Deborah Sampson Quotes

Apology is often the first step in correcting a wrong. Having moved for a position of saying 'I don't need forgiveness,' Mr. Trump is now taking a second look at past behaviors, things that he's said and done that he regrets. While he is not asking for forgiveness for being human, he is admitting that he's made mistakes and humbly making apologies.

The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.

You have to be a little contrite to get redemption.

I deeply regret any harm, or any perceived harm, that I may have done to anyone by any behaviour of mine.

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

I've got some repenting to do.

I have apologised to the police.

Asking for forgiveness is just one of the most painful kind of experiences.

When I say, 'I'm sorry,' it's because I regret something.

Words will not be able to ever express how sorry I am for this, and I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused.

I here ask pardon of all my compatriots for everything of which I have been guilty towards them. I know that, by my ill-considered and immature works, I have brought distress to many and that I have even provoked others to attack me openly and, in general, have produced displeasure in many.

That's what troubles me: I should like to suffer more for the expiation of my sins.

I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.

True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.

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

I've always found it hard to say sorry.

It's very hard for me to say I'm sorry... but I do.

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

I apologise to people when I need to.

I am much chastened and profoundly remorseful. I can only hope that the Almighty and those whom I have wronged will forgive me my trespasses.

I apologize if anybody was offended by anything I said.

I just hope everybody forgives me for whatever I did wrong. And hope they remember some of what I did right.

Regret is not a proactive feeling. It is situated in disappointment, sorrow, even remorse. It merely wishes things were different without an act to cause a difference. However, repentance is different. Repentance is an admission of, hatred of, and turning away from sin before God.

I didn't have anything to apologize for.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.