Henrik Ibsen Quotes

People make mistakes - they say things they shouldn't have or didn't necessarily mean. But I strongly believe in consequences. If there are none, someone might feel like they've gotten away with something, or that what they said couldn't have been that bad.

As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them.

I think forgiveness is overrated, personally, because some things people do are unforgivable.

I will always be the first to admit when I have done something wrong.

Then the old man's face hardened. "What about you young man?" he asked flatly. "Would you like to get what you deserve?" Jones let that question hang in the air for a moment, then sighed, shook his head, and said "Me? I surely don't want what I deserve. I'm hoping for mercy, not justice.

Perhaps this is just punishment for those who have been heartless, to understand only when nothing can be undone.

I am grateful that I live in a nation where most believe that one's punishment should fit their wrongdoing and that ours is a nation that judges an individual by both what he has done and how he has changed.

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.

I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong.

Let's not talk punishment.

Once you take a life, that's it. I don't even deserve to be here.

I wanted to show that crime doesn't pay. If you are saved and accept the Lord, you cannot use that as an excuse to avoid punishment.

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.

The public, more often than not, will forgive mistakes, but it will not forgive trying to wriggle and weasel out of one.

God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do.

Everybody has to be responsible for their own actions - and if they do something wrong, I believe in paying for it.

The payment for sins can be delayed. But they can't be avoided.

I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions.

You know, we all can do bad, and we all can do good.

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility.

When there's no one you can point to, or when something goes wrong, it's your fault - that level of responsibility and accountability is pretty interesting.

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.

The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.

I've gone through that with my mother and father and here I was in a similar situation. I've wronged her and I've wronged the family. Because when these things happen, it doesn't just happen to you, it happens to the people around you and the family.