Truman Capote Quotes

Sometimes when, you know, God tries to correct you in private and if you don't catch it he'll correct you in public.

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

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.

Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway.

I have impeached myself by resigning.

The eye of God ends up inside, so that, in the end, you take care of judgment and punishment yourself.

I struggle with pride every day, but the one thing that I try to remind myself everyday is that I'm still a sinner no matter how many points/assists/win I get on the court.

If I do bad, shoot me.

If I do bad, shoot me.

I think guilt can be good to a small degree, keep you on the right path.

In retrospect, I had a lot of shortcomings and didn't take care of the things that needed to be taken care of, and that's all my fault.

The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say - or their beliefs - or sex.

The Boogeyman is your conscience. The Boogeyman is the result of your own bad behavior. I love this Boogeyman.

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wreak vengeance.' It's hard for me to get to that point, but that's the work of God.

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.

Blame is for God and small children.

I'm human, I'm not perfect. I make mistakes all the time, but I guess my job is to keep those mistakes to myself, which I'm already fine doing and just try to be the best I can be for those kids.

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.

Twelve-step promotes spirituality, not religion. It gives a practical, day-to-day spirituality that tells me what I can and cannot control. There is room to be imperfect and to be someone who struggles to find God.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

You have to take responsibility for how you act. You can't fix everyone.

And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.