Carole Radziwill Quotes

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.

To me, forgiveness is the cornerstone of healing.

Apologies are great, but they don't really change anything. You know what does? Action.

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

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.

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.

Sometimes all you're looking for is an apology.

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.

Apologies do make a difference. Believe it or not, research shows people often prefer them over money.

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

There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.

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

Bury your mistakes.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

The healing of a nation is a slow process that requires patience. It begins with truth telling, the confession of wrong-doing, the genuine respect for forgiveness and the willingness to accept the consequences of one's actions.

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

The films of which I'm most proud I've written are the ones that pivot on forgiveness.

You've got to acknowledge what you did wrong and see if you can fix it to the extent possible, and turn the page.

I think forgiveness is overrated, personally, because some things people do are unforgivable.

I think there are different levels of forgiveness.

The strongest proof of repentance is the endeavor to atone.

After an error you need not only to remove the causes but also to correct the error itself: after a sin you must not only, if possible, remove the temptation, you must also go back and repent the sin itself. In each case an 'undoing' is required.

It is difficult to be generous-minded to those we have greatly harmed.

That's a spiritual lifestyle, being willing to admit that you don't know everything and that you were wrong about some things. It's about making a list of all the people you've harmed, either emotionally or physically or financially, and going back and making amends. That's a spiritual lifestyle. It's not a fluffy ethereal concept.