‘I’m sorry you’re angry’ is NOT an apology.
A genuine apology is like an eleventh hour rain on a dusty crop. Grossly overdue, but miraculously just in time.
A hero is someone we can admire without apology.
A person can apologize endlessly, and even if you forgive them, sometimes you can’t forget the pain they’ve caused you.
A sincere and warmly expressed apology can produce the same effects as morphine on a suffering soul.
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.
Accept everything about yourself – I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end – no apologies, no regrets.
An apology can be a wonderful thing so long as it is infrequent and from the heart. However, beware of the person who justifies bad behavior with apologies. For them it is a means to an end, and quite often at your expense.
An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
An apology given just to appease one’s conscience is self serving and better left unspoken!
An apology is a lovely perfume; it can transform the clumsiest moment into a gracious gift.
An apology might help, but you can change your life without one.
Any good apology has 3 parts: 1)I’m sorry 2)It’s my fault 3)What can I do to make it right? Most people forget the third part.
Apologies are great, but they don’t really change anything. You know what does? Action.
Apologies aren’t meant to change the past, they are meant to change the future.
