Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

I have found that when I have attacked people personally, that's been a stupid mistake on my part. And so whoever I have attacked personally I apologize for.

Don't let your pride or a lack of courage stand in the way of saying you're sorry to people you may have offended.

The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.

It's hard for a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you allow him to take a bow.

Takes a man or a woman to say I'm sorry, and it takes a fool to walk away.

Sometimes we can take offense so easily. On other occasions we are too stubborn to accept a sincere apology. Who will subordinate ego, pride, and hurt-then step forward with 'I am truly sorry! Let's be as we once were: friends. Let's not pass to future generations the grievances, the anger of our time'? Let's remove any hidden wedges that can do nothing but destroy.

An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.

Abraham Lincoln never denigrated, never scapegoated, never finger-pointed. And he had reason to.

A man should never apologize!

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

In our private lives, we hate saying sorry. I would rather saute my eyeballs in butter than admit I am wrong to my husband.

If you visibly compromise someone or hurt someone, or hurt their vision, you're not supposed to still just stand there and wait for them to come to you.

When you reflect on your life, you realize how arguments, pride, and the worry of proving yourself never changed or fixed anything.

Every relationship has its lows and highs, but how you deal with it is important. There is nothing wrong with argument, but if I am wrong, I always say sorry, and same with Mahesh.

The pride that keeps us from forgiving is the same pride which keeps us from accepting forgiveness.

There is a saying in India that the person who should throw a stone first is the person who has not committed any sins. In the world right now, a lot of people want to give advice. But look within them, and they too have sinned in some way. Ultimately, India's view point is that efforts need to be made to sit together and talk, and to resolve problems in an ongoing process.

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves. But if you be afraid of your touchiness, you must ask pardon, mind, when she comes in.

No one likes having offended another person; hence everyone feels so much better if the other person doesn't show he's been offended. Nobody likes being confronted by a wounded spaniel. Remember that. It is much easier patiently - and tolerantly - to avoid the person you have injured than to approach him as a friend. You need courage for that.

It is always so simple, and so complicating, to accept an apology.

Doomed are the hotheads! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, I'm sorry.

When a man's knowledge is deep, he speaks well of an enemy. Instead of seeking revenge, he extends unexpected generosity. He turns insult into humor, ... and astonishes his adversary who finds no reason not to trust him.

In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving.

You say: 'Oh, please forgive' You say: 'Oh, live and let live.' But sorry doesn't help us. Sorry will not save us. Sorry is just a word you find so easy to say (so you say it anyway). Sorry doesn't help us. Sorry won't protect us. Sorry won't undo all the good gone wrong.

Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.

The sun should not set upon our anger, neither should he rise upon our confidence. We should forgive freely, but forget rarely. I will not be revenged, and this I owe to my enemy; but I will remember, and this I owe to myself.