“...conscience looks backwards and judges past actions, inducing that kind of dissatisfaction, which if weak we call regret, and if severe remorse.” IfsLooksKindActionPastJudgingRegretConscienceWeakSevereBackwardsRemorseDissatisfaction Book:The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex Source: The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
“Regrets are as personal as fingerprints. Discarding what is vain or false, facing the facts that should truly disturb your conscience, is worth whatever time it takes or pain it may cause. It can pay to the future what you owe to the past.” ShouldMayFactsPainPastCausesPayRegretSorrowConscienceVainFingerprints Author:Margaret Culkin Banning
“It was my duty to shoot the enemy, and I don't regret it. My regrets are for the people I couldn't save: Marines, soldiers, buddies. I'm not naive, and I don't romanticize war. The worst moments of my life have come as a SEAL. But I can stand before God with a clear conscience about doing my job.” PeopleI CanWarMomentsJobsEnemyClearWorstRegretDutyConscienceSoldierNaiveMarineBuddySealsDon't RegretClear ConscienceWorst Moments Author:Chris Kyle
“One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret - how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me.” ImportantDoneReligiousRegretConscienceErrorsManageThemeRemove Author:Ian Mcewan
“It is not the conscience which raises a blush, for a man may sincerely regret some slight fault committed in solitude, or he may suffer the deepest remorse for an undetected crime, but he will not blush... It is not the sense of guilt, but the thought that others think or know us to be guilty which crimsons the face.” ThinkingKnowsMenMayFacesSufferingCrimeEmotionalRegretSolitudeConscienceRaisesGuiltFaultsCommittedGuiltyRemorseSincerely Book:The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals Source: The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
“Villains with a conscience have this sad realization of who they are, and the monster they've become — there's a sense of regret. So at the end of these movies there's a dramatic resonance that really stays with the audience.” EndsAudienceRegretConscienceMonstersRealizationDramaticVillainResonance Author:Thomas Haden Church
“There are five signs of righteousness: a gentle disposition and a soft heart, shedding tears of regret, ascetism and not caring about the world, being unambitious, and having a conscience.” WorldHeartWisdomFiveTearsRegretConscienceCaringGentleIslamicRighteousnessDispositionNot CaringSoft HeartShedding Tears Author:Shaqiq al-Balkhi