P. D. James Quotes

I never knowingly wanted to hurt anybody.

No matter how many times you say you're sorry, somebody is not going to hear you.

There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions. To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry.

We know that we've done and said things that hurt people. Inflicting pain on others wasn't the goal, but it was one of the outcomes. We wish it weren't so, and regret that hurt.

I definitely regret hurting people.

That you were once unkind befriends me now, And for that sorrow, which I then did feel, Needs must I under my transgression bow, Unless my nerves were brass or hammered steel.

I've done some dastardly things but what can I do except make amends and apologize?

I recognize that by saying that I'm deeply sorry, it might not be enough and sufficient to address the pain and the hurt that I have caused you. Therefore, I want to ask for your forgiveness for my actions, and I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me.

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

I apologize profusely to those I have offended deeply a million times over.

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

I would forgive my mom, but she's going to have to admit she did some things that were wrong.

Age is full of regrets and most of them are about treating people unkindly.

The strongest proof of repentance is the endeavor to atone.

I hurt so many people.

But an apology too — you think you’re giving something, but you’re not. You’re really asking for something. You’re asking for forgiveness, you’re asking for the other injured person to make it okay for you. Apologies were harder work for the person getting one than the person giving one.

Hopefully America will forgive me.

I apologize to the women I’ve hurt. I deeply regret what I did and know that it has forever impacted all of our lives.

I will spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologize to people.

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

Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory of their strife; Then wept again the loss of all those years.

I've always found it hard to say sorry.