Quotes by Apology I teach one thing and one only: that is, suffering and the end of suffering. Gautama Buddha buddhist apology suffering Hate is only conquered by love. Gautama Buddha complacency apology hate It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. Grace Hopper forgiveness apology peace The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize and to accept an apology. Is there any problem that could not be solved among people who possessed the humility and largeness of spirit and soul to do either -- or both -- when needed? Gordon B. Hinckley apology humility spiritual If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologise than it is to get permission. Grace Hopper apology business ideas It's easier to apologize than ask for permission. Grace Hopper apologizing apology permission We are, indeed, not among the least contented. You, however, if your belief makes you blessed then appear to be blessed! Your faces have always been more injurious to your belief than our objections have! If these glad tidings of your Bible were written on your faces, you would not need to insist so obstinately on the authority of that book ... As things are, however, all your apologies for Christianity have their roots in your lack of Christianity; with your defense plea you inscribe your own bill of indictment. Friedrich Nietzsche apology blessed book Sincere apologies are for those that make them, not for those to whom they are made. Greg LeMond sincere apology made More people should apologize, and more people should accept apologies when sincerely made. Greg LeMond im-sorry apology people Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other. Gilbert K. Chesterton apology strong heart I just was apologizing for maybe being a little goofy. Guy Clark goofy apology littles I don't make any apologies for what I do on the campaign trail. George W. Bush apology politics political A lot of Democrats are not that upset with Howard Dean. Howard Dean gets out here and he says these inflammatory things, and he doesn't apologize. He doesn't back down a little bit. Gwen Ifill upset apology littles A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation. Gilbert K. Chesterton apology sorry men Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. hard-times apology regret The more you behave like you have the right to exist in the world without interference, the less others will question it. The power of a fait accompli is astonishing. The more people see fat bodies moving and being physical and doing whatever makes them happy in the world, without apology and without shame, the more they get used to seeing that and thinking of it as normal. Hanne Blank apology moving thinking 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. Harriet Lerner apology focus long The best apology, I think, was from my husband, Steve, who slept with a close friend of mine decades back, when we were committed to being life partners but not yet married. And many of the factors that made Steve's apology so healing are universal. One important thing is that he confessed to the affair, rather than my discovering it. He looked deeply into his own history in terms of why this happened, but he never used that history as an excuse. Harriet Lerner apology husband healing It's true that over-apologizing interrupts the flow of conversation and irritates the person who has to stop and offer reassurance, like, "No, it's fine, don't worry about it." But far greater than the challenge of toning down unnecessary "sorrys" is offering an apology when one is due. Harriet Lerner apology challenges worry No man is the whole of himself; his friends are the rest of him. Harry Emerson Fosdick apology friendship men «4567891011121314»