Tony La Russa Quotes

An apology might help, but you can change your life without one.

Sincere regret may be a faculty for paying attention to the future, for sensing a new tide where we missed a previous one, for experiencing timelessness with a grandchild where we neglected a boy of our own.

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.

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.

The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.

I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me.

Apologizes are pointless, regrets come too late. What matters is you can move, on you can grow.

I just hope everybody forgives me for whatever I did wrong. And hope they remember some of what I did right.

Sincere apologies are for those that make them, not for those to whom they are made. Sincere apologies are for those that make them, not for those to whom they are made.

Every single thing I've done has made me who I am today. The only thing I would take back is hurting the people that I love, and the people who I love have already read my lyrics and heard my apologies. But the rest of the world, I don't need to apologize to them. My life doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the world.

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.

I apologized for my mistakes.

The worst thing that can happen to you is if you don't take responsibility for what you did wrong.

Delusion and denial does not equal an apology.

Look, we all make mistakes. That is no problem. But you have to be willing to make up for your mistakes and to help yourself.

For me, when I make a mistake on the field, it hurts. I usually don't forget it until the same situation comes up and I make it right.

The strongest proof of repentance is the endeavor to atone.

I wish I had a nickel for every time I fell and blamed someone else. I'd give a ton of money to the ones I've hurt.

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

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.

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

We all fantasize about a relationship we'd like to do over or something we'd like to change about our past. I think there are a lot more opportunities for second chances in our lives than we think.