Remorse Quotes

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

To have done more hurt to a man than he can, or is willing to expiate, inclineth the doer to hate the sufferer. For he must expect revenge or forgiveness; both of which are hateful.

I did donate to Nixon. The biggest damn fool mistake I ever made.

What's done can't be undone.

I will leap into my grave laughing because the feeling that I have five million human beings on my conscience is for me a source of extraordinary satisfaction.

If one is honest there is no need to remember.

By retaliating our sufferings on the heads of those we love, we get rid of a present uneasiness and incur lasting remorse. With the accomplishment of our revenge our fondness returns; so that we feel the injury we have done them, even more than they do.

Asking for forgiveness is just one of the most painful kind of experiences.

sleep is the most innocent creature there is and a sleepless man the most guilty.

Discipline weighs ounces and regret weighs tons

I made some choices that weren't right in the past. It cost me in terms of my confidence and everything.

Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret.

The evil-doer mourns in the next; he mourns in both. He mourns and suffers when he sees the evil of his own work.

I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.

There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.

I am the type of person who believes an apology should be sincere and from the heart.

I cannot take the responsibility for the shedding a single drop of blood. I believe this bloodshed could have been avoided.

I've done a lot of bad things. Use your imagination.

Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell.

I didn't have anything to apologize for.

I live in a puddle of guilt, an ocean of guilt that you want your own time.

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do.

Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?