Foundation Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Foundation Future Offense
I don't apologize for anything. When I make a mistake, I take the blame and go on from there. — Woody Hayes Copy Share Image
The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to move forward is the happiest. Be brave.… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
It is polite to apologize, but it is more polite not to do anything calling for an apology. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
If you have done something wrong apologize. If someone has done you wrong forgive. Life is too short for hastening and too long for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The best apologies are short, and don't go on to include explanations that run the risk of undoing them. An apology isn't the only… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
If you apologize then follow with an excuse, you're ruining your apology. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession was once more common than it is now. Arasthus… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Love is the foundation from which your decisions about your life should be made. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Trust is the foundation of real teamwork (there is nothing touchy-feely about this). — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Everyone who makes music is a good collaborator at their foundation because in order to make music, you have to connect to it in… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
The laws keep up their credit, not by being just, but because they are laws; 'tis the mystic foundation of their authority; they have… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I was raised playing music in coffeehouses and I feel that was the foundation for my career. I think it is important that we… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
The foundation of the Christian's peace is everlasting; it is what no time, no change can destroy. It will remain when the body dies;… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Butter, cream, and bacon. That's such a great foundation right there. — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
