Being Sorry Quotes

• Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

  Tryon Edwards

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

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• 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 Covey

  Inspirational, Heart, Character

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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• When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Karma

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• An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.

  Lynn Johnston

  Im Sorry, Apology, I Am Sorry

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

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Apology, Maturity

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 24, 2016

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• Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

  Dale Carnegie

  Success, Sorry, Life And Love

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• Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Im Sorry, Apology, Positivity

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  The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.166, A&C Black

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• I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

  Plato

  Im Sorry, Apology, Men

  Plato (2016). “The Republic”, Xist Publishing

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• And I felt sorry, and I have felt bad about what happened.

  Monica Lewinsky

  Im Sorry, I Am Sorry, Feeling Sorry

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• I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you.

  Robin Williams

  Funny, Witty, Laughter

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• 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

  Life, Sorry, Humorous

  The Man Upstairs (1914) title story

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• More people should apologize, and more people should accept apologies when sincerely made.

  Greg LeMond

  Im Sorry, Apology, People

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• Friends are God's apology for relations.

  Hugh Kingsmill

  Friendship, Family, Im Sorry

  In Michael Holroyd Best of Hugh Kingsmill (1970) p. 12

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• It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an evil heart. This instead of being a valid apology, is the very ground of our condemnation.

  Archibald Alexander

  Im Sorry, Heart, Apology

  Archibald Alexander (1857). “Practical Truths”

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• Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Apology, Two Sides, Ego

  1858-9 The Professor at the Breakfast Table, ch.6.

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• It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

  e. e. cummings

  Inspirational, Motivational, Birthday

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

  William Blake

  Friendship, Forgiveness, Depressing

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.251, Univ of California Press

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• A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Sorry, Apology, Men

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• I'm sorry you're angry is not an apology.

  Lisa Lutz

  Sorry, Apology, Apologizing

  Lisa Lutz (2010). “Revenge of the Spellmans: Document #3”, p.295, Simon and Schuster

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  Never apologize for what you feel. It's like being sorry for being real.

  Lil Wayne

  Sorry, Real, Inspiration

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• The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.

  Red Auerbach

  Basketball, Teamwork, Im Sorry

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• An apology might help, but you can change your life without one.

  Robin Quivers

  Im Sorry, Apology, Might

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

  Margaret Laurence

  Funny, Family, Sarcastic

  Margaret Laurence (2014). “A Bird in the House: Stories”, p.90, University of Chicago Press

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• 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

  Relationship, Smile, Im Sorry

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