Sorry Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.
-Lynn Johnston

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

Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge.
-Isaac Friedmann

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

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
-Kimberly Johnson

For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
-Unknown

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

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

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

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

Feeling sorry for yourself, and you present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
-Dale Carnegie

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