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

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Karma

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• If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call to make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?

  Stephen Levine

  Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship

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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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• I'm sorry. It's my fault. How do I make it right?

  Randy Pausch

  Faults, I'm Sorry

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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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• Smoking means always having to say you're sorry.

  Thomas Ferguson

  Inspirational, Mean, Smoking

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• I love you
  Just coz
  Please forgive me
  I'm soz

  John Walter Bratton

  Love You, Forgive Me, Forgiving

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• I'm sorry, it's true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We're born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It's been happening for a long time. Technology is not changing it much - if at all.

  Steve Jobs

  Children, Technology, Views

  "Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing". Interview with Gary Wolf, www.wired.com. February 1, 1996.

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• Being an American means never having to say you're sorry.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Love, Movie, Romantic

  Kurt Vonnegut (1997). “Hocus Pocus”, p.70, Penguin

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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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• Avant-garde means never having to say you're sorry.

  Marc Ribot

  Love, Movie, Romantic

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• Vasectomy means never having to say you're sorry.

  Larry Adler

  Love, Movie, Romantic

  Larry Adler, Philip Judge (1994). “Me and My Big Mouth”, Blake Pub

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• I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

  Ryukishi07

  Horror, I'm Sorry

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• Being Politically Correct means always having to say you're sorry.

  Charles Osgood

  Sarcastic, Mean, Reality

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

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Apology, Men, Forever

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