Self-Punishment Quotes

Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror.

There was a time when I stopped singing, between 16 and 19, but that was done on purpose, maybe as a punishment, maybe as a cure.

I felt that I ostracized myself by my behavior, by the past, by living with all the regrets of my mistakes, that I sort of wore a hair shirt and beat myself up most of the day thinking and regretting why did I make such a mistake? Why have I made so many mistakes?

Being conscious of having done a wicked action leaves stings of remorse behind it, which, like an ulcer in the flesh, makes the mind smart with perpetual wounds; for reason, which chases away all other pains, creates repentance, shames the soul with confusion, and punishes it with torment.

Hatred is self-punishment.

To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.

The greatest chastisement that a man may receive who hath outraged another, is to have done the outrage; and there is no man who is so rudely punished as he that is subject to the whip of his own repentance.

Humans punish themselves endlessly for not being what they believe they should be. They become very self-abusive, and they use other people to abuse themselves as well.

While overeating would be seen by some as an indulgence of self, it is in fact a profound rejection of self. It is a moment of self-betrayal and self-punishment, and anything but a commitment to one's own well-being.

I have a cycle that is not particularly cool, but it's a cycle: trash myself to reward myself.

Then I thought, "No, I broke it myself. I broke it on purpose to pay myself back for being such a heel.

Shameless: Punish me for my desire if you will. It burns still.

Every man is his own law court and punishes himself enough.

Every guilty person is his own hangman.

You don't have to live with anger, or sadness, or jealousy. You don't have to judge yourself, make yourself guilty, and punish yourself.

Virtue is its own punishment.

When we cling to pain, we end up punishing ourselves.

Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

Do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy? Forgive yourself and stop punishing yourself.

For the last few years I've tried to force myself to write at least one page every day, which doesn't sound like much but it's actually pretty hard to manage. Because I'm not allowed to do a make-up day. I can't do two pages the next day. The punishment for not completing my page is that I have to eat a vegetarian meal the next day.

There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.

Yet I will make you all love me and I will punish myself to spite your love.

Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside.

You have to not worry or doubt or punish yourself. All the worry, doubt and punishment will not add one second to your life, you know?

We do the best we can," she said softly, looking inward. "And punish ourselves for it. I've tried to make my choices with the idea that I've made those choices for the greatest good. Sometimes someone suffers in the process, but I made the decision for the right reason. That should count for something, shouldn't it?