Kathryn Schulz Quotes

I've done a lot of things in my life that I'm not proud of.

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

It is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent

I have done bad things. I can't take them back, and they are part of who I am. Most of the time, they seem like the only thing I am.

How many times, over how many years, had he—a grown man—asked for the mercy of another chance? He was suddenly so sick of himself, so revolted, that he could have groaned aloud.

We’ve all done stuff we aren’t proud of. If you knew…” He shook his head. “The point is, I don’t know why you did this. I just hope that whatever the reason was, it’s something that you’ve come to terms with. I don’t think any less of you because of it. I never did.

I'm trying to think of what I'm ashamed of. But, damn, I don't really have any shame.

I don't really believe in regret or mistakes. I try to take everything as it is, be comfortable with myself.

I think we all suffer from guilt at some point in our lives, but for the most part, I never really regret, and I try to always remain positive.

I don't lose sleep over what I have done or have nightmares about it.

I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy.

I've done a lot of things that I regret.

I regret so much. I've made mistakes. I've hurt people. I've done things I'm not proud of. But on the other hand, that way lies madness, you know?

I did a lot of things I regret.

I do have a little bit of trouble with candor around the things that I used to do. I think it's probably just resultant of shame and embarrassment and not wanting to be defined by the life that I used to live.

Forgive yourself for the decisions you have made, the ones you still call mistakes when you tuck them in at night.

Shame makes people abandon their children and drink themselves to death. It also keeps us from true happiness. An apology is a glorious release.

There are a few things that I regret, but nothing that I need to forget.

You can sit there forever, lamenting about how bad you've been, feeling guilty until you die, and not one tiny slice of that guilt will do anything to change a single thing in the past. Forgive yourself, then MOVE ON!

I think some of the biggest time sucks are regret and guilt, and I have to fight against those things all the time. In a way, it's a good thing, because it can motivate you to make amends and forgive, but regrets are really, I think, a supreme waste of time in many ways.

I am ashamed to be a member of the human race but I don't want to add any more to that shame, I want to scrape a little of it off.

As long as you are carrying a secret, as long as you are trying to ease your conscience by telling God how sorry you are, you are setting yourself up to repeat the past.

I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself.

As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.

Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.