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Quotes About Guilt

The right combination of guilt and machismo has sent many a fool out into the jungle when he should have stayed home.
~ Jimmy Buffett
I have never met a woman who works who doesn't feel guilty. I mean we all deny it like crazy but deep down there is always that voice saying you should be at home.
~ Kristin Scott Thomas
A tranquil conscience invites freedom from anguish, sorrow, guilt, shame, and self-condemnation. It provides a foundation for happiness. It is a condition of immense worth.
~ Richard G. Scott
I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts me for this.
~ David Crosby
My conscience is clear, because I know that in my conscience and in front of God I am guilty of nothing. I hope human justice will see at the same way.
~ Giulio Andreotti
The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
'Ida' is about humanity, about guilt and forgiveness. It's not a film that deals with an issue as such. It's more universal.
~ Pawel Pawlikowski
If 13 is unlucky, then 12 and 14 are guilty by association.
~ Mitch Hedberg
What is guilt? Guilt is the pledge drive constantly hammering in our heads that keeps us from fully enjoying the show. Guilt is the reason they put the articles in Playboy.
~ Dennis Miller
Blood rushed to the regions of my body that I associated with naughtiness, and I was powerless to stop it.
~ Kat Lowe, Dream Cat
Sometimes stupid is crime enough.
~ Lois Greiman, Unplugged
It's a terrible thing, what we did, " said Francis abruptly. "I mean, this man was not Voltaire we killed. But still. It's a shame. I feel bad about it.
~ Donna Tartt
Just because you act a little guilty doesn't mean you're innocent.
~ Charlie Chan
The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ah, how steadily do they who are guilty shrink from reproof!
~ Amelia Bloomer
Guilt starts as a feeling of failure.
~ Frank Herbert
If you commit a crime, you're guilty.
~ Rush Limbaugh
It is a hard thing to let go of mistakes we've made and sins. God wants us to do that because He knows the guilt and the condemnation will keep us from becoming who He has created us to be.
~ Joel Osteen
Everyone feels some jealousy, some anger, and some hostility. Don't feel guilty. But to allow them to become dominant expressions of your way of life is off the wall.
~ Frederick Lenz
"Exercise" is such a dirty word in my household that whenever I even think of it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate.
~ Leonore Fleischer
No torment in the world is comparable to an accusing conscience.
~ William Gurnall
Your mistakes are to help you develop your purpose, not shame and guilt.
~ Sue Fitzmaurice
Guilt is a manifestation of condemnation or aversion towards oneself, which does not understand the changing transformative quality of mind.'Seeking the Heart of Wisdom
~ Joseph Goldstein
There is no other shame like senseless sin.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita