Quotes About Sorry

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