Robert E. Lee Quotes

Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.

I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.

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

I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing.

I've spent my life being embarrassed.

I took it all for granted, I'm sorry to say.

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

It's very hard for me to say I'm sorry... but I do.

Regret is not a proactive feeling. It is situated in disappointment, sorrow, even remorse. It merely wishes things were different without an act to cause a difference. However, repentance is different. Repentance is an admission of, hatred of, and turning away from sin before God.

Remorse is the pain of sin.

You don't see many people crying over the wrong they do to God every time His word is neglected or when one willfully sins.

To truly repent of a big thing, you have to go into it with your heart open and force yourself to deal with it at that level and to apologize to God.

If I believed in Hell, I'd definitely be going there.

Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.

There are four things every person has more of than they know: sins, debt, years, and enemies.

I've become a master of the apology.

I am that prodigal son who wasted all the portion entrusted to me by my father. But I have not yet fallen at my father's knees. I have not yet begun to put away from me the enticements of my former riotous living.

We're all sinners, every one of us. We've all done things we wish we hadn't.

Sharp and fell remorse, the offspring of my sin! Why do you, O God, lacerate my heart so late? Why, O boding cries, that scream so close to me,--why do I listen to you now, and never heard you before?

Sinners think they are saints, but saints know they are sinners.

I am mindful that we're all sinners.

There is an important difference between the sorrow for sin that leads to repentance and the sorrow that leads to despair.

I'm getting very old and my bones ache. My sins are deserting me, and if I could only have my time over again I'd take care to commit more of them.

Remorse is the fruit of crime.

It's better to feel sorry for doing something bad than to feel superior for doing something good.