17+ Sorry Quotes About Apology And Acceptance (2023)

17+ Sorry Quotes About Apology And Acceptance (2023)

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Here are the best inspirational quotes and sayings for 2023 about saying sorry that will inspire you to move on from regret and hurt and embrace acceptance and love.


Short Quotes About Saying Sorry

1. “Sorry doesn’t prove anything unless you mean it” – Ashley Sexton

2. “Say you’re sorry and mean it, then move on” – Ron Baratono

3. “Sorry’ isn’t a synonym for ‘guilty.’ It’s a way to say you’re listening” – Martina Boone

4. “He who is sorry for having sinned is almost innocent” – Seneca

5. “Sorry is the Kool-Aid of human emotions” – Stephen King


I Am Sorry Quotes

6. “Be the hero of hearts; learn to say I’m sorry” – Richelle E. Goodrich

7. “Just say, “I am sorry.” It’s not a tongue twister. It does not need repeating multiple times. The phrase is simple, short, and easy to articulate. So just say it; say “I am sorry”” – Richelle E. Goodrich

8. “When you forgive, you free your soul. But when you say I’m sorry, you free two souls” – Donald L. Hicks

9. “Saying “I’m sorry” is saying “I love you” with a wounded heart in one hand and your smothered pride in the other” – Richelle E. Goodrich

10. “It does not cost a penny to say “am sorry”, “I won’t do that again”! It does not take away your integrity to appreciate the very little that you have obtained from someone, even if it’s not much” – Israelmore Ayivor

11. “By the time most people say ‘I’m sorry’ it is already too late” – Ken Poirot

12. “It is incredible how many hurts can be healed by the two words, ‘I’m sorry'” Matshona Dhliwayo


Sayings About Power Of Saying Sorry

13. “Sorry means you feel the pulse of other people’s pain as well as your own, and saying it means you take a share of it. And so it binds us together, makes us trodden and sodden as one another. Sorry is a lot of things. It’s a hole refilled. A debt repaid. Sorry is the wake of misdeed. It’s the crippling ripple of consequence. Sorry is sadness, just as knowing is sadness. Sorry is sometimes self-pity. But Sorry, really, is not about you. It’s theirs to take or leave” – Craig Silvey

14. “Truly saying sorry is never easy to do, and when you are, you just hope it’s not too late” – Justin Tranter

15. “Sorry means you leave yourself open, to embrace or to ridicule or to revenge. Sorry is a question that begs forgiveness, because the metronome of a good heart won’t settle until things are set right and true. Sorry doesn’t take things back, but it pushes things forward. It bridges the gap. Sorry is a sacrament. It’s an offering. A gift” – Craig Silvey

16. “Just uttering the word, “Sorry,” is not genuine repentance. If you want forgiveness, admit you were wrong, change your attitude, and learn from the experience” – Lisa Cheater

17. “Sometimes “sorry” is not enough. Sometimes you actually have to change” – Claire London

18. “Saying sorry to someone is hard but putting your pride down for someone is the hardest” – Cristina Orante

19. “It’s not that ‘sorry’ doesn’t mean anything; it just doesn’t mean anything when some people say it… Don’t be one of those people” – Steve Maraboli

20. “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


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