I've learned that you should never ruin an apology with an excuse. — Azgraybebly Josland Copy Share Image
Sometimes, even if its not your fault, you say sorry just to end the fight. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You can apologize for punching someone, but it doesn’t stop the bruising.” — Brittainy C. Cherry Copy Share Image
When you say, 'I'm sorry,' you turn people into your allies, even your partners. — Marshall Goldsmith Copy Share Image
If you apologize for something that isn't your fault in the first place, you, in effect, confirm their belief that it is… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
An effective apology focuses more on compassion for the victim than redemption for the offender. — John Kador Copy Share Image
It takes a man to admit his faults but takes a grown man to kneel down to his knees for forgiveness... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The President has apologized for his activities with Monica Lewinsky. These were too little, too late, in my opinion. — Barbara Cubin Copy Share Image
A person can apologize and we can forgive them, but sometimes we just can't forget the pain that they put us through. — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
You say your sorry a million times, but being sorry ain't gonna put a damn thing back together when its been broken. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out and I thought we won. — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
Apologies; our cultural obsession with them isn't about actually being offended, or simply needing to hear, “I'm sorry.” It's not really about… — Jim Norton Copy Share Image
What is more obscene: the idea that one can apologize for the hubris and deceit that is Obama and his health care,… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
“Just say “I’m sorry.” It’s not a tongue twister. It does not need repeating multiple times. The phrase is simple and short,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
I was a snowboard instructor, I was a bouncer in a nightclub, I was a whitewater river guide for many years. I… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
The etiquette business has its emergencies, heaven knows, but it is in the nature of etiquette emergencies that once one realizes what… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Saying 'sorry' to others FIRST does not show that it's all your fault. . but it shows that you have realized YOUR… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
“Omit any language that’s blameful or accusatory: you’re not trying to make the person see the error of his/her ways, or feel… — Erika Andersen Copy Share Image
Best' was a tough one to write, not in terms of actually putting the words down, but tough in the confessional sense.… — Gracie Abrams Copy Share Image
“Halfhearted or insincere apologies are often worse than not apologizing at all because recipients find them insulting. If you've done something wrong… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
“What were she and Maxwell talking about at this moment? “I owe you an apology.” Archer came to stand beside him, also… — Kathryn Smith Copy Share Image
The idea that writing about characters of another race requires a passage through a critical gauntlet, which involves apology and self-examination of… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
I make no apologies for any inconsistencies or contradictions in my essays. Those who do not change their minds in the course… — Michael Howard Copy Share Image
Beauty has so many charms, one knows not how to speak against it; and when it happens that a graceful figure is… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
“We are sorry about the way things turned out. We gave, in the phrasing of our words if not literally in the… — Anders Nilsen Copy Share Image
I was making my work as transparent as possible, without equivocations, without calling attention to itself, without apology. There's a lot of… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
White guilt is more of a sanctioned social convention than a genuine emotional experience. It’s a form of theatrical empathy that’s socially… — Jack Donovan Copy Share Image
“the sense of apology did not go away; it was a tiring thing to carry. —” — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
