30 Guilty quotes that'll tell you more about feeling culpable. Here are the best guilt quotes to read from famous people that will surely inspire you. They say that guilt is an emotion of a person having committed an offense. Everyone experiences guilt for themselves, and some others use this emotion to attack a person and make them feel guilty to convince them to do something. May these feeling guilty quotes help you understand more about the guilt feeling to properly perform the required course of action when this situation comes to you in the future. Share these guilty conscience quotes with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.
1. When you are guilty, it is not your sins you hate but yourself. - Anthony de Mello
2. Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
3. My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted. - Franz Kafka
4. Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind. - William Shakespeare
5. If we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution. - J.M. Coetzee
6. Every guilty person is his own hangman. - Seneca
7. No guilt is forgotten so long as the conscience still knows of it. - Stefan Zweig
8. Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do. - Voltaire
9. Because no retreat from the world can mask what is in your face. - Gregory Maguire
10. Guilt is a destructive and ultimately pointless emotion. - Lynn Crilly
11. It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity. - Criss Jami
12. How much suffering did you lay on yourself before you awakened and recognized that guilt is deadly, and empty, and profitless? - Janny Wurts
13. I would rather be punished for making the right decision than live with the guilt of making the wrong one for the rest of my life. - Shannon Messenger
14. It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer. - William Blackstone
15. It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt. - Veronica Roth
16. You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty. - Jessica Mitford
17. To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it. - Tacitus
18. In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so. - Immanuel Kant
19. Guilt isn't always a rational thing. Guilt is a weight that will crush you whether you deserve it or not. - Maureen Johnson
20. I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness. - Brittany Murphy
21. And yet, sometimes facts are no more than pitiful consequences, because guilt does not reside in our acts but in the intentions that give rise to our act. Everything turns on our intentions. - Sándor Márai
22. I'd rather believe in my own choice and see it all go wrong than do something I'm not fully convinced of and later feel guilty about it. - Alicia Keys
23. You're guilty until proven innocent. Perception is reality, that's the way that it is in this world. - Chris Webber
24. I couldn't quite understand how an ordinary man's good qualities could become crushing accusations against a guilty man. - Albert Camus
25. There is no such thing as a guilty pleasure. - Douglas Wilson
26. No amount of guilt can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future. - Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab
27. You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect. - Jaclyn Smith
28. Guilt is a useless feeling. It's never enough to make you change direction, only enough to make you useless. - Daniel Nayeri
29. Guilt and rage, hatred and fear were pathways to weakness and clumsy choices. - Jonathan Maberry
30. There was more than one type of guilt. You might do something horrible that you later regretted. But you could also feel guilty for something you'd not done. - Joseph Delaney
1. When you are guilty, it is not your sins you hate but yourself. - Anthony de Mello
2. Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
3. My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted. - Franz Kafka
4. Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind. - William Shakespeare
5. If we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution. - J.M. Coetzee
6. Every guilty person is his own hangman. - Seneca
7. No guilt is forgotten so long as the conscience still knows of it. - Stefan Zweig
8. Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do. - Voltaire
9. Because no retreat from the world can mask what is in your face. - Gregory Maguire
10. Guilt is a destructive and ultimately pointless emotion. - Lynn Crilly
11. It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity. - Criss Jami
12. How much suffering did you lay on yourself before you awakened and recognized that guilt is deadly, and empty, and profitless? - Janny Wurts
13. I would rather be punished for making the right decision than live with the guilt of making the wrong one for the rest of my life. - Shannon Messenger
14. It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer. - William Blackstone
15. It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt. - Veronica Roth
16. You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty. - Jessica Mitford
17. To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it. - Tacitus
18. In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so. - Immanuel Kant
19. Guilt isn't always a rational thing. Guilt is a weight that will crush you whether you deserve it or not. - Maureen Johnson
20. I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness. - Brittany Murphy
21. And yet, sometimes facts are no more than pitiful consequences, because guilt does not reside in our acts but in the intentions that give rise to our act. Everything turns on our intentions. - Sándor Márai
22. I'd rather believe in my own choice and see it all go wrong than do something I'm not fully convinced of and later feel guilty about it. - Alicia Keys
23. You're guilty until proven innocent. Perception is reality, that's the way that it is in this world. - Chris Webber
24. I couldn't quite understand how an ordinary man's good qualities could become crushing accusations against a guilty man. - Albert Camus
25. There is no such thing as a guilty pleasure. - Douglas Wilson
26. No amount of guilt can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future. - Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab
27. You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect. - Jaclyn Smith
28. Guilt is a useless feeling. It's never enough to make you change direction, only enough to make you useless. - Daniel Nayeri
29. Guilt and rage, hatred and fear were pathways to weakness and clumsy choices. - Jonathan Maberry
30. There was more than one type of guilt. You might do something horrible that you later regretted. But you could also feel guilty for something you'd not done. - Joseph Delaney