Lee Scott Quotes

When you make a mistake—a big mistake, you’re going to have to apologize—a lot!

The act of apology is something that most societies take very seriously indeed. It is an admission of wrong done to the victims and an acceptance of blame.

Griffin Bell later apologized to me for that decision.

I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members.

Recognizing past mistakes is a far cry from making reparations for them.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

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

The best way to correct a mistake is to make it right.

If people have done something wrong then they should be held accountable.

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

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

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

I apologise to people when I need to.

The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

I want to say again to the American people how profoundly sorry I am for what I said and did to trigger these events and the great burden they have imposed on the Congress and the American people.

I said what I said, but I shouldn’t have said it.

Have I made mistakes in my many years of political activity? Of course! I am sorry and regret them.

A great country acknowledges it's mistakes.

I'm not sure about public apologies on behalf of other people as far as the motivation for them.

I apologized for my mistakes.

If you really screw up, send roses.

If you do a mistake, I think you should get punished.

If I do something wrong, make me pay for it.

What we should have done a long time ago was stand up - players, ownership, everybody - and said: 'We made a mistake.'

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.