Francis de Sales Quotes

It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.

I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.

People have things that happen between them. I certainly don't keep grudges.

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it happened.

If the world would apologize, I might consider a reconciliation.

Friends confront each other sometimes, and sometimes the friendship lasts, and sometimes it doesn't.

If you're an enemy, I would love for you to be a fan, because I don't like enemies.

I believe that things should be let go once they are discussed. Apology accepted. End of story.

If you have an argument with someone and you sulk, sometimes you don't want to speak to them. But it is important to keep your friends close to you and do the right things.

Love is saying you're sorry. It's the opposite of those cherub posters that say, 'Love is never having to say you're sorry.' Wrong! Love is three sorrys a day. If you haven't met that quota, something's wrong.

An apology offered and, equally important, received is a step towards reconciliation and, sometimes, recompense. Without that process, hurts can rankle and fester and erupt into their own hatreds and wrongdoings.

Love in the real world means saying you're sorry 10 times a day.

More people should apologize, and more people should accept apologies when sincerely made.

It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.

It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

What's really cool about our family is that we don't hold grudges, and I think that is what's been the key to the success. We get into our little disagreements, and whether we're right or wrong, we'll go and apologize. That's just the way we are.

I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone.

Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.

We'll hold out our hand; they have to unclench their fist.

It's important to mend ties after a fight.

I am slow to listen to criminations among friends, and never espouse their quarrels on either side…allow by—gones to be by—gones, and look to the present & future only.

I think we might well ask: How does one destroy his enemy by becoming like him?

My eighty percent friend is not my twenty percent enemy.