Ann Aguirre Quotes

I've done a lot of things that I regret.

I don't talk about my past; people ask me about it. I've done things I'm ashamed of, but one thing I can honestly say is that things I've done that I regret, I've never done twice. I work really hard at that.

I did a lot of things that I regretted and I certainly paid for my mistakes. You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and doing right, by other people as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night.

I don't think I'm bad for people. If I did think I was bad for people, I would go back to driving a truck, and I really mean this.

Mistakes you can learn from; sins stay with you forever.

I don't think there's a person out there who can say they haven't done something they regret.

Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.

True repentance always involves reform.

Remorse is impotent; it will repeat its faults. Repentance only is a true force; it puts an end to everything.

After the years of me trying to figure out what I wanted to do with myself, I knew I had to go back and fix some things. I can't just be super-rich or whatever and not do the right thing.

Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.

I wish I had a nickel for every time I fell and blamed someone else. I'd give a ton of money to the ones I've hurt.

It's ok for people to feel bad about the wrong things they've done.

Where does guilt and punishment lie, and are we not more expressive over remorse or guilt when other people see the badness in us?

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

I lost my moral compass and I have done terrible things that I very much regret.

I've done a lot of things in my life that I'm not proud of.

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

I know I've done good things, I know I've done bad things.

Many times, the decisions we make affect and hurt your closest friends and family the most. I have a lot of regrets in that regard. But God has forgiven me, which I am very thankful for. It has enabled me to forgive myself and move forward one day at a time.

Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.

I just hope everybody forgives me for whatever I did wrong. And hope they remember some of what I did right.

I think guilt is directional. You should get rid of it, but the way to get rid of it is not to get rid of the guilt feelings. It is to get rid of the wrong that you did that caused the guilt feelings.

The extent of one man's guilt may be defined by how much of it is experienced by the party he injured.