Sorry Quotes

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

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
-Kimberly Johnson

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

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

You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.
- Edgar Watson Howe, Country Town Sayings, 1911

In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry.
-Margaret Laurence

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

Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge.
-Isaac Friedmann