Quotes about Guilt
We are all guilty... [But the opportunity to make money] can draw a film across the eyes, so thick, that total blindness could do no more... A trade founded in iniquity must be abolished... let the consequences be what they will.
— William Wilberforce
To live is to betray the dead. We hasten to bury and forget them because we are ashamed; we feel guilty towards them.
— Elie Wiesel
To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
— Dag Hammarskjold
The problem with sin is that, if you have a conscience, you pay whether you're caught or not. Charles James's Diary
— Richard Paul Evans
We tend to demonize those we inflict pain on. It lessens our guilt.
— Richard Paul Evans
It's because the very core of their identity is called into question. Whether they're guilty or not makes almost no difference. That's just the way we're wired.
— Richard Paul Evans
The problem with sin is that, if you have a conscience, you pay whether you're caught or not.
— Richard Paul Evans
Many diets and fitness plans use guilt as a motivation, but that never works in the long run.
— Rick Warren
You can guilt yourself into doing anything short-term, but the change will last only as long as the guilt (or fear) does.
— Rick Warren
With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt. With fear and guilt removed, you are free to be and do your best.
— Zig Ziglar
You aren't a better person for feeling guilty or bad about yourself, just a sadder one.
— Jen Sincero
You say I killed you. Haunt me, then!
— Emily Bronte