Quotes About Guilt

We have no choice but to be guilty. God is unthinkable if we are innocent.

I think while all mothers deal with feelings of guilt, working mothers are plagued by guilt on steroids!

Sometimes we forget to, or feel guilty when, we take time to nourish our own souls. It is not selfish to spiritually fill ourselves because we need that time to find the delicate balance in our lives. Only then can we truly be of service to others. --Debra Siegrist

I release this guilt to the universe. I invite peace and serenity to take its place. Open my heart to the positive energy of this lesson And support me as I learn to care for myself freely. Thank you for your many blessings.

We conduct our lives according to our sense of right and wrong. We somehow possess an awareness of what we "ought" to do. When we fail to do what we "ought," a part of our mind we call "conscience" evokes an unpleasant feeling we call "guilt." Is that feeling—present in almost all individuals—an indication of a God-given moral law? Or does it simply reflect what we have been taught by our parents?

Everybody is guilty of mistakes and of serious mistakes, and the contemplation of these mistakes must darken, be it ever so little, the last years of existence.

Het vieze geheimpje van veel depressies. Eigenlijk is er een ander die gepijnigd en gestraft moet worden, maar omdat die ander onvindbaar is of omdat men beschaafd genoeg is om de ander met rust te laten, straft men zichzelf.

I know this is insane, but I somehow wish I had been in Auschwitz with my parents so I could really know what they lived through! I guess it's some kind of guilt about having had an easier life than they did.

I dunno…maybe everyone has to feel guilty. Everyone! Forever!

Maybe your father needed to show that he was always right - that he could always SURVIVE - because he felt GUILTY about surviving.

Maybe everyone has to feel guilty. Everyone! Forever!

The term 'violence' refers to an event or an action that 'violates' some aspect of human life. Violence, then, is always connected with suffering. But not all suffering involves the quality of violence. The pain of guilt that a person feels may be so deep and may spread through his awareness so gradually that not fore of 'violence' is detectable.

I thought eating Double Quarter Pounders with Big Mac sauce wasn't that bad, but I guess it was.

I felt ashamed while saying Bulla's dialogues! There was a mixed feeling of shame and guilt, and I constantly questioned myself why I was doing this in the first place.

I grew up outside of Seattle and have lived here my whole life, and I think that there is a culture of questioning and guilt. Almost an 'anti-ambition.'

One of the most fundamental questions people have about defense attorneys is, 'How can you do that? How can you go to bat everyday for a person that you may not know is guilty but you have a pretty good idea that he's not so innocent?' It's a question that defense attorneys answer for themselves by not addressing.

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

To Barack Obama and the American Left, the 'imperialist' West is always guilty, and so, radical Islam is seen as at least half right in attacking Western values and institutions.

The thing I remember most about having a tantrum is not the rage during the tantrum, but the being freaked out afterwards, and embarrassed, and guilty. It's scary to lose control of yourself.

Although my life is far from perfect, the irony is that in a divorced parent's custody schedule - with days on and days off - instead of like it was before, when I felt ragged and still oddly guilty all the time, now I feel guilty but not ragged.

I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me.

As a parent, I can empathize with how difficult raising children can be. There are challenges, especially within the framework of divorce, when parental guilt can sometimes blur what should be the best decision.

Having a child is difficult enough already, bringing with it a whole range of wonderful challenges, and we shouldn't be trying to guilt parents into 'there is just one way to do it'.

Even if some of us daren't admit it to ourselves, we are all a little conscious of Christmas weight gain. The trouble for foodies like myself is the best way to socialise is over a meal.