Quotes about Guilt

Have absolutely no sense of guilt about being happy and successful if you operate honestly and with a sense of social responsibility.

The worst guilt is to accept an undeserved guilt — and that is what you have been doing all your life.

Judging yourself to be full of virtue paralyses. Judging yourself to be full of guilt also paralyses.

Much guilt arises in the life of the believer from practicing the chameleon life of environmental adaptation.

While the resurrection promises us a new and perfect life in the future, God loves us too much to leave us alone to contend with the pain, guilt and loneliness of our present life.

Of most dreadful suffering, I am the cause.

He incurs a fearful amount of guilt who in the least promotes the aim of the Evil One by trampling upon a tender conscience in a child.

Kierkegaard says: "An ethic which ignores sin is an absolutely idle science.

It's amazing what will happen when our soul gets healthy. When we get free from bitterness, the guilt, the stress, the worry, the anger. That's when healing is released. That's when you'll see the blessing of God in new ways.

How much space are you giving to guilt, to shame, to regret, to being against yourself? Whatever it is, it's too much. You need that space for the good things God has for you that will move you toward your destiny. If you're giving space to guilt, you will not have the confidence you need to move forward, which will cause you to fail again. It's a negative cycle. The only way to break the cycle is to

Your soul may feel broken, wounded, hurt from mistakes you've made or from what someone else did. But your soul can be restored. When you get honest with yourself and you release what you need to release—guilt, worry, anger, jealousy—then healing will come. Joy will come.

How much time are you spending down on yourself, feeling guilty for past mistakes, telling God what you don't deserve? That's a lot of emotional energy that's not doing any good. God hears you; He knows you're sincere. But God is not moved by our guilt; He's moved by our faith.