Guilty Conscience Quotes: Provoking Thoughts and Introspection
A guilty conscience needs no accuser. – English Proverb
The guiltier the conscience, the louder the mouth. – Filipino Proverb
A clear conscience is a sure sign of a bad memory. – Mark Twain
Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion to death. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. – French Proverb
Guilt is the thief of joy. – Theodore Roosevelt
A guilty conscience is the mother of invention. – Carolyn Wells
One’s conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good. – Steven Wright
Guilt is always hungry, don’t let it consume you. – Terri Guillemets
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. – English Proverb
Guilt is a destructive and ultimately pointless emotion. – Lynn Crilly
The torch of doubt and chaos is what the guilty man most fears. – Agatha Christie
The curse of the guilty is the ghost of innocence. – Amit Abraham
A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret. – Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Your guilt will be your past and that will be your God. – Douglas Coupland
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. – Mark Twain
Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it. – Bishop Robert South
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody is looking. – H.L. Mencken
With a clean conscience our dreams would become reality. – Mehmet Murat Ildan
Guilt is a rope that wears thin. – Ayn Rand
A guilty conscience needs no accuser. – Unknown
A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing. – Elizabeth I
Guilt is a rope that wears thin. – Ayn Rand
Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings. – Nicholas Rowe
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. – French Proverb
The guilt of a lifetime can be wiped out in a moment of extraordinary bravery. – Orson Scott Card
The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul. – John Calvin
No man can hide from his fears; as they are a part of him, they will always know where he is hiding. – Roger Zelazny
There are no permanent lifeboats in the ocean of guilt. Only temporary ones made of paper. – Akash Verma
Guilt can either hold you back from growth or it can show you what you need to shift in your life. – Jenai Lane
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt. – Plautus
Our guilt has its uses. It fosters the fiction of our self-improvement. – Mason Cooley
Guilt is the total sum of: All the negative feelings we have ever had about ourselves! Any form of self-hatred, self-rejection, feelings of worthlessness, sinfulness, inferiority, incompetence, failure, or emptiness. The feeling that there are things in us that are lacking or missing or incomplete. – Kenneth Wapnick
Guilt is to the spirit, what pain is to the body. – Elder David A. Bednar
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. – Honore de Balzac
Guilt is a useless feeling. It’s never enough to make you change direction – only enough to make you useless. – Daniel Nayeri
Guilt is a blight upon the land – the poison that kills the plant. You will not grow through guilt, but only shrivel and die. – Anthony De Mello
Guilt is the hilt of the knife that we use on ourselves, and love is often the blade; but it’s worry that keeps the knife turning. – Elizabeth George.
Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death. – Coco Chanel.
A moment of guilt praying for a lifetime of happiness won’t make you happy. You’re a cheat. First, to yourself. – Savi Sharma.
A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
Guilt is a rope that wears thin.
With a guilty conscience, every sound seems a reproach.
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
A guilty conscience is the hardest accuser.
Guilt is the source of sorrow, ’tis the fiend.
Guilt is only a ghost watching you from your past.
Even the innocent carry the weight of a guilty conscience.
Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give but cannot.
Guilty feelings about clothes are totally unnecessary. A lot of people earn their living by making clothes, so you should never feel bad.
Guilt is a useless feeling. It’s never enough to make you change direction?only enough to make you useless.
There’s no torment like a guilty conscience.
The guilt you feel is but your soul returning to the place of the crime.
To walk with a guilty conscience is to walk in the shackles of your own wrongdoing.
Guilt is the hound that attends to the steps of a troubled conscience.
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
A heavy guilt upon a weary heart weighs more than any physical burden.
The stab of conscience is akin to the gnaw of a relentless worm.
The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.
Suspicion always haunts a guilty mind.