Guilt Quotes

1189 Guilt quotes by 844 unique authors

Until Gettysburg," she continued, "I was working for the wrong reasons. At first it was to prove myself worthy in someone's eyes. Later it was… — Lynn Austin
Anger was better than tears, better than grief, better than guilt. — George R. R. Martin
Their eyes were dark and hard and glowing, with no fear in them, no kindness and no guilt. — Ayn Rand
A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object. So, in vicarious responsibility for people, and in… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Indian criminal justice system was a market like garbage, Abdul now understood. Innocence and guilt could be bought and sold like a kilo of… — Katherine Boo
I was very apprehensive, mostly because I didn’t want to get caught. By now, I had begun to feel removed from the everyday world of… — Marilyn Manson
Now that you're an adult, you might still feel a pang of guilt when you decline a dinner invitation in favor of a good book.… — Susan Cain
The same hand that stilled the seas stills your guilt. The same hand that cleansed the Temple cleanses your heart. The hand is the hand… — Max Lucado
Guilt was a fascinating thing: it seemed not to weaken over time. If anything it grew stronger as the circumstances faded from memory, as the… — Michael Grant
This was not guilt: guilt is what you feel when you have done something wrong. What I felt was shame: I was what was wrong. — Atul Gawande
I love you still, but with your death I succumbed to a kind of infatuation. I convinced myself that what you and I had, so… — Steven Erikson
I do not view suicide as wicked, just terribly sad. There is only one death, but it is like a stone cast into a pond… — Juliet Marillier
Guilt results from unused life, from the unlived in us. — Ernest Becker
We're in this together, right?" he whispers. "You and me? You want to be here, yeah?" There's guilt in his questions. "Yes," I reply. "I… — Marie Lu
All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry - all forms of fear… — Eckhart Tolle
You’re so sweet,' Frypan said with a snort. 'Go ahead and die with Thomas. I think I’ll sneak away and enjoy living with the guilt. — James Dashner
But the guilt goes even deeper than that. It, too, is dust: Layers and layers of it have accumulated. Because if it weren’t for me,… — Lauren Oliver
We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. I have heard others, and I have heard myself, recounting cruelties and falsehoods committed in… — C.S. Lewis
To stand by yourself -- that was also part of dignity. That way, a person could get through a public flaying with dignity. Galileo. Luther.… — Pascal Mercier
Why would a person prefer the accusations of guilt, unworthiness, ineptitude - even dishonor and betrayal- to real possibility? This may not seem to be… — Ernest Becker
Many people suffer all their lives from this oppressive feeling of guilt, the sense of not having lived up to their parents' expectations. This feeling… — Alice Miller
WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES when we go against our instincts? What are the consequences of not speaking out? What are the consequences of guilt, shame,… — Terry Tempest Williams
The devil makes many disciples by preaching against sin. He convinces them that the great evil of sin, induces a crisis of guilt by which… — Thomas Merton
I will teach you to love death. I will empty you of grief and guilt and self-pity and fill you up with hate and cunning… — Rick Yancey
I don't believe in "original sin." I don't believe in "guilt." I don't believe in villains or heroes - only right or wrong ways that… — Tennessee Williams

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