Being Sorry Quotes:

Being sorry for myself is a luxury I can't afford.

- Stephen King

source: Stephen King, Peter Straub (2012). “The Talisman: A Novel”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

topic: Sorry, Luxury, Being Sorry

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

- Tryon Edwards

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring, Bad Actions, I Am Sorry

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

- Stephen Covey

source: Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

topic: Inspirational, Heart, Character, Principles And Values, I Apologize

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

- Dalai Lama

topic: Inspirational, Life, Spiritual, My Mistakes, Heist

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

- Lynn Johnston

topic: Apology, I Am Sorry, Amends, Conflict Resolution, Saying Sorry

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well.

- Jim Rohn

topic: Apology, Greatness, Maturity, Spiritual Maturity, Stop Complaining

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

- Benjamin Franklin

topic: Sorry, Apology, Positivity, Time Away, Excuse You

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

topic: Success, Sorry, Life And Love, Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself, Feeling Sorry

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

- Mahatma Gandhi

source: Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.166, A&C Black

topic: Inspirational, Life, Strength, Just Stay Strong, Never Forgive

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

- Plato

source: Plato (2016). “The Republic”, Xist Publishing

topic: Apology, Men, Alive, Self Awareness, I Apologize

I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you.

- Robin Williams

topic: Funny, Witty, Laughter, I Am Sorry, Being Sorry

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

- P. G. Wodehouse

source: The Man Upstairs (1914) title story

topic: Life, Sorry, Humorous, Jeeves, I Apologize

It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an evil heart. This instead of being a valid apology, is the very ground of our condemnation.

- Archibald Alexander

source: Archibald Alexander (1857). “Practical Truths”

topic: Heart, Apology, Evil, Pleading, I Am Sorry

And I felt sorry, and I have felt bad about what happened.

- Monica Lewinsky

topic: Sorry, I Am Sorry, Feeling Sorry, Am Sorry, Being Sorry

More people should apologize, and more people should accept apologies when sincerely made.

- Greg LeMond

topic: Im Sorry, Apology, People, I Am Sorry, I Apologize

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

- e. e. cummings

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Birthday, Inspirational Courage, Inspirational High School Graduation

Friends are God's apology for relations.

- Hugh Kingsmill

source: In Michael Holroyd Best of Hugh Kingsmill (1970) p. 12

topic: Friendship, Family, Sorry, Love Life And Family, I Am Sorry

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

topic: Apology, Two Sides, Ego, I Apologize, Being Sorry

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

- William Blake

topic: Friendship, Forgiveness, Depressing, Stabbing, Making Friends

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

- Lisa Lutz

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

topic: Sorry, Apology, Angry, I Apologize, Friendship Apology

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

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

topic: Sorry, Apology, Men, I Apologize, Friendship Apology

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

- Red Auerbach

topic: Basketball, Teamwork, Sorry, I Am Sorry, Saying Sorry

Never apologize for what you feel. It's like being sorry for being real.

- Lil Wayne

topic: Sorry, Real, Inspiration, Feeling Sorry, Being Sorry

An apology might help, but you can change your life without one.

- Robin Quivers

topic: Sorry, Apology, Might, I Apologize, Friendship Apology

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

- Margaret Laurence

source: Margaret Laurence (2014). “A Bird in the House: Stories”, p.90, University of Chicago Press

topic: Sorry, Apology, House, Love Life And Family, I Am Sorry

There's one sad truth in life I've found While journeying east and west - The only folks we really wound Are those we love the best. We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest, And deal full many a thoughtless blow To those who love us best.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

topic: Relationship, Smile, Im Sorry, Inspirational Relationship, Inspiring Friends

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

topic: Hurt, Sorry, Mistake, I Am Sorry, Deeply Hurt

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

- Kitty Kelley

topic: Hero, Apology, Admire, I Apologize, Being Sorry

The ability of a person to atone has always been the most remarkable of human features.

- Leon Uris

topic: Apology, Remarkable, Ability, I Am Sorry, Friendship Apology

I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take full responsibility for myself and my actions. I wouldn't pawn this off on anybody. I'm sorry it happened. And I hurt people.

- Louie Anderson

topic: Hurt, Sorry, Responsibility, Don't Be Sorry, Being Sorry

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

- Kurt Vonnegut

topic: Sorry, Mean, Need Love, Sorry For Him, Vasectomy

An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.

- Steve Martin

topic: Sorry, Apology, Gentleman, I Am Sorry, I Apologize

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.

- Henry A. Kissinger

topic: Being Yourself, Motivation, Regret, Inspirations Being Yourself, Live Without Regrets

Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.

- Douglas Horton

topic: Sorry, Selfish, Values, I Am Selfish, I Am Sorry

You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.

- E. W. Howe

topic: Forgiveness, Im Sorry, Apology, I Am Sorry, Saying Sorry

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

- Benjamin Disraeli

source: "Contarini Fleming". Book by Benjamin Disraeli, 1832.

topic: Inspirational, Being Yourself, Truth, Just Being You, Lies Truth

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

topic: Forgiveness, Hurt, Sorry, Wronged, I Am Sorry

I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.

- Sitting Bull

topic: Sorry, Native American, Intention, I Am Sorry, Saying Sorry

All successful people these days seem to be neurotic. Perhaps we should stop being sorry for them and start being sorry for me - for being so confounded normal.

- Deborah Kerr

topic: Sorry, Successful, People, Being Sorry

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

- Samuel Butler

topic: God, Sorry, Book, I Am Sorry, I Apologize

Apologies only account for that which they do not alter.

- Benjamin Disraeli

topic: Apology, Accounts, Friendship Apology, Being Sorry, Saying I'm Sorry

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

source: Harriet Beecher Stowe (1866). “Little Foxes: Or, The Insignificant Little Habits which Mar Domestic Happiness”, p.58

topic: Relationship, Sympathy, Spiritual, Make You Cry, Someone Dying

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

topic: Inspirational, Relationship, Inspiring, Back Together, Real Relationship

True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive.

- Mignon McLaughlin

source: Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.59, BookBaby

topic: Forgiveness, Im Sorry, Regret, I Am Sorry, Saying Sorry

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

- Bryan Davis

topic: Im Sorry, Heart, Apology, I Am Sorry, I Apologize

You can always say sorry but the real apology is when you hear the sadness in their voice and see the look in their eyes. And you realize that they have hurt themselves just as much.

- Kid Cudi

topic: Hurt, Sorry, Real, I Am Sorry, Saying Sorry

History is the same thing over and over again.

- Woody Allen

topic: History, Anon, Insanity And Sanity, Special Talents, Mojo

But sorry is the Kool-Aid of human emotions. [...] True sorrow is as rare as true love.

- Stephen King

topic: Im Sorry, Sorrow, Emotion, Kool Aid, I Am Sorry

Sorry is the Kool-Aid of human emotions. It's what you say when you spill a cup of coffee or throw a gutter ball when you're bowling with the girls in the league. True sorrow is as rare as true love.

- Stephen King

topic: Girl, Sorry, Coffee, Kool Aid, I Am Sorry