Best Remorse Sayings
263 Remorse quotes by 210 unique authors
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'Oh, poor, poor fellow!' said Mrs. Elliot with a remorse that was sincere, though her congratulations would not have been.
— E. M. Forster
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Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."
— Timothy Keller
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I am worried by the Blessed Virgin’s messages to Lucy of Fatima. This persistence of Mary about the dangers which menace the Church is a…
— Pope Pius XII
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When I think of the person that I thought was Bill Clinton, I think he had genuine remorse. When I think of the person that…
— Monica Lewinsky
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Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
— J C Ryle
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I looked back at some of my earlier published stories with genuine horror and remorse. I got thinking, How many extant copies might there be,…
— Richard Russo
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You must understand, the leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians. They hated Russians. They hated Christians. Driven by ethnic hatred they tortured…
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Though modern Marriage is a tremendous laboratory, its members are often without preparation for the partnership function. How much agony and remorse and failure could…
— Carl Rogers
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Thousands of animals (now billions) are butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. It cries vengeance upon all the human race.
— Romain Rolland
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Is there not a sort of remorse that precedes sin? Was it remorse at the very fact that I existed?
— Yukio Mishima
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As you consider your own life, are there things that you need to change? Have you made mistakes that still need to be corrected? If…
— C. Scott Grow
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I’ve come to believe that the most dangerous man in the world is the one who feels no remorse. The one who never apologizes and…
— Tahereh Mafi
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I cannot show remorse because I do not believe I am guilty.
— Lyn Nofziger
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Temptation can be tormenting, but remember: The torment of temptation to sin is nothing to compare with the torment of the consequences of sin. Remorse…
— Edwin Louis Cole
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Men become cannibals of their own hearts; remorse, regret, and restless impatience usurp the place of more wholesome feeling: every thing seems better than that…
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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I wealthiest am when richest in remorse.
— Robert Southwell
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I saw the various museum displays including scenes of torture while feeling heartfelt remorse and sorrow over the great pain and suffering inflicted on South…
— Junichiro Koizumi
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Psychopaths view any social exchange as a ‘feeding opportunity,’ a contest or a test of wills in which there can be only one winner. Their…
— Robert D. Hare
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I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.
— Ogden Nash
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One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.
— Ogden Nash
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Remorse is violent dyspepsia of the mind.
— Ogden Nash
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What is learned without pleasure is forgotten without remorse.
— Epictetus
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Now I have shed my first blood. I feel no qualms, no pride, no remorse. There is only a weary indifference that will follow me…
— Audie Murphy
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The nation wept tears of remorse for their leader: the tear-gas accomplished what was expected.
— Minimaks
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We can always get along better by reason and love of truth than by worry of conscience and remorse...we should strive to keep worry from…
— Baruch Spinoza
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