Top 15 Guilt Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.”

— French Proverb

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2. “Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.”

— William Shakespeare

3. “God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, “No fishing.””

— Corrie ten Boom

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4. “Although my memory’s fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.”

— John Newton

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5. “There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”

— Howard Zinn

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6. “Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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7. “Don’t ever think that the sin of your past means there is no hope for your future.”

— John Piper

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8. “God knows what you’ve been doing, everything you’ve been doing. You may fool me, but you can’t fool God!”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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9. “So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.”

— William Shakespeare

10. “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

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11. “The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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12. “God forgives us and remembers our sin no more; therefore, stop remembering what God has forgotten.”

— Joyce Meyer

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13. “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”

— John the Apostle

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14. “Guilt is a totally useless emotion. It never makes anyone feel better nor does it change a situation.”

— Louise Hay

15. “Confession is an act of honesty and courage – an act of entrusting ourselves, beyond sin, to the mercy of a loving and forgiving God.”

— Pope John Paul II

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16. “Stand up, be bold, and take the blame on your own shoulders. Do not go about throwing mud at others; for all the faults you suffer from, you are the sole and only cause.”

— Swami Vivekananda

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