Guilt Quotes · Page 22

“Man created Guilt. Guilt is the Perpetual Engine that Drives the World.”

— Vineet Raj Kapoor

“I told him what I told myself whenever my guilt grew too painful: “It happened. It hurt. Better things await you.”

— Kresley Cole

“We therefore need to be patient with ourselves, and look upon our sense of guilt as Witnesses!”

— Frank M. Wanderer

Guilt and no guilt: these were the worst things. The only thing worse than the guilt was the fear of getting caught.

— Elin Hilderbrand

Guilt trips don't work on me. I stopped feeling bad for people a long time ago.

— Anonymous

Rarely do I attach guilt to something pleasant. Life's too short.

— Robin Gibb

Shame is the most powerful emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.

— Anonymous

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you that you are the man she thinks…

— Carl Sandburg

The men and women of the North are slaveholders, those of the South slaveowners. The guilt rests on the North equally with…

— Susan B. Anthony

He claims he has never known fatigue while obeying the law, but when he does break it he feels a sense of…

— Walter Russell

By faith we receive the saving grace of God that delivers us from guilt and sin. In love we participate in the…

— Gabriel Fackre

I once got a huge, expensive flower arrangement from a person I didn't like, who sent it out of pure guilt. It…

— Maeve Binchy

“There are plenty of people out there judging us every day of our lives and for every move we make. The gods…

— Michael Connelly

Women don't want to exchange places with men. Male chauvinists, science-fiction writers and comedians may favor that idea for its shock value,…

— Gloria Steinem

“One thing I’ve learned in my program is that guilt is a wasted emotion, you know? Look back on the past but…

— Wally Lamb

“Neglect transpires when the accountable adult fails to provide sufficiently for the needs of a child. It may be deliberate and conscious…

— Patricia Dsouza

“Is that what you think this is about? Your letting me die? I don't know what clouds your judgement worse. Your guilt…

— Judd Winick

Even though I avoid buying clothes that are 'in fashion', choosing things I fall in love with and wearing them till they…

— Sheherazade Goldsmith

I was very young when I prepared those prints. I suspect the reason I couldn't celebrate the floating world was that I…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

Trump's behavior is conscienceless, showing utter disregard for the safety of others, consistent irresponsibility, callousness, cynicism and disrespect of other human beings.…

— George T. Conway III

“On Pleasure Pleasure is a freedom-song, But it is not freedom. It is the blossoming of your desires, But it is not…

— Khalil Gibran

I have been manipulated, and I have in turn manipulated others, by recording their response to suffering and misery. So there is…

— Don McCullin

“[T]his readiness to assume the guilt for the threats to our environment is deceptively reassuring: We like to be guilty since, if…

— Slavoj Žižek

“Because conflict-avoidant Emily would never “bite” or even hiss unless Greg had done something truly horrible, on some level she processes his…

— Susan Cain

“Many of us have been disconnected with our own individualities, our true individualities.”

— Patricia Dsouza

In shame there is no comfort but to be beyond all bounds of shame.

— Philip Sidney

I was raised with fear of God, guilt over Jesus, and terror of the Devil.

— Dory Previn

Kids are pretty resilient. You don't have to be at every volleyball game. We can't guilt ourselves.

— Ursula Burns

Any time someone makes you feel guilty about how you are living, that is part of the old system (pre-Christ).

— Rob Bell

So the starting point and the basis of their liberal wails of anguish always and always is guilt. Guilt, guilt, guilt.

— John Ringo

“I want to be a well-rounded human being with none of these knotty lumps of rage and guilt and self-disgust.”

— Nick Hornby

“But, the thing about guilt is, no one can take away for you; you have to unpack it yourself.”

— Andrea Randall

“in contrast to a garment of praise, guilt is the uniform. It’s a straitjacket called fatalism.”

— Terry Law

I come from Chicago and am a child of Irish Catholic parents who were able to wield guilt like a Ginsu knife.

— Brendan Hunt

One of the more gratifying things about guilt is that it makes us feel important.

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

“Guilt should drive us to the cross, but grace must lead us from it.”

— Bryan Chapell

The most common lie uttered without thought, sincerity, resolve, or guilt: I love you.

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Calvin : There's no problem so awful, that you can't add some guilt to it and make it even worse.

— Bill Watterson

If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.

— Brené Brown

“No Son [. . .] Not a traitor to your country. Much worse. A traitor to your soul.”

— Ruta Sepetys