158 Quotes About Remorse

A human who is free from regrets of past, worries of present and fears of future is a superhuman.

I thought about the days i had handed over to a bottle..the nights i can't remember..the mornings i slept thru..all the time spent running from myself.

He closed his eyes and the warmth sank into his head, bringing an immediate sense of life. Reality came through the violent breathing, and with a sort of nostalgic remorse. He felt as though he was waiting tranquilly for some undefined revenge.

My brother trolled recovery and support groups, searching for women with dependency issues, the way I frequented bookstores with the hope of finding a well-adjusted, intelligent woman. Between us, his record was more stellar, his sin more reprehensible; though, knowing my brother, he slept soundly through the night without ever experiencing the slightest remorse.

Like alcohol and poverty, a heartbreak has the power to make a man do something he wouldn’t normally do and to make a woman do someone she wouldn’t normally do.

I have the flaunting air, she said,Laughing remorse awayFor vanities that now are dead,Dear follies of a day.Like a great golden ship she rode,Capricious at her ease,Spreading a sail to catch the modeOf every idle breeze.A dancing cloak she wore aboveHer pale serenity:O lamp of faith, O light o' love,Which was more dear to me?

Oh Lestat, you deserved everything that's ever happened to you. You better not die. You might actually go to hell.

Humility is the only thing that can restore a relationship, when respect has been lost.

To spend my days regretting what I’m not is to rob me of the energy I need to celebrate who I am.