Making Things Right Quotes

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

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.

We have in my country (Russia) a quotation: "It is impossible to make out of apology a fur coat.

The strongest proof of repentance is the endeavor to atone.

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

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

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

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 wish I could take back some of the things I said and some of the things I did. But in the bigger picture, I don't feel that it was violent and terrible. I feel like it was primarily--obviously not completely--moral, based on a vision that the government should be better, and that people could be better, and that democracy should be real.

I hurt so many people.

Be willing to apologize. Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I'm sorry that I hurt you. 3) How do I make it better? It's the third part that people tend to forget. Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.

Apology is a lovely perfume; it can transform the clumsiest moment into a gracious gift.

Vickie... you got some 'splaining to do!

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.

A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.

The truth is that nobody is owed an apology for anything. Apologies are lovely when they happen. But they change nothing. They do not reverse actions or correct damage. They are merely nice to hear.

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.

Repentance doth alter a man's case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.

We need to ask God for forgiveness and do all we can to correct whatever harm our actions may have caused. Repentance means a change of mind and heart—we stop doing things that are wrong, and we start doing things that are right. It brings us a fresh attitude toward God, oneself, and life in general.

Apologies are seldom of any use.

If anyone's reading this waiting for some type of full-on, flat apology for anything, they should just stop reading right now.

Football always gives you a chance to set the record straight. Things go full circle and end up the way they should be.

I owe a lot of people an apology. I hurt a lot of people. Not just my wife. My friends, my colleagues, the public, kids who looked up to me. There were a lot of people that thought I was a different person and my actions were not according to that.

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

You don't get many do-overs in life.