# Quotes about apologies - Quotes: 10 - Authors: 9 - Broader topic: [Quotes about relationships](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/relationships.md) - Topic page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/apologies - JSON version (same data): https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/apologies.json ## Quotes > Emotionally immature people don’t step back and think about how their behavior impacts others. There’s no cringe factor for them, so they seldom apologize or experience regret. [Lindsay C. Gibson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lindsay-c-gibson.md) · [Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lindsay-c-gibson/adult-children-of-emotionally-immature-parents.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lindsay-c-gibson/adult-children-of-emotionally-immature-parents/emotionally-immature-people.md) Topics: [emotions](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/emotions.md), [apologies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/apologies.md) > A parent never apologises, even if he regrets his actions. It is the child who should apologise. [Chika Unigwe](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chika-unigwe.md) · [Night Dancer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chika-unigwe/night-dancer.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chika-unigwe/night-dancer/a-parent-never.md) Topics: [parents](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/parents.md), [apologies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/apologies.md) > A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound." [Randy Pausch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/randy-pausch.md) · [The Last Lecture](https://www.leafyquotes.com/randy-pausch/the-last-lecture.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/randy-pausch/the-last-lecture/a-good-apology.md) Topics: [apologies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/apologies.md) > Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself. [Randy Pausch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/randy-pausch.md) · [The Last Lecture](https://www.leafyquotes.com/randy-pausch/the-last-lecture.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/randy-pausch/the-last-lecture/apologize-when-you.md) Topics: [apologies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/apologies.md) > It is always so simple, and so complicating, to accept an apology. [Michael Chabon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-chabon.md) · [The Mysteries of Pittsburgh](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-chabon/the-mysteries-of-pittsburgh.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-chabon/the-mysteries-of-pittsburgh/it-is-always.md) Topics: [apologies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/apologies.md) > When a lady condescends to apologize, there is no keeping one’s anger. [Anne Brontë](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anne-bronte.md) · [The Tenant of Wildfell Hall](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anne-bronte/the-tenant-of-wildfell-hall.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anne-bronte/the-tenant-of-wildfell-hall/when-a-lady-condescends.md) Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [apologies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/apologies.md) > 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](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pg-wodehouse.md) · [The Man Upstairs](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pg-wodehouse/the-man-upstairs.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pg-wodehouse/the-man-upstairs/it-is-a-good.md) Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [apologies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/apologies.md) > I always had trouble ending short stories in ways that would satisfy a general public. In real life, as during a rerun following a timequake, people don’t change, don’t learn anything from their mistakes, and don’t apologize. In a short story they have to do at least two out of three of those things, or you might as well throw it away in the lidless wire trash receptacle chained and padlocked to the fire hydrant in front of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. [Kurt Vonnegut](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut.md) · [Timequake](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/timequake.md) · p. 161 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/timequake/i-always-had.md) Topics: [change](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/change.md), [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md), [apologies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/apologies.md) > You think my apology means I'm weak. But it doesn't. It means I am trying to learn how to be strong. [Orson Scott Card](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card.md) · [The Memory Of Earth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/the-memory-of-earth.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/the-memory-of-earth/you-think-my-apology.md) Topics: [strength](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/strength.md), [apologies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/apologies.md) > In her face excuse > > Came prologue, and apology too prompt. [John Milton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton.md) · [Paradise Lost](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton/paradise-lost.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton/paradise-lost/in-her-face.md) Topics: [excuses](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/excuses.md), [apologies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/apologies.md)