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  • We are rather apt to consider an act wrong because it is unpleasant to us.

    George Eliot (2015). “Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.533, Penguin
  • To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing - the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself. Caleb's betrayal is something we both carry, and since he did it, all I've wanted is for him to take its weight away from me. I am not sure that I'm capable of shouldering it all myself - not sure that I am strong enough, or good enough.

    Strong   Pain   Betrayal  
  • Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?

    Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.53, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax
  • Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

  • It's not wrong to be upset. It's not wrong to cry. It's not wrong to want attention. It's not even wrong to scream or throw a fit. What is wrong is to keep it all inside. What is wrong is to blame and punish yourself for simply being human. What is wrong is to never be heard and to be alone in your pain. Share it. Let it out.

  • Few things accelerate the peace process as much as humbly admitting our own wrongdoing and asking forgiveness.

    Lee Strobel (2005). “God's Outrageous Claims: Discover What They Mean for You”, p.27, Harper Collins
  • True reconciliation is never cheap, for it is based on forgiveness which is costly. Forgiveness in turn depends on repentance, which has to be based on an acknowledgment of what was done wrong, and therefore on disclosure of the truth. You cannot forgive what you do not know.

  • Women more than men can strip war of its glamour and its out-of-date heroisms and patriotisms, and see it as a demon of destruction and hideous wrong.

    War   Women   History  
  • A consciousness of wrongdoing is the first step to salvation...you have to catch yourself doing it before you can correct it.

    Firsts   Steps   Action  
  • Every time we're about to criticize someone for what we think they did wrong, let's first remember to thank them for the things they did right. And to mean it; to sincerely affirm them. Then, if there's still a problem that needs to be shared, it will come from a completely different energy -- and actually be heard!

    FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Mar 08, 2013
  • For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?

  • The sinner sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action.

    Becoming   Action   Sin  
  • Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled as they have been during the Bush administration. We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance.

    "Obama Urged to Back New Whistleblower Act" by Ed O'Keefe, voices.washingtonpost.com. April 2009.
  • True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions... It is a sin to try to alter this law, nor is it allowable to attempt to repeal any part of it, and it is impossible to abolish it entirely.

    Agreement   Law   Trying  
    "De Re Publica" by Marcus Tullius Cicero, translated by Clinton W. Keyes, Book III, Section (22), 1928.
  • Apparently people don't like the truth, but I do like it; I like it because it upsets a lot of people. If you show them enough times that their arguments are bullshit, then maybe just once, one of them will say, 'Oh! Wait a minute - I was wrong.' I live for that happening. Rare, I assure you

    Lemmy Kilmister (2012). “White Line Fever: Lemmy: The Autobiography”, p.133, Simon and Schuster
  • If there are issues, if there's wrongdoing, people have to be held accountable and we have to try to deter future bad behavior.

    Issues   People   Trying  
    Source: www.buzzfeed.com
  • Diana knew it wouldn't be right, but then she told herself that things only looked wrong when there was someone to see you.

  • Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.

    Heaven   Half   Venture  
    Ben Jonson (1838). “The Works of Ben Jonson”, p.743
  • Nothing is bad which does not harm either you or someone else.

    Doe   Harm   Wrongdoing  
    Myrtle Reed, Mary Badollet Powell (1911). “The Myrtle Reed Year Book: Epigrams and Opinions from the Writings and Sayings of Myrtle Reed”
  • I respect very much the role of the media in our society; I think they can be very, very helpful. They serve as a very useful check, sort of a watchdog over the actions of the government, and I respect that. But there is a competing interest, and that is the ability of prosecutors to get information that may be absolutely essential to assist them in the investigation of illegal wrongdoing. And so you've got these two competing interests. I believe that the current policy at the Department of Justice reflects a careful balancing of those interests.

  • Society punishes not the vices of its members, but their detection.

    Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.12
  • The truth is that killing innocent people is always wrong - and no argument or excuse, no matter how deeply believed, can ever make it right. No religion on earth condones the killing of innocent people; no faith tradition tolerates the random killing of our brothers and sisters on this earth.

    Brother   Truth   People  
    "What's Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West". Book by Feisal Abdul Rauf, www.nytimes.com. May 11, 2004.
  • But there is one whom you do not deceive, and that is Christ, our Lord. He knows all. Personally, I have felt that nobody need keep much of a record about me, except what I keep myself in my mind, which is a part of my spirit. I often question in my mind, whether it is going to require very many witnesses in addition to my own wrongdoing.

    Mind   Needs   Records  
  • Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.

  • How many girls there are who do not see any wrongdoing in following certain shameless styles like so many sheep. They certainly would blush if they could guess the impression they make and the feelings they evoke in those who see them.

    Girl   Sheep   Feelings  
  • For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.

    "Sentences". Collection by Publilius Syrus. Maxim 207,
  • I saw not till now what sin brings with it - that we must tread others underfoot.

    Saws   Sin   Wrongdoing  
    Sigrid Undset (2011). “The Bridal Wreath: Kristin Lavransdatter”, p.214, Vintage
  • If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.

    Self   Leaving   Stories  
  • If someone robs a 7-11, they took $500 and they were able to settle the next day for $50 and no admission of wrongdoing, they'd knock over that 7-11 again.

  • Every mind has its particular standard of good and bad, and of right and wrong. This standard is made by what one has experienced through life, by what one has seen or heard; it also depends upon one's belief in a certain religion, one's birth in a certain nation and origin in a certain race. But what can really be called good or bad, right or wrong, is what comforts the mind and what causes it discomfort. It is not true, although it appears so, that it is discomfort that causes wrongdoing. In reality, it is wrongdoing which causes discomfort, and it is right-doing which gives comfort.

    Reality   Race   Giving  
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