Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carrie Fisher

Revenge may not be a particularly high consciousness-oriented activity.

Bill Vaughan

If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.

Bill Vaughan

The United States grants the favors of the second, third, or fifty-seventh chance, and its citizens remain free to invent for themselves whatever character draws a crowd or pays the rent.

Bill Bradley

Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it. No destructive lies. No ridiculous fears. No debilitating anger.

Lao Tzu

Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.

Laura Schlessinger

On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt.

Tonya David

Know from our heart that it's a forgiving heart. Forgiveness is everything. It's everything.

Sean Brady

It is gratifying to note how scriptural words like justice, peace, forgiveness have become the lingua franca of the peace process,

Blaise Pascal

We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them.

Benjamin Disraeli

Apologies only account for that which they do not alter.

Archibald Alexander

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.

Anthony Weiner

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.

Albert Einstein

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

Mason Cooley

Mistrust makes life difficult. Trust makes it risky.

Douglas Horton

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

Benjamin Franklin

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

Demetri Martin

People and squirrels are very different. Most people will not argue that. But I find that there is one situation in which they're very similar. And that is: when I am driving towards them in my car. Then they're kind of hard to tell apart - especially if the human is kind of hairy.

Demetri Martin

If I ever saw an amputee getting hanged, I'd probably just start calling out letters.

Neil Armstrong

I was the strange creature that kidnapped Bock from his homeland and brought him to this strange new and still changing planet. I can't help feeling that I owe him an apology or at least an explanation.

Seiji Maehara

I'd like to offer an apology from my heart to party members throughout the country for causing so much trouble.

Rand Hoch

I believe this memorandum is the best we are going to get from Tom Lynch. While the Council had hoped for a public apology at the upcoming School board meeting, it doesn't appear that will happen. It is time to put this matter behind us, and hope for the best.

Sabiha Khan

KFI needs to distance itself from Mr. Handel's unbelievable insensitivity by issuing a formal apology and a reprimand.

Nigel Roberts

I wrote to the company asking for an apology and claiming damages under Regulation 30 of the privacy regulations.

Eric Munson

Josh has no idea what he took from us. Today, I still have not heard any apology from him.

Mr Howard

I think the apology is more than sufficient.

Robert Passikoff

Her particular brand of hubris, not withstanding her apology and contrition, well, you had to understand that everybody would be watching. There is great risk in putting her back in front of so many people.

Alex Rodriguez

I already heard what he had to say, he apologized. The apology has been accepted. We've move on from there. Ozzie and I have always been friendly. It's not really that big of a deal.