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Quotes About Guilt

All religions remind us that actions have consequences for which guilt can and must be acknowledged, forgiveness humbly begged, reconciliation sought.
~ Kenneth L. Woodward
True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive.
~ Mignon McLaughlin
Sister, I won't ask for forgiveness, my sins are all I have.
~ Bruce Springsteen
What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood Is there not rain enough in the sweet heaves To wash it white as snow?
~ William Shakespeare
He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
~ Seneca the Younger
Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone had done the wrong
~ Tryon Edwards
There is unspeakable joy... for the person who knows release from guilt and the relief of forgiveness.
~ Stuart Briscoe
From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed.
~ William Wordsworth
Food = joy ... guilt ... anger ... pain ... nurturing ... friendship ... hatred ... the way you look and feel.... Food = everything you can imagine.
~ Susan Powter
He who disguises tyranny, protection, or even benefits under the air and name of friendship reminds me of the guilty priest who poisoned the sacramental bread.
~ Nicolas Chamfort
Other things are just food. But chocolate's chocolate.
~ Unknown
What you believe is very powerful. If you have toxic emotions of fear, guilt and depression, it is because you have wrong thinking, and you have wrong thinking because of wrong believing.
~ Joseph Prince
Guilt can quickly turn into regret and self-pity. The only way out is through acceptance and forgiveness.
~ Unknown
Cheating is like eating fast food. You do it, you enjoy it, and then you end up feeling like sh...
~ Ritu Ghatourey
Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.
~ Robert Redford
For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.
~ Lillian Hellman
Sabe que usted es culpable de una de las crisis más importantes de mi vida? Preguntó ¿Económicamente? y todavía ríe. Contesté, No sentimental.
~ Mario Benedetti
me he vuelto culpable porque no hay otra manera de ser inocente
~ Mario Benedetti
Además, y a esta altura ¿quién no tiene culpa? ¿Quién puede vivir, en este país, en este mundo, en este tipo, de acuerdo a sus principios, a sus normas, a su moral, cuando en realidad son otros quienes dictan los principios, la moral y las normas?
~ Mario Benedetti
Además, y a esta altura ¿quién no tiene culpa? ¿Quién puede vivir, en este país, en este mundo, en este tipo, de a cuerdo a sus principios, a sus normas, a su mora, cuando en realidad son otros quienes dictan los principios, la moral y las normas?
~ Mario Benedetti
Por eso las grandes obras de arte se han construido siempre alrededor del pecado. - Lo cual, en el fondo, significa construirlas alrededor de Dios. - Naturalmente, porque sin Dios el pecado no existe. Y se han construido alrededor del pecado, porque el pecado está prohibido y tiene castigo, y eso es lo estético: el conflicto entre la prohibición y la culpa. Mejor dicho, el arte es la chispa que resulta de frotar la prohibición con el castigo.
~ Mario Benedetti
la mujer identifica el sexo con la conciencia. Allí puede estar la mayor culpa, la mejor felicidad, el problema más arduo.
~ Mario Benedetti
There has to be something wrong with a system that means you can take guilt on and off like an overcoat.
~ Marion Zimmer Bradley
If you never share the worst thing you've ever done with a single person, if you just carry it all by yourself, maybe it comes between you and everyone you meet, even if it's years later.
~ Marisa de los Santos