Remorse is a powerful emotion that can cause us to reflect on our past decisions and their consequences. It can be a difficult feeling to navigate, but it can also be a motivating force for positive change. To help us better understand and cope with this emotion, here are some thoughtful quotes about remorse. These quotes offer insight into the complexity of regret and how it can affect our lives. We hope you find them inspiring and comforting as you navigate your own journey with remorse.

The best remorse quotes

1. It gave an appalling idea of the value of an hour, and I thought I could never waste one again without remorse and terror. — Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger

2. From the outer edge of his life, looking back, there was only one remorse, and that was only that he wished to go on living. — Ray Bradbury

3. Th abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power. — William Shakespeare

4. After all these years, all I know is, I need not to do anything as a part of remorse.All I need is to write.Because, ‘Poetry forgives. — Nishikant, The Papery Onions

5. Dying, dying, Lolita Haze, Of hate and remorse I’m dying. And again my hairy fist I raise, And again I hear you crying. — Vladimir Nabokov

6. How remorseless life is! — Virginia Woolf

7. In luck or out the toil has left its mark: That old perplexity an empty purse, Or the day’s vanity, the night’s remorse. — William Butler Yeats

8. Be quiet! Anyone can spit in my face, and call me a criminal and a prostitute. But no one has the right to judge my remorse.–Jean — Paul Sartre

9. He [Muffat] experienced a sense of pleasure mingled with remorse, the sort of pleasure peculiar to those Catholics whom the fear of hell spurs on to commit sin. — Émile Zola, Nana

10. Like a ghostly roll of drums remorselessly beat the measure of life. — Virginia Woolf

11. Polluted by crimes, and torn by the bitterest remorse, where can I find rest but in death? — Mary Shelley

12. High minds, of native pride and force, Most deeply feel thy pangs, Remorse; Fear, for their scourge, means villains have, Thou art the torturer of the brave! — Walter Scott

13. In luck or out the toil has left its mark: That old perplexity an empty purse, Or the day’s vanity, the night’s remorse. — William Butler Yeats

14. Imagination though it cannot wipe out the sting of remorse can instruct the mind in its proper uses. — William Carlos Williams

15. High minds, of native pride and force, Most deeply feel thy pangs, Remorse; Fear, for their scourge, means villains have, Thou art the torturer of the brave! — Walter Scott

16. Dying, dying, Lolita Haze, Of hate and remorse I’m dying. And again my hairy fist I raise, And again I hear you crying. — Vladimir Nabokov

17. Relationships are blessings, but they need the manure of love, respect and devotion. A little more would raise expectations and a little less would bring remorse. — Shilpa Sandesh

18. All who suffer are full of hatred; all who live drag a remorse: the dead alone have broken their chains. — Victor Hugo

19. Repentance, as we know, is basically not moaning and remorse, but turning and change. — J. I. Packer

20. All who suffer are full of hatred; all who live drag a remorse: the dead alone have broken their chains. — Victor Hugo

21. Questions for the lord, why he don’t like me, guard my soul, Though my life was hard with no remorse. — Tupac Shakur

22. The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power. — William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

23. Thousands of animals (now billions) are butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. It cries vengeance upon all the human race. — Romain Rolland

24. All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage. — William Blake

25. All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage. — William Blake

26. Thousands of animals (now billions) are butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. It cries vengeance upon all the human race. — Romain Rolland

27. Remorse weeps tears of blood. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

28. It’s your one last chance, ‘ said Harry, ‘it’s all you’ve got left. . . .I’ve seen what you’ll be otherwise. . . . Be a man . . . try . . . Try for some remorse. . . . — J. K. Rowling

29. Imagination though it cannot wipe out the sting of remorse can instruct the mind in its proper uses. — William Carlos Williams

30. Th abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power. — William Shakespeare

31. After all these years, all I know is, I need not to do anything as a part of remorse.All I need is to write.Because, ‘Poetry forgives. — Nishikant, The Papery Onions

32. One man’s remorse is another man’s reminiscence. — Ogden Nash

33. High minds, of native pride and force, Most deeply feel thy pangs, Remorse; Fear, for their scourge, means villains have, Thou art the torturer of the brave! — Walter Scott

34. It is the bungled crime that brings remorse. — P G Wodehouse

35. All who suffer are full of hatred; all who live drag a remorse: the dead alone have broken their chains. — Victor Hugo

36. Without guilt or remorse, shame was an empty emotion. Indeed, shame would not be shame. — Sylvain Reynard, The Raven

37. Dying, dying, Lolita Haze, Of hate and remorse I’m dying. And again my hairy fist I raise, And again I hear you crying. — Vladimir Nabokov

38. Remorse is violent dyspepsia of the mind. — Ogden Nash

39. Relationships are blessings, but they need the manure of love, respect and devotion. A little more would raise expectations and a little less would bring remorse. — Shilpa Sandesh

40. Just like any other occupationEntrepreneurship also has stage of remorse.All you need to do is to go more deep to know yourcalling better! — The Startup Mojo

41. Relationships are blessings, but they need the manure of love, respect and devotion. A little more would raise expectations and a little less would bring remorse. — Shilpa Sandesh

42. All who suffer are full of hatred; all who live drag a remorse: the dead alone have broken their chains. — Victor Hugo

43. My trigger finger itching, positioned at your dome, one twitch and it’s on. No remorse or second thoughts. — Snoop Dogg

44. Bashfulness may sometimes exclude pleasure, but seldom opens any avenue to sorrow or remorse. — Samuel Johnson

45. Abandon all remorse; On horror’s head horrors accumulate. — William Shakespeare

46. The study of Nature makes a man at last as remorseless as Nature. — H.G. Wells

47. Thousands of animals (now billions) are butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. It cries vengeance upon all the human race. — Romain Rolland

48. I didn’t feel any remorse or sympathy if I injured a rival. I went over the top a few times but I never broke anyone’s leg. — Peter Storey

49. How remorseless life is! — Virginia Woolf

50. Remember. Observe, assess and act. No hesitation. No remorse. — Steven Ramirez, Tell Me When I’m Dead

Conclusion

Remorse can be a difficult emotion to deal with, but it’s important to recognize it and express it in order to make peace with the past. With that in mind, we hope the above quotes have provided you with some inspiration and perspective. Remember that it’s never too late to forgive yourself and to seek forgiveness from those you’ve hurt.