Doe Quote by Terry Goodkind

Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Guilt starts as a feeling of failure.

— Frank Herbert

the act does not create guilt unless the mind is also guilty.

— William Landay

My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent.

— William Shakespeare

Vehemently denying something always implies guilt.

— Kiera Cass

And yet, sometimes facts are no more than pitiful consequences, because guilt does not reside in our acts but in the intentions that give…

— Sándor Márai

Guilt is only another way of avoiding informed action.

— Audre Lorde

Guilt agonizes over trifles, ignores habitual wrongdoing.

— Mason Cooley

“Guilt requires absolution”

— Lauren Oliver

What is guilt? It is moral self-reproach-I did wrong when it was possible to have done otherwise.

— Nathaniel Branden

Guilt is a timorous thing ere perpetration; despair alone makes guilty men be bold.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“The cannon of the spirits says that intent is guilt. Failure to successfully carryout the intent does not absolve the guilt. ~ Cara Mordsith”

— Terry Goodkind