Sorry Quotes

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

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
-Paul Boese

Keep your words soft and tender because tomorrow you may have to eat them.
-Unknown

When you realize you've made a mistake, make amends immediately. It's easier to eat crow while it's still warm.
-Dan Heist

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

An apology is a good way to have the last word.
-Unknown

Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge.
-Isaac Friedmann

True friends stab you in the front.
-Oscar Wilde

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and for deeds left undone.
-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Little Foxes, 1865

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

Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge.
-Isaac Friedmann

Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.
-Chinese Proverb

Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand.
-Emily Kimbrough

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
-Kimberly Johnson

Apology is a lovely perfume; it can transform the clumsiest moment into a gracious gift.
-Margaret Lee Runbeck

True remorse is never just a regret over consequence; it is a regret over motive.
-Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

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

It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.
-Grace Hopper