Simone Elkeles Quotes

The strongest proof of repentance is the endeavor to atone.

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

For 15 years I was a complete arsehole to a dozen people. I said I would try and make it right with those people, and anybody that gave me an audience, I was there.

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

Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past - the best evidence of regret for them that we can offer, or the world receive.

I came back to my original wife. I came back to her after I made a few boo-boos in my life. Coming back to her was good for me, good for her and good for the children.

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.

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.

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

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.

I truly believe that we cannot come to a place of reconciliation until there is individual repentance and corporate repentance.

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.

True repentance means making amends with the person when at all possible.

I know I'm probably much too late to try and apologize for my mistakes.

You have punished me long enough, you have punished yourself long enough. Return to me. I beg.

There is a way to be good again.

Having looked the past in the eye, having asked for forgiveness and having made amends, let us shut the door on the past—not in order to forget it but in order not to allow it to imprison us.

An enemy who sees the error of his ways ceases to be an enemy.

Action is redemption.

Healing is a moral thing to do.

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

I think everything worked out the way it was supposed to. Mark's happier. I'm sober. There are still phone calls to be made, people I need to say something to. But everyone from Creed who I've offended or hurt, I ask for their forgiveness.

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.

Forgiveness is a way of opening up the doors again and moving forward, whether it's a personal life or a national life.