Gary Chapman Quotes

I had a turbulent relationship with my calves, but I love them now because I realize that they were never the problem.

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

While it takes at least two to reconcile, it only takes one to forgive.

The best part of breaking up... is when you're making up.

You have to admit your mistakes and apologise for them.

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.

Everybody writes about love and cheating and heartbreak. We've done all that.

When someone walks into me, whether it's my fault or not, I say, 'Sorry.'

I was too aggressive. Too angry.

After my divorce, I took some time off from having a romantic life to begin the tough work of figuring out where I'd gone wrong and what on Earth I could do to understand how to be a whole person in a relationship.

I've had people send messages that said, 'I'm sorry how I treated you in high school.' It was just through kindness. I still think of the world the same way I did growing up. When I got hurt, I decided that this is how people are. But the world is changing, and even those people have changed. And I have. I need to let go, too.

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.

An apology offered and, equally important, received is a step towards reconciliation and, sometimes, recompense. Without that process, hurts can rankle and fester and erupt into their own hatreds and wrongdoings.

I definitely regret hurting people.

If I'm in the wrong, I'll always say sorry, but sometimes it takes a while.

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

I will always be the first to admit when I have done something wrong.

When I'm wrong it's never meant for you, so don't confuse my love with what I do.

Mia, I'm not sorry. And I'll wait. Love, Michael.

At the same time I know that it’s not really their fault, at least not completely. I did my part too. I did it on a hundred different days and in a thousand different ways, and I know it. But this makes the anger worse, not better.

Well, that was a bit stupid of you,” said Ginny angrily, “seeing as you don’t know anyone but me who’s been possessed by You-Know-Who, and I can tell you how it feels.” Harry remained quite still as the impact of these words hit him. Then he turned on the spot to face her. “I forgot,” he said. “Lucky you,” said Ginny coolly. “I’m sorry,” Harry said, and he meant it.

I look at my reflection in the mirror and I see a girl who desperately wants to forgive a boy, but not without a hell of a lot of grovelling first.

You many have noticed I have a temper ... but when I calmed down, I realized that this world, blighted and imperfect as it is, would be better with you in it.

When we have fights in our family, they don't end with an apology. You make up by getting back to normal. Like you'll call and say, 'You want to go shopping?'

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