Sorry Quotes

• Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 6, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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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, Life And Love, Fear

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• Words will not be able to ever express how sorry I am for this, and I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused.

  Jack Abramoff

  Im Sorry, Regret, Mistake

  "Lobbyist Abramoff Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges". "All Things Considered" with Michele Norris, www.npr.org. January 3, 2006.

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• Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Im Sorry, Apology, Positivity

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• I have made terrible mistakes that have hurt the people that I cared about the most, and I am terribly sorry. I am deeply ashamed of my terrible judgment and my actions.

  Anthony Weiner

  Im Sorry, Hurt, Mistake

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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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• Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.

  Lois Wyse

  Inspirational, Women, Apology

  "The Rules According to Dee Dee Myers". Interview With Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, content.time.com. February 29, 2008.

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• Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.

  Martin Luther

  Love, Marriage, Husband

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• I’m sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn’t do, and I’ve hurt myself by hurting you.

  Christina Aguilera

  Hurt, Blame, You Hurt Me

  Song: Hurt, Album: Back to Basics, 2006

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• If I've done anything I'm sorry for, I'm willing to be forgiven.

  Edward Noyes Westcott

  Done, Forgiven, Willing

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• I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take full responsibility for myself and my actions. I wouldn't pawn this off on anybody. I'm sorry it happened. And I hurt people.

  Louie Anderson

  Hurt, Responsibility, Apology

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

  Tryon Edwards

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

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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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• If people are good because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

  Albert Einstein

  Im Sorry, Atheist, Fear

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  Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Clever

  "Contarini Fleming". Book by Benjamin Disraeli, 1832.

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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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• Mostly I am sorry for the way I thought of other people. Like a good general, I had treated everyone who wasn't with me as against me.

  Lee Atwater

  Im Sorry, People, I Am Sorry

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

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• I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get so badly defeated as a party you do have to face up to some painful facts and you do have to change.

  Kenneth Clarke

  Party, Years, Upset

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• Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Stairs, Convenience, Staircases

  "Live album: "Mitch All Together"". 2003.

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• You may be sorry that you spoke, sorry you stayed or went, sorry you won or lost, sorry so much was spent. But as you go through life, you'll find - you're never sorry you were kind.

  Herbert V. Prochnow

  Life, Forgiveness, May

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• I feel sorry for people who do not have a Bible to lean on.

  Adrian Rogers

  Drinking, Beer, People

  Adrian Rogers, Steve Rogers (2012). “What Every Christian Ought to Know”, p.25, B&H Publishing Group

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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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• Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

  Robert Fulghum

  Im Sorry, Appreciation, Hurt

  All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1988)

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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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• 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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