Action Quote by Kenneth L. Woodward

“Remorse precedes true repentance. Changed behavior follows true repentance. But this necessary prelude and postlude of true repentance are not themselves the essence of…

— Bryan Chapell

I think forgiveness plays a very important part in Western society and it comes from the Judeo Christian heritage.

— Ibn Warraq

Guilt has always its horrors and solicitudes; and, to make it yet more shameful and detestable, it is doomed often to stand in awe…

— Samuel Johnson

“We live in a society that shuns guilt, hardly knows it. It is drummed into us: "Don't feel guilty." No one wants to pay…

— Robert Dykstra

“Guilt is an outward expression of self degradation. It is acceptance of one’s culpability, indiscretion, liability, sin, dereliction, and harm without resolving the crime,…

— Deborah Bravandt

Unfortunately, of course, guilt is an artifact of agricultural-age religion and is designed specifically to prevent humans from thinking and operating on a collective…

— Timothy Morton

Many religious confessions share common values. They teach that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us.

— Russell M. Nelson

But forgiveness must not only be given but received also.

— William Golding

Those who are most conscious of forgiveness are invariably those who have been most acutely convicted of their sin.

— Sinclair B. Ferguson

Forgiveness is the greatest weapon that God has given us.

— Nirmala Srivastava

...guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.

— Abraham Verghese

Don't we all deserve forgiveness? I hope we do; I believe we do. Forgiveness says as much about the character of the person bestowing…

— Justin Cronin