Sarah McLachlan Quotes

Shakespeare had found language for the agony of living with one's own mistakes. There were words for finding yourself isolated with your failures. Phrases for discovering that you were wrong, all, all wrong, wrong, wrong.

I feel very bad about getting things wrong.

I've had my share of doing things that I really wish I hadn't done.

I have no problems with failures, I'm afraid of failing within myself. At times when I know I did something wrong, I don't sleep that night. I'm scared of facing myself.

I have never forgiven myself…that I might have made a mistake.

It's easy to make mistakes. It's living with the consequences of them that's the hardest.

I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really - one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in that?

[T]hou canst not think worse of me than I do of myself.

There’s got to be something wrong with us. To do what we did.

I've made far too many mistakes. That's the way I feel.

Of course I have regrets; I'm not stupid.

There's so much guilt there attached to having a perfectly good life.

I have these accidents, these mistakes, these self-inflicted wounds, and then I tear my head to shreds about it for days.

Regrets? I think everyone has regrets, and people who say they haven't are either liars... or narcissists.

I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take full responsibility for myself and my actions. I wouldn't pawn this off on anybody. I'm sorry it happened. And I hurt people.

I'm a hopeless mother; a hopeless wife; I have to try harder. I'm just a pathetic case history, really.

I've told lots of lies in my life. I try not to lie, but I still do. It's very difficult to get to 37 and not be ashamed of something you've done. But I think your life is easier, ultimately, if you're honest.

There's a way I could have done things differently. I know that. If I offended anyone along the way, I do apologize.

I was tormented with guilt for years and years. In fact, it was so bad that if I didn't feel wrong, I didn't feel right!

Everybody has done something that we wish we didn't say or do and wish we could take it back.

Any time I screw up I feel bad about it.

I act the way I act and I'm not proud of it.

I'm a target on and off the court. I've done some things I regret. But being a target is rough.

We've all said and done things we... wish we'd done differently.

Life has kicked me hard, hasn't it? Some of it's my fault, some of it's not my fault.