John Edwards Quotes

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

I deeply regret any harm, or any perceived harm, that I may have done to anyone by any behaviour of mine.

True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.

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.

Words will not be able to ever express how sorry I am for this, and I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused.

Guilt only dreads Liberty of Speech, which drags it out of its lurking Holes, and exposes its Deformity and Horror to Day-light.

There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions. To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry.

I apologize profusely to those I have offended deeply a million times over.

The act of apology is something that most societies take very seriously indeed. It is an admission of wrong done to the victims and an acceptance of blame.

Everybody in life says things at times that they regret.

To have guilt you've got to earn guilt, but sometimes when you earn it, you don't feel the guilt you ought to have. And that's what The Firebombing is about.

I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family and violates my, or any, sense of right and wrong. I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public, whom I promised better.

I feel like if you've done something wrong, then you should keep on apologizing to that person.

The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.

I've got some repenting to do.

I have apologised to the police.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

I apologise to people when I need to.

I am much chastened and profoundly remorseful. I can only hope that the Almighty and those whom I have wronged will forgive me my trespasses.

I am indeed willing to acknowledge what I have done, an error and presumption. I will call it an error and presumption because I swerved from the accustomed flowery paths of female delicacy.

Every nation, like every individual, would like to believe it owes 'no apology' to anyone. Adults realise, however, that few among us are purely innocent or utterly blameless.

I am immensely contrite. And I'm sorry for the damage I've done.

I apologize if anybody was offended by anything I said.

I have no apologies.