Guilt Quotes

1189 Guilt quotes by 844 unique authors

Power without guilt, love without doubt.... — Madonna Ciccone
The question of why evil exists is not a theological question, for it assumes that it is possible to go behind the existence forced upon… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
There are women named Faith, Hope, Joy, and Prudence. Why not Despair, Guilt, Rage, and Grief? It seems only right. 'Tom, I'd like you to… — George Carlin
Because no retreat from the world can mask what is in your face. — Gregory Maguire
Responsibilites and expectations are the basis of guilt and shame and judgement, and they provide the essential framework that promotes performance as the basis for… — William P. Young
I thought of all the magazine article I'd read on mothers who worked and constantly felt guilty about leaving their children with someone else. I… — Jodi Picoult
We are all these things [...]. Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty...and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if we desire to… — Jacqueline Carey
Secret guilt is by silence revealed. — John Dryden
Denounce useless guilt. Don’t make a cult of suffering. Live in the now(or at least the soon). Always do the things you fear most. Courage… — Erica Jong
Let me be the ring leader in your guilt gang-bang. — Chuck Palahniuk
Lunch." I said. "Immediately. I'm going to wither away to absolutely nothing. Then you'll be racked with guilt." "I doubt it. — Maggie Stiefvater
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution. — Oscar Wilde
The color of his pallor, however, was a curiously basic white - unmixed, that is, with the greens and yellows of guilt or abject contrition.… — J D Salinger
People pontificate, "Suicide is selfishness." Career churchmen like Pater go a step further and call in a cowardly assault on the living. Oafs argue this… — David Mitchell
Everyday he got up. Before sleep wore off, he was who he used to be. Then, as his consciousness woke, it was as if poison… — Alice Sebold
You cut up a thing that's alive and beautiful to find out how it's alive and why it's beautiful, and before you know it, it's… — Clive Barker
True redemption is...when guilt leads to good. — Khaled Hosseini
There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another... It is when we begin to hurt those whom we… — Cyril Connolly
Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action. If it leads to change then… — Audre Lorde
Such things as anguish, woe, affliction, guilt, feelings of awfulness, and utter wretchedness, the bread and butter of Days of Yore and Russians, sadly have… — Marisha Pessl
Many people think of our times as being the last before the end of the world. The evidence of horror all around us makes this… — Sophie Scholl
A professionally trained actress should be a better liar, wouldn't you think? But no. I am pathetically underachieved in that area. I can think of… — Kristin Chenoweth
Guilty feelings about clothes are totally unnecessary. A lot of people earn their living by making clothes, so you should never feel bad. — Karl Lagerfeld
Regrets are the most useless form of guilt. They always arrive too late to do any good. — Eileen Wilks
Flea-Market vendors are frozen mid-haggle. Middle-aged women are frozen in the middle of their lives. The gavels of frozen judges are frozen between guilt and… — Jonathan Safran Foer

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