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Quotes About Apology I
By peace | February 22, 2007
An apology is a good way to have the last word.
In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry. ~Margaret Laurence
You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched. ~Edgar Watson Howe
A stiff apology is a second insult…. The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt. ~G.K. Chesterton
An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything. ~Lynn Johnston
When you realize you’ve made a mistake, make amends immediately. It’s easier to eat crow while it’s still warm. ~Dan Heist
Keep your words soft and tender because tomorrow you may have to eat them.
Never ruin an apology with an excuse. ~Kimberly Johnson
True remorse is never just a regret over consequence; it is a regret over motive. ~Mignon McLaughlin
There’s one sad truth in life I’ve found
While journeying east and west -
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best.
We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best.
~Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Apologizing - a very desperate habit - one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. ~P.G. Wodehouse
It’s easier to apologize than ask for permission.
Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused. ~King Charles I
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and for deeds left undone. ~Harriet Beecher Stowe
Apology is a lovely perfume; it can transform the clumsiest moment into a gracious gift. ~Margaret Lee Runbeck
The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. ~Red Auerbach
The only good thing about punctuality is that it usually gets you an apology.
It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one’s heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize. ~ Stephen R. Covey
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