Apology Quotes - page 4

I will not waste time on second thoughts. My life will not be an apology. It will be a statement. (Andy Andrews)
Do your best. That's all you can ask of yourself. If you did your best and things just didn't work out, you don't owe an apology to anyone. And you certainly don't need to feel 'bad' about it -- or, worse yet, guilty. View quote
Neale Donald Walsch
To my wonderful readers. Sorry about that apology for that last cliffhanger. I'll try to avoid cliffhangers in this book. Well, except for maybe a few small ones... because I love you guys. View quote
Rick Riordan
Nothing heals the soul like chocolate ... It's God's apology for broccoli. View quote
Richard Paul Evans
Every nation, like every individual, would like to believe it owes 'no apology' to anyone. Adults realise, however, that few among us are purely innocent or utterly blameless. View quote
Stephen Kinzer
Somewhere in your life there will be an overriding theme to your quest - some part of your desire that cannot be denied without a terrible cost to the very essence of what you are. Are you going to ignore it, or do you have the courage of your commitment and the confidence to demand that life, humanity, or circumstances give you what you want, with no other excuse, reason or apology other than that you demand it? View quote
Stuart Wilde
I have made the most profound apology in front of the Truth Commission and on other occasions about the injustices which were wrought by apartheid. View quote
F. W. de Klerk
Being able to make a sincere apology - one that says, "Yes, I get it; I screwed up. Your feelings make sense, and I'm taking this seriously" - is at the heart of being successful in leadership, parenting, and friendship, as well as our own integrity and self-worth. And the failure to apologize? Even a good relationship will suffer quietly - because we really feel it when someone won't take responsibility for what they said, or didn't say. View quote
Harriet Lerner
I'd say that while it's normal to long for an apology, if you really need it, you're not ready to speak to whoever harmed you. Non-apologizers tend to walk on a tightrope of defensiveness above a huge canyon of low self-esteem - they just can't listen to anything that's going to set them off balance. So focus on what you say for your own sake, because you need to hear your own voice telling the truth. View quote
Harriet Lerner
If you're married to an entrenched non-apologizer, it won't help to doggedly demand one. Some folks lack the self-esteem required to take responsibility for their less than honorable behaviors, feel remorse, and offer a heartfelt apology. And many people are so hard on themselves for the mistakes they make, they don't have the emotional room to admit vulnerability and apologize to a partner. View quote
Harriet Lerner
Request an apology when you believe you deserve one, but don't get in a tug of war about it. Instead, be a role model and tender a genuine apology yourself when an apology is due. Your willingness to apologize can be contagious and models maturity for your partner. Also, your non-apologizing partner may use a nonverbal way to reconnect after a fight, defuse the tension, or show you he's in a new place and wants to repair a disconnection. Accept the olive branch however it's offered. (Harriet Lerner)
But my apology was a thousand apologies. View quote
Deb Caletti
I'd love to be a diva. But I'd then have to send so many apology notes for my abhorrent behaviour. View quote
Amy Adams
I'm sorry you're angry is not an apology. View quote
Lisa Lutz
There was a national apology for slavery. It was called the Civil War where 700,000 Americans died. View quote
Ben Shapiro
The remarks attributed to John Podesta, who is Mrs. Clinton's chief of staff, are just extraordinarily patronizing and insulting to Catholics. What he would say is offensive. And if it had been said about the Jewish community, if it had been said about the Islamic community, within 10 minutes there would have been an apology. View quote
Timothy M. Dolan
In Zimbabwe, I was booed by the whole stadium. I had to apologise to the people of Zimbabwe for the attacks. I do not want to call it xenophobic attacks. South Africans do not hate people of other nations. ... We had to offer an apology on behalf of the people of South Africa. We are loved in the continent. We are a sought after country. ... I had to apologise because those attacks were a national shame, ... View quote
Cyril Ramaphosa
I believe that things should be let go once they are discussed. Apology accepted. End of story. View quote
Brad Goreski
When we talk about feminism - equality without apology for all - we can't be talking about for all white women or all highly educated women but all women, regardless of color, class, creed, sexual orientation or identity. View quote
Christine Pelosi
How do I explain a life that has lasted for billions of years? It is almost as if I must start with an apology for being alive when everyone I once knew is dead. View quote
Christopher Pike
I rise today to offer a formal and heartfelt apology to all the victims of lynching in our history, and for the failure of the United States Senate to take action when action was most needed. (George Allen)
I try to read everything that's sent me - play scripts, movie scripts - but I've had to make a rule. If the author hasn't grabbed me by Page 25, the piece goes back with a note of apology. View quote
Hume Cronyn
A hero is someone we can admire without apology. View quote
Kitty Kelley
Everyone knows I'm black. I am who I am. This is the person that Lester Sr. and June Holt raised, and I make no apology for it. At the same time, I'm never going to pull a race card to get what I want. You can't have it both ways. View quote
Lester Holt
An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything. View quote
Lynn Johnston