Quotes About Guilt

Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other people's best interests.

Words, especially when yelled in anger, can be very damaging to a child's self-confidence. The child probably already feels bad enough just from seeing the consequences of his or her behavior. Our sons and daughters don't need more guilt and self-doubt heaped upon their already wounded egos.

Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

The human life is all one thing, like a blade tracing loops on the ice: a little kid, a twenty-three-year-old infantry sergeant, a middle-aged writer knowing guilt and sorrow.

One of the great rewards of a writer's life is that it lets you read all the books you want to without feeling guilty.

My guiltiest pleasure is Harry Stephen Keeler. He may have been the greatest bad writer America has ever produced. Or perhaps the worst great writer. I do not know. There are few faults you can accuse him of that he is not guilty of. But I love him.

Having a writer in the family is a curse - for the family. I do feel more or less guilty when I'm writing.

When I'm fishing, I feel guilty that I'm not writing, and when I'm writing, I feel guilty that I'm not fishing. But when push comes to shove, I'll always take the writing.

Foreman told Ray to plead guilty and he'd then give his brother $500, if Ray didn't cause any problems at the guilty plea hearing, and he could take that $500 and hire a lawyer to set aside the plea. Foreman actually put that in writing.

You mean you indulged in adultery and you dont' even have the benefit of a good saucy memory about it.

Maybe the definition of home is the place where you are never forgiven, so you may always belong there, bound by guilt. And maybe the cost of belonging is worth it.

Talvez a definição de lar seja o local onde você nunca é perdoado, então você sempre vai se encaixar lá, presa pela culpa. E talvez o custo de pertencer a algum lugar valha a pena.

Maybe the definition of home is the place where you are never forgiven, so you may always belong there, bound by guilt.

I myself am quite addicted to sin. It does keep my confessor busy, negotiating with Heaven on my behalf.

Now he was the minister and she the sinner, an arrangement she did not particularly enjoy.

The idea that death is part of God's plan, for instance, is comforting to some — but for many, this idea either makes them angry at God, or guilt-ridden about what they or their loved ones did wrong to bring on his wrath.

Although some people assume that strong feelings of guilt or shame act as safeguards to help people stick to good habits, the opposite is true. People who feel less guilt and who show compassion toward themselves in the face of failure are better able to regain self-control, while people who feel deeply guilty and full of self-blame struggle more.

People who feel less guilt and who show compassion toward themselves in the face of failure are better able to regain self-control, while people who feel deeply guilty and full of self-blame struggle more.

feelings, so that I suffered less guilt, remorse, shame, anger, envy, boredom, and irritation. Also easy to understand.

By helping us to feel energetic and happy, healthy treats can play a key role in fostering good habits, but we must guard against the temptations of unhealthy treats. The pleasure lasts a minute, but then feelings of guilt, regret, loss of control, and other negative consequences kick in.

The smile floating on her lips. She's bored as well. She feels a bit guilty since she should feel great, there with all her family—but she suppresses a yawn. She'd rather be elsewhere. She's no longer used to long meals. She never liked them, by the way. I realize that I'm trying to invent a life for her. That's the problem with literature. One narrates. One embroiders. One adds material.

The love between man and woman is a voluntary pact in which the one who falls short is only guilty of perfidy, but when a woman has become a mother her duty is greater because nature has entrusted the human species to her. If she fails then she is a coward, unworthy and infamous.

Il ne faut pas que tu me pardonnes - rien ne fait plus mal qu'un pardon - mais que tu ne m'en veuilles pas de ce que j'ai fait.

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.