Stella Young Quotes

I was always taught if you do something, face the piper. Try to make it right.

Action is redemption.

When you feel you've done something wrong, you should apologise for it.

I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members.

There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble ... deny your responsibility.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

I wrote an apology for the harm I'd caused, but I also knew that an apology could never undo any of it.

Only children believe that apologies fix everything.

It's always best to ask for forgiveness if you feel that you made a mistake. And again, asking for forgiveness is not just saying the words 'I'm sorry'; it is also offering what you need to do.

The strongest proof of repentance is the endeavor to atone.

I truly believe that we cannot come to a place of reconciliation until there is individual repentance and corporate repentance.

Just tell the truth and you're home free. If there are amends to be made, you make them. You own it and move on.

Restorative justice is not a replacement of retributive justice, but a complement. It seeks the rehabilitation of the wrongdoer and the repair of the victim's injury.

I feel like if you've done something wrong, then you should keep on apologizing to that person.

Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people's minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide.

I'm not apologizing to anybody for anything.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

The extent of one man's guilt may be defined by how much of it is experienced by the party he injured.

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

There's no point regretting things. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime. Life's too short to worry about things I've said.

Come up with a few examples from the Bible – or from history, or from whatever – that kind of show, you know, how when you've made a mess, you can do the best you can to clean it up, you make it right the best you can, and you keep going.

Avoid what will require an apology.

At some point, people have to come out of the penalty box for the things they have done in the past.

Recognizing past mistakes is a far cry from making reparations for them.

A great country acknowledges it's mistakes.