Saying Im Sorry Quotes

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

Red Auerbach

Basketball, Teamwork, Im Sorry

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Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.

Henry A. Kissinger

Inspirational, Im Sorry, Being Yourself

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

Robin Williams

Funny, Witty, Laughter

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Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

Benjamin Franklin

Im Sorry, Apology, Positivity

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True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive.

Mignon McLaughlin

Forgiveness, Im Sorry, Regret

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.59, BookBaby

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Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.

Douglas Horton

Im Sorry, Selfish, I Am Sorry

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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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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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Real friends stab you in the front.

Jonathan Davis

Friendship, Im Sorry, True Friend

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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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You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.

E. W. Howe

Forgiveness, Im Sorry, Apology

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True friends stab you in the front.

Oscar Wilde

Best Friend, Friendship, Funny Love

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If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late.

Henny Youngman

Funny, Good Morning, Laughter

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Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.

H. G. Wells

Wise, Sorry, War

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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

Thomas Szasz

Life, Forgiveness, Letting Go

The Second Sin (1973) "Personal Conduct"

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

Greg LeMond

Im Sorry, Apology, People

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

Monica Lewinsky

Im Sorry, I Am Sorry, Being Sorry

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An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.

Steve Martin

Im Sorry, Apology, Gentleman

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Never forget the nine most important words of any family- I love you. You are beautiful. Please forgive me.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Beautiful, Forgiveness, Sorry

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The weak can never forgive.

Mahatma Gandhi

Strength, Being Strong, Forgiveness

Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.155, A&C Black

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I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.

Sitting Bull

Im Sorry, Native American, I Am Sorry

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Among the reasons people keep sad stories to themselves is that they do not want anyone to feel sorry for them.

Judith Moore

Sorry, People, Feelings

Judith Moore (2005). “Fat Girl: A True Story”, p.156, Penguin

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