Accepting Quote by William Carlos Williams

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

— Anonymous

Remorse is sorrow over being caught and the pain of consequences that follow. Repentance is not being concerned for ourselves but having a contrite…

— Charles R. Swindoll

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness.

— Anonymous

Remorse is impotent; it will repeat its faults. Repentance only is a true force; it puts an end to everything.

— Honore de Balzac

Remorse is the punishment of crime; repentance, its expiation. The former appertains to a tormented conscience; the latter to a soul changed for the…

— Joseph Joubert

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase is fruits of innocence and blessedness.

— William C. Bryant

Remorse is the fruit of crime.

— Juvenal

Remorse is impotence, impotence which sins again. Repentance alone is powerful; it ends all.

— Honore de Balzac

Repentance is accepted remorse.

— Sophie Swetchine

Remorse is extremely useful for a generation which has in fact dirtied its hands but for the next generation you cannot ask, for instance,…

— Pascal Bruckner

Remorse is impotence; it will sin again. Only repentance is strong - it can end everything.

— Henry Miller

There's a difference between remorse and repentance. Remorse is being sorry for being caught. Repentance is being sorry enough to stop.

— Greg Laurie