Apology Quotes

With every morsel I ate, I looked into her eyes and apologised for not being able to feed her enough. Her eyes, in turn, apologised for not being able to help me in these tough times.

~ Ashay Abbhi

You can stay on the porch. Like how you left me on the floor outside our room.I didn't know what else to do. You found the check, and I panicked.That isn't an excuse.I know. And I'm not saying that this is going to make up for it. I'm going to try, really try, to make you trust me again. I want you to trust me. I just... I couldn't sleep last night without you. It was the strangest thing, being in the room alone without you. I couldn't hear you breathing, and your laughter was gone and you were gone, and it was like a part of my life was missing. A big part. I tripped going to the bathroom and banged my head. See? He pointed to a lovely gash on his forehead.And then I burned my hand on the toaster oven. And then my car wouldn't start. Again. I've never had such bad luck in my life.

~ Chelsea M. Cameron

Sorry, always sorry. What in the world can you buy with an apology?

~ Marie Lu

Nothing says you're sorry like a dead bunny.

~ Patricia Briggs

I'd rather apologize to you for not being who you want me to be than apologize to God for not being who I should be.

~ Garrett Mccoy

Never apologize, mister, it’s a sign of weakness.

~ John Wayne

I was wrong to insult you, and not only because you are my hosts. I am afraid that I mistook kindness for weakness. My apologies. I stand - only with your aid - profoundly corrected.

~ Beth Fantaskey

How could he maintain the apology in his eyes without getting carried away by her cherubic innocence?

~ Faraaz Kazi

I wish for you the wisdom to realize that forgiveness has nothing to do with an apology.

~ Steve Maraboli

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

~ Plato

From listening comes wisdom and from speaking repentance.

~ Old Saying

There are people who are very resourceful At being remorseful And who apparently feel that the best way to make friends Is to do something terrible and then make amends.

~ Ogden Nash

He's half absolv'd Who has confess'd.

~ Matthew Prior

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man without lowering him in his estimation and yours too.

~ Josh Billings

The sinning is the best part of repentance.

~ Arabic Proverb

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

Apologize v: to lay the foundation for a future offence.

~ Ambrose Bierce

Apology - a desperate habit and one that is rarely cured.

~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

No sensible person ever made an apology.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Repentance is for little children.

~ Adolf Eichmann

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

~ John Dryden

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy you can't build on it it's good only for wallowing in.

~ Katherine Mansfield

If I die I forgive you: if I recover we shall see.

~ Spanish Proverb

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

God will pardon me. It's his business.

~ Heinrich Heine

I suppose you've heard all those wicked stories about me. Well I've lived my life as it came and I've done bloody marvels with a bad hand.

~ Libby Holman

Would 'sorry' have made any difference? Does it ever? It's just a word. One word against a thousand actions.

~ Sarah Ockler

As nations we should also commit afresh to righting past wrongs. In Australia we began this recently with the first Australians - the oldest continuing culture in human history. On behalf of the Australian Parliament, this year I offered an apology to indigenous Australians for the wrongs they had suffered in the past.

~ Kevin Rudd

Authentic apology is a tricky thing to pull off in politics, which is why it so seldom occurs. Plausible deniability must be preserved. True contrition has to be displayed. Traitors to the cause must be immediately be jettisoned. Most of all, the goal is to stop the bleeding.

~ Gwen Ifill

On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.

~ Vince Cable

We inadvertently bombed the Chinese Embassy. But Clinton now is working very hard. He has sent a letter of apology to the Chinese. And, he's also given them a gift certificate for future nuclear secrets.

~ David Letterman