Quotes about Remorse
Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.
— Genesis 41:9
Remember the man who truly repents is never satisfied with his own repentance.
— Charles Spurgeon
Consequences don't just go away. They aren't suddenly dissolved just because forgiveness has been desired or given.
— Tracie Peterson
there is inconceivably more evil and guilt in the evil of thy heart that doth remain, than there would be in so much sin if thou hadst no grace at all.
— John Owen
One can no more prevent the mind from returning to an idea than the sea from returning to a shore. In the case of the sailor, this is called the tide; in the case of the guilty, it is called remorse. God upheaves the soul as well as the ocean.
— Victor Hugo
One can no more prevent the mind from returning to an idea than the sea from returning to a shore. In the case of the sailor, this is called the tide; in the case of the guilty, its is called remorse. God upheaves the soul as well as the ocean.
— Victor Hugo
One can no more keep the mind from returning to an idea than the sea from returning to a shore. For a sailor, this is called the tide; in the case of the guilty it is called remorse. God stirs up the soul as well as the ocean.
— Victor Hugo
The problem with sin is that, if you have a conscience, you pay whether you're caught or not.
— Richard Paul Evans
The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.
— Oscar Wilde
Only one marriage I regret. I remember after I got that marriage license I went across from the license bureau to a bar for a drink. The bartender said, 'What will you have, sir?' And I said, 'A glass of hemlock.'
— Ernest Hemingway
Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."
— Timothy Keller
The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul.
— John Calvin