To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“...it's better to wake up amid the pangs of desire than amid those of remorse.” — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
I know that I could dive around in a sea of abyss and pull it out of remorse. I know that I… — Asking Alexandria Copy Share Image
There is no heart without remorse, no life without some misfortune, no one but what is something stained with sin. — James Ellis Copy Share Image
Yes, I do have remorse, but I'm not even sure myself whether it is as profound as it should be. I've always… — Jeffrey Dahmer Copy Share Image
“I would rather hurt myself than be hurt by someone else, and so I took up this practice with a sense of… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
In luck or out the toil has left its mark: That old perplexity an empty purse, Or the day's vanity, the night's… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
“The last confession he heard was from a young hysterical girl who seemed to him to be making up a chain of… — Morley Callaghan Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is possible even when there is no restitution, no remorse on the part of the perpetrator. — Virginia H. Pearce Copy Share Image
Well the first thing I'd say is that I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to do to show my remorse other… — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
“It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
The fruition of what is unlawful must be followed by remorse. The core sticks in the throat after the apple is eaten,… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
“she had hang up knowing that for the rest of her life it would slam into her at random moments, the guilt,… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“How might I get over this? How would I be able to overlook the way he used to be with me? How… — Nishikant Copy Share Image
I am told that the proximity of punishment arouses real repentance in the criminal and sometimes awakens a feeling of genuine remorse… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Grief is a profound part of recovery and new life. Tears of regrets, remorse and despair waters the roots of love and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I let go of my remorse...of wanting to fix his problems and cure his pain. This seems like such a common female… — Shreve Stockton Copy Share Image
There is some consensus: There's obsession, there's never satiety, and there's always remorse. For me, the big thing is that you're always… — Susan Cheever Copy Share Image
“With the first jolt he was in daylight; they had left the gateways of King’s Cross, and were under blue sky. Tunnels… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
And could I look upon her without compassion, seeing her punishment in the ruin she was, in her profound unfitness for this… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Nicholas wanted to scream until his throat bled. Or tear apart a wall of concrete with his bare hands. Anything – anything… — Angela B. Wade Copy Share Image
For my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey, who braved his dreaded enemy in order… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Just imagine the existence of a man - let us call him A - who has left youth far behind, and of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
As every flower fades and as all youth departs, so life at every stage, so every virtue, so our grasp of truth… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“The purpose was, that I would go to Biddy, that I would show her how humbled and repentant I came back, that… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“There's something I never told you about that decision I made four years ago...I've never felt a middle ground between acceptance and… — Tammara Webber Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, the mistake is not the problem; the lack of remorse is the real mistake.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Remorse presupposes enough self-forgetfulness to feel the pain ofothers. — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
Regret follows harsh words and only forgiveness can ease the pain of remorse. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
