Apology Quotes

Apology, apology.....one of the hardest words in the English language. Here are a some great apology quotes. Also, consider reading my article, The Masterful Apology.

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. ~Author Unknown


Never ruin an apology with an excuse. ~Kimberly Johnson


In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry. ~Margaret Laurence


True remorse is never just a regret over consequence; it is a regret over motive. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960


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


The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and for deeds left undone. ~Harriet Beecher Stowe, Little Foxes, 1865


Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge. ~Isaac Friedmann


An apology is a good way to have the last word. ~Author Unknown


An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything. ~Lynn Johnston


The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. ~Red Auerbach


Apology is a lovely perfume; it can transform the clumsiest moment into a gracious gift. ~Margaret Lee Runbeck


Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. ~Paul Boese


Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand. ~Emily Kimbrough


It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. ~Grace Hopper


If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting? ~Stephen Levine


For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness. ~Author Unknown


Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger. ~Chinese Proverb


It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. ~William Blake


True friends stab you in the front. ~Oscar Wilde


Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things. ~Author Unknown


The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway. ~Henry Boye


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


Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well.
Jim Rohn

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
Kimberly Johnson




The best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words
John Milton


For tips on how to make a beautiful apology, read here.

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