apologies

He sighed. "I don't think an apology will do, Mercy. Because an apology implies that you wouldn't do it again. And, under the circumstances, you wouldn't do anything differently, would you?"No.

If other people owe you an apology, and your words of apology to them are proper and heartfelt, you still may not hear from them for a while. After all, what are the odds that they get to the right emotional place to apologize at the exact moment you do? So just be patient. Many times in my career, I saw students apologize, and then several days later, their teammates came around. Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded.

Proper apologies have three parts:1) What I did was wrong.2) I feel badly that I hurt you.3) How do I make this better?

Halfhearted or insincere apologies are often worse than not apologizing at all because recipients find them insulting. If you've done something wrong in your dealings with another person, it's as if there's an infection in your relationship. A good apology is like an antibiotic; a bad apology is like rubbing salt I the wound.

You broke her heart in person__ou fix it in person!

I'm so sorry. I am so sorry for everything.

Apologize: To lay the foundation for a future offence.

I'm sorry I missed the meeting and hurt your little feely-weels okay?

In my dream, people apologized for things that were about to happen, and lit candles by inhaling.

The first reaction is surely the most natural one, but not always the most correct one; thereupon, the invention of apologies.

You must remember, though, that most normal people have never seen an orogene, let alone had to do business with one, and__ She spreads her hands. __sn__ it understandable that we might be_ uncomfortable?_ __iscomfort is understandable. It__ the rudeness that isn__._ Rust this. This woman doesn__ deserve the effort of her explanation. Syen decides to save that for someone who matters. __nd that__ a really shitty apology. ____ sorry you__e so abnormal that I can__ manage to treat you like a human being.

Don't apologize for doing what you thought was best. All you can ever do, is your best. Even if that doesn't work out, don't diminish your efforts. Don't diminish your intent. Don't apologize for being human. Don't take on guilt that isn't yours. We are all growing, learning and evolving. Take the lesson forward.

As an American, I'd like to apologize-for everything.

A truly humble apology works to part storm clouds, calm rough seas, and bring on the soft lights of dawn; it has the power to change a person's world.

I__ sorry. Oh, what simple words are these!I__ sorry. Lips should breathe them out with ease!But nay, in barring up the way,____l die first_ are the words you say.I__ sorry, woe is all pride guarantees.

I always apologized for my home to protect myself so people wouldn't think I was a slob, or at least so they would know that I acknowledge I can be a slob and that I'm not okay with it and that really I have much higher standards. . . . When I apologize for my home, I'm declaring to all within earshot that I'm not content. That I'm silently keeping score.

Apologies, one loses perspective after spending a week in a brothel.

In order to apologize__eally apologize, and not just utter some words__or something one has done or failed to do, one has not only to acknowledge responsibility for but express sincere sorrow and regret over this action or inaction. One can apologize only for acts for which one has no excuse. If one has an excuse, there is nothing to apologize for, even if there is something to feel sorry about ('I'm sorry that you are hurt,' even 'I'm sorry that my actions hurt you,' is quite different from 'I'm sorry that I hurt you'). A genuine apology thus involves a rather raw exposure of the apologizer: Having done the deed, one now not only reiterates having done it, but strips away any suggestion that there are extenuating circumstances that could relieve one of blame; it must be clear that he regrets what he has done and feels sorrow over what he was wrought. He doesn't just wish things were otherwise; he fully acknowledges his role in bringing them to this sorry state.