Guilt Quotes

1189 Guilt quotes by 844 unique authors

A child free from the guilt of ownership and the burden of economic competition will grow up with the will to do what needs doing… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I want to love you without clutching, appreciate you without judging, join you without invading, invite you without demanding, leave you without guilt, criticize you… — Virginia Satir
I used to feel guilty about spending morning hours working on a book; about fleeing to the brook in the afternoon. It took several summers… — Madeleine L'Engle
It's a very American trait, this wanting people to think well of us. It's a young want, and I am ashamed of it in myself.… — Madeleine L'Engle
I felt a splinter of guilt wedge into my heart. Charlotte had hurt me; in return, I'd hurt Rob. Maybe that's what we do to… — Jodi Picoult
For I conclude that the enemy is not lipstick, but guilt itself; that we deserve lipstick, if we want it, AND free speech; we deserve… — Naomi Wolf
She say guilt is a useless emotion." "Oh, please," says Nancy. "Guilt is what separates humans from animals. — Anna Quindlen
Intent is guilt. Failure to successfully carry out the intent does not absolve the guilt. — Terry Goodkind
There is no greater guilt than the unneccessary war. — John Adams
When you are guilty, it is not your sins you hate but yourself. — Anthony de Mello
Emma dropped the paper. Her first impression was of a weak feeling in her stomach and in her knees; then of blind guilt, of unreality,… — Jorge Luis Borges
The evil of one murder is infinite, and my guilt is like my beauty - eternal. I cannot be forgiven, for there is no one… — Anne Rice
...guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action. — Abraham Verghese
[Y]ou have to stop loving and pursuing Christ in order to sin. When you are pursuing love, running toward Christ, you do not have opportunity… — Francis Chan
But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but, instead,… — Dean Koontz
Inside Laila too a battle was being waged : guilt on one side, partnered with shame, and, on the other, the conviction that what she… — Khaled Hosseini
...when we love God, we naturally run to Him-frequently and zealously. Jesus didn't command that we have a regular time with Him each day. Rather,… — Francis Chan
Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty… — Erica Jong
Guilt's just your ego's way of tricking you into thinking that you're making moral progress. Don't fall for it, my dear. — Elizabeth Gilbert
Humans — who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals — have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain. A… — Carl Sagan
Out, damned spot! out, I say! — William Shakespeare
But you can't stay with people because of guilt. Or because they can drive a speedboat. — Sophie Kinsella
whenever I would feel such happiness my guilt alarm went off — Elizabeth Gilbert
Should've thought of that before you told my ex-girlfriend I eat live kittens for breakfast." A tiny twinge of guilt. Then the cat wondered what… — Nalini Singh
To feel our character, our personality, and our personal, hard-won history fade from being is to be exposed to whatever lies beneath these comforting, operational… — Peter Straub

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