Quotes of: Catholic-guilt Keyword

It was the Communists, it was the Mexicans, it was the government. And the only people who acknowledged their guilt weren't guilty at all.

The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories

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.

Josh McDowell

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?

Oliver Goldsmith

I may not beleive in God, but I believe in guilt and no one wants to dick around with eternity, even if it isn't there.

How to Talk to a Widower

For those constantly full of joy, they sometimes feel a little guilty for always feeling so good. That guilt is compassion: it flies in with an attempt to share one's joy with others who do not have it.

Killosophy

You should never have a relationship based on guilt over someone's poor choices.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

What he knows now is that guilt isn’t the only reason people commit suicide. Sometimes you can just get bored with afternoon TV.

Mr. Mercedes

I’d prefer you accuse my son, so he can defend his innocence rather than prolong unnecessary guilt." (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric)

Minutes Before Sunset

There was no way to abandon guilt, no decent way to disown it. All the tangles and knots of bitterness and desperation and fear had to be pitied. No, better, grace had to fall over them.

Lila

You know anything about investigative work?" "Sure. Annoy the people involved until the guilt party tries to make you go away.

Magic Bites

To me, the words “food” and “guilt” didn’t belong in the same sentence unless, say, you were referring to how you felt about the starving children in Africa.

Spilled Perfume: A Memoir

I get up and pace the room, as if I can leave my guilt behind me. But it tracks me as I walk, an ugly shadow made by myself.

Sister

She heard him speak, but did not recognise the problem in his voice – only later did she realise it was that thing he’d been concealing – known as guilt.

Sleeping with the Sun

You're making yourself too important. Guilt comes from feeling we're at the center of the universe. We're not.

See What I See

Pain and guilt tore through him. His soul was bleeding to death. He stood there, waiting to die. How could he not? But such wounds were not fatal.

Path of Blood

....you can overcome sadness, loneliness, even terrible loss. But guilt goes with you the grave.

Please Stop Laughing at Me... One Woman's Inspirational Story

The cross is proof of both the immense love of God and the profound wickedness of sin.

The Vanishing Conscience: Drawing the Line in a No-Fault, Guilt-Free World

[T]hose who willed the means and wished the ends are not absolved from guilt by the refusal of reality to match their schemes.

The Trial of Henry Kissinger

In the end, it was the secrets that held me hostage and fuelled my depression, but, once released, emancipation - from fear, shame, guilt and judgement - was finally possible.

Death and Life

I think every parent, every generation has wanted their children to do better and have a higher standard of living. But I think there's too much guilt.

Phil McGraw

I have a high guilt quotient. A poem can go through as many as 50 or 60 drafts. It can take from a day to two years-or longer.

Rita Dove