Apology Quotes and Sayings

In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry.
~Margaret Laurence

An apology is a good way to have the last word.
~Author Unknown

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
~Kimberly Johnson

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.
~ Red Auerbach

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

Friends are God’s apology for relations.
~Hugh Kingsmill

The best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words
~ John Milton

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
~Samuel Butler

My mother could make anybody feel guilty – she used to get letters of apology from people she didn’t even know.
~ Joan Rivers

I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a poet or a philosopher.
~Jonathan Swift