apology -- superglue of life

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


A stiff apology is a second insult.... The injured party does not want to be
compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he
has been hurt. ~G.K. Chesterton


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


Apologizing - a very desperate habit - one that is rarely cured. Apology is
only egotism wrong side out. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Professor at
the Breakfast-Table


It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do
not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. ~P.G.
Wodehouse, The Man Upstairs


Never ruin an apology with an excuse. ~Kimberly Johnson


True remorse is never just a regret over consequence; it is a regret over
motive. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960


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