last chance,” said Harry, “it’s all you’ve got left. . . .I’ve seen what you’ll be otherwise. . .… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Imagination though it cannot wipe out the sting of remorse can instruct the mind in its proper uses. — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
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