Quotes About Guilt

Soldiers live. He dies and not you, and you feel guilty, because you're glad he died, and not you. Soldiers live, and wonder why.

Let never man be bold enough to say, Thus, and no farther shall my passion stray: The first crime, past, compels us into more, And guilt grows fate, that was but choice, before.

You want a bit of life before it's all over. It takes all the guilt away.

Young girls are the chatelaines of truth; they must see that it is protected, that the guilty lead the life of the guilty, even if the world rocks on its foundations.

I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin' wealthy.

Power-Over leads to punishment and violence. Power-With leads to compassion and understanding, and to learning motivated by reverence for life rather than fear, guilt, shame, or anger.

We want to take action out of the desire to contribute to life rather than out of fear, guilt, shame, or obligation.

Because I'm selfish. I'm a coward. I'm the kind of girl who, when she might actually be of use, would run to stay alive and leave those who couldn't follow to suffer and die.

There's so much guilt there attached to having a perfectly good life.

Guilty, forgive me, Lord, I cry; Pursued by foes I come; A sinner, save me, or I die; An outcast, take me home.

In the case of many Kennedys," Neubauer continued, "their drive for power is often supported by good deeds, by a desire to help the poor and disenfranchised, by humanitarian goals. They describe what they do not merely as 'politics' but as the much more lofty-sounding 'public service.' All this reduces the need for them to feel guilty about their single-minded pursuit of power.

My case is bad. Lord, be my advocate.My sin is red: I'm under God's arrest.

Where, where for shelter shall the guilty fly, When consternation turns the good man pale?

In every part of the world, where corruption, bribery, delusion and injustice are practiced, those who practice it are guilty, Noah, but so are the `innocents.

wisdom, when it comes to sin, is that human wisdom wants to cover it up. Adam

Every person has the right to throw the home rubbish in the dustbin. Similarly, the mental rubbish through prose and poetry also can throw. We say that, too, as the freedom of writing and speech. The guilt is ours, why do we put our hands, in the trash.

He had been far away from home, and something terrible had happened … and it was that something which had taken their lives and blown them apart. She understood too, now, after all these years, that Brian hadn't meant to hurt her.

Regrets are the most useless form of guilt," Cullen said. "They always arrive too late to do any good.

Feelings are not always a guide to truth, and guilt is an indulgence you cannot afford. It clouds the mind.

Regrets are the most useless form of guilt," Cullen said. "They always arrive too late to do any good.

Regrets are the most useless form of guilt. They always arrive too late to do any good.

Guilt always makes the other feelings worse.

Mama gazes at her own hands while I listen to what an awful kid I am.

It is true that even when exhausted you still are providing something to those you serve. But you are out of touch with your deepest strengths, role-modeling self-destructive behavior, martyring yourself, and giving others cause for guilt.