Mason Cooley Quotes

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.

More people should apologize, and more people should accept apologies when sincerely made.

I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.

Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.

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.

Only true remorse and "Will you forgive me?" can press the reset button.

Hopefully America will forgive me.

You have to be a little contrite to get redemption.

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

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.

It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.

Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it happened.

Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.

What's really cool about our family is that we don't hold grudges, and I think that is what's been the key to the success. We get into our little disagreements, and whether we're right or wrong, we'll go and apologize. That's just the way we are.

It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.

We'll hold out our hand; they have to unclench their fist.

If we are going to find reconciliation, it can’t be based on one group blaming the other. You can’t have one group feeling guilty and another group feeling defensive. You can’t have one side feeling shame and the other group feeling anger.

It takes years to turn enmity to amity.

On both sides, all should be forever forgotten and forgiven—what has from the beginning of the unrest, no matter how or where, from one side or the other, happened in terms of hostility

Love is saying you're sorry. It's the opposite of those cherub posters that say, 'Love is never having to say you're sorry.' Wrong! Love is three sorrys a day. If you haven't met that quota, something's wrong.

To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.

Sometimes you can get into a fight but you know everything the next day will be okay.

I always tell people you can't make peace half way: to make peace with somebody, you have to make peace and bury the hatchet, or you just keep fighting forever.

You don't make peace with your friends. You make peace with your enemies.

The strongest proof of repentance is the endeavor to atone.