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Quotations About Apologies

Apologizing - a very desperate habit - one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table


Bad excuses are worse than none.
Thomas Fuller


Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
Kimberly Johnson


It's easier to apologize than ask for permission.
Unknown


Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused.
King Charles I


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


The only good thing about punctuality is that it usually gets you an apology.
Unknown


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


Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude.
Oscar Wilde


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


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


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