Apology Quotes - Page 5

• True friends stab you in the front.

  Oscar Wilde

  Best Friend, Friendship, Funny Love

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• You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.

  Maimonides

  Reality, Accepting, Source

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• In the case of the Japanese, they usually commit suicide before they make any apology.

  Chuck Grassley

  Suicide, Cases, Commit

  "Row over AIG bonuses threatens Obama's economic plans" by Ewen MacAskill, www.theguardian.com. March 17, 2009.

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• I'm not ashamed of being gay, never have been and never will be. For that I have no apologies

  Tommy Kirk

  Gay, Ashamed, Has Beens

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• When armies are mobilized and issues joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will always win.

  Laozi

  Sorry, Army, Winning

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• This country has shed more blood for the freedom of other people than all the other nations in the history of the world combined, and I'm tired of people feeling like they've got to apologize for America.

  Fred Thompson

  Country, Freedom, Tired

  "ABC Reacts to Fred Thompson Entry With Boredom, Sarcasm". "Good Morning America", www.newsbusters.org. August 31, 2007.

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• I am very conscious that I am not wise at all.

  Socrates

  Wise, Sorry, Conscious

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• I will begin my presidency with a jobs tour. President Obama began with an apology tour. America, he said, had dictated to other nations. No Mr. President, America has freed other nations from dictators.

  Mitt Romney

  Jobs, America, President

  Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 30 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• You will always be too much of something for someone: too big, too loud, too soft, too edgy. If you round out your edges, you lose your edge. Apologize for mistakes. Apologize for unintentionally hurting someone - profusely. But don't apologize for being who you are.

  Danielle LaPorte

  Being Yourself, Hurt, Mistake

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• You don't have to flaunt your success, but you don't have to apologize for it, either

  Gene Stallings

  Success, Apologizing, Flaunting

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• There is nothing wrong with loving the crap out of everything. Negative people find their walls. So never apologize for your enthusiasm. Never. Ever. Never.

  Ryan Adams

  Positive, Happiness, Being Happy

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• Hope you'll forgive me, never meant wrong. Tried to be patient, but waited too long. But I would've came back.. But I would've came back for you.

  Drake

  Relationship, Break Up, Forgiveness

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• Real friends stab you in the front.

  Jonathan Davis

  Friendship, Im Sorry, True Friend

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• Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can. Apologize when you should and let go of what you can't change.

  Drake

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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

  Lisa Lutz

  Sorry, Apologizing, I Apologize

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

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• Sacrifice is at the heart of repentance. Without deeds, your apology is worthless.

  Bryan Davis

  Im Sorry, Heart, Sacrifice

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• Accepting the apology signals the acknowledgment of a need to move forward, but not necessarily together.

  John Kador

  Moving, Together, Needs

  John Kador (2009). “Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust”, p.164, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• Apologies mean nothing if you don't mean it.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Mean, Ifs

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “The Impossible Knife of Memory”, p.197, Penguin

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• Be willing to apologize. Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I'm sorry that I hurt you. 3) How do I make it better? It's the third part that people tend to forget. Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.

  Randy Pausch

  Hurt, Sorry, People

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• Every relationship has tough days. Don't let the grudge last. Be the first to try to make things right and stop waiting for an apology.

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Couple, Waiting, Trying

  FaceBook post by Nouman Ali Khan from Jan 14, 2014

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• The biggest change in my life is that I now have to apologize for being thin.

  Cathy Guisewite

  Apologizing, Life Is, Changing My Life

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• Apology may start as a feeling, a desire to make matters right, but it requires a commitment to move that desire into practice, to actually take on the great courageous task of showing compassion to others.

  John Kador

  Moving, Commitment, Compassion

  John Kador (2009). “Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust”, p.15, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• I was taught that justice is a right that every American should have. Also justice should be the goal of every American. I think that's what makes this country. To me, justice means the innocent should be found innocent. It means that those who do wrong should get their due punishment. Ultimately, it means fair treatment. So a call for justice shouldn't offend or disrespect anybody. A call for justice shouldn't warrant an apology.

  Andrew Hawkins

  Country, Mean, Thinking

  "Andrew Hawkins hits back after police label shootings protest 'pathetic'" by Tom Lutz, www.theguardian.com. December 16, 2014.

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• Sincere apologies are for those that make them, not for those to whom they are made.

  Greg LeMond

  Sincere, Made

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• Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Strong, Heart, Dark

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