Action Quote by Thomas Paine

Melancholy and remorse forms the deep leaden keel which enables us to sail into the wind of reality.

— Cyril Connolly

Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life.

— Charlotte Bronte

Guilt, though it may attain temporal splendor, can never confer real happiness; the evil consequences of our crimes long survive their commission, and, like…

— Walter Scott

Certain time life throws greatest sadness, only few learns to respond close to the nature that it is not disturbing your decisions

— Melchor Lim

Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“The author says that when an angry impulse is not immediately expressed, it turns to melancholy.”

— Patrick O'Brian

Remembering bred its own peculiar sorrow. It seemed so unfair: that time should render both sadness and happiness into a source of pain.

— Rohinton Mistry

Time brought resignation and a melancholy sweeter than common joy.

— Emily Bronte

Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.

— William Blake

Remorse is the poison of life.

— Charlotte Bronte

Action is the antidote to despair.

— Joan Baez

Guilt is the most destructive of all emotions. It mourns what has been while playing no part in what may be, now or in…

— Penelope Leach