{"quotes":[{"text":"Being big enough to know when you are small, makes you gigantic. Lack of humility is not necessarily the down fall of great relationships, it is the slippery slide ego and pride take you down that block communication, cause mis-communication and dissolution of trust, that kill a bond.--TAMMY WOOSTER 1/15.","author":"Tammy Wooster","tags":["apologizing","ego","humility","pride"],"id":2806,"author_id":"Tammy+Wooster"},{"text":"Most people believe the journey they begin with Christ goes forward, but that is not how he works. A spiritual life is not cutting ties with people, in order to walk clean in the future. The journey home isn't running away from obstacles. It is learning to stand where you are now and handle people, assert yourself, set boundaries and never feel your happiness is dependent on another person's approval of your choices, beliefs or spiritual needs.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["apologizing","clarity","closure","dealing","denial","false-expectations","life","living-for-god","lost","maturity","moving-forward","restitution","running-away"],"id":34070,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"I think the world honestly would be a much healthier place if instead of trying to find rationalizations for our bad behavior we would just say, 'I was an asshole. Sure, there were reasons behind it, but that doesn't matter.","author":"Colin Quinn","tags":["apologizing","apology-and-attitude","bad-behavior","behavior","behaviors","excuses","honesty","making-excuses","rationalization","repentance","saying-sorry","sincerity","telling-the-truth"],"id":88328,"author_id":"Colin+Quinn"},{"text":"If you think the most courageous and difficult thing you can do is stubbornly stand your ground, try graciously giving in.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["apologizing","back-down","concede","giving-in","graciousness","humility","i-m-sorry","maturity","richelle","richelle-e-goodrich","richelle-goodrich","stubbornness","submit"],"id":110640,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"Apologetics=faith is weak, lets defend it.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["apologetics","apologizing","apology","belief","belief-in-god","belief","belief-system","beliefs","believer","believing","defending-the-faith","faith","faith-in-god","faith-in-yourself","faith","faith-reason","faith-vs-reason","faithful","faithfulness","fear-of-god","god","goddess","gods","habyarimana-bangambiki","religion","religion-and-philoshophy","religion-spirituality","religion-vs-science","religious","religious-faith","spirituality","spirituality","spirituality-vs-religion"],"id":123203,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"},{"text":"But when someone does wrong, when we make mistakes, we don’t say we’re sorry. We promise to make amends.”“I will.”“Mati en sheva yelu. This action will have no echo. It means we won’t repeat the same mistakes, that we won’t continue to do harm.","author":"Leigh Bardugo","tags":["apologizing","apology","forgiveness"],"id":132440,"author_id":"Leigh+Bardugo"},{"text":"While it is good to apologize and ask forgiveness from God, it’s just as important (perhaps more so) to extend it towards the person you wronged. Becoming a better person or trying to make amends with the universe only works when you start with the one you owe it to.","author":"Donna Lynn Hope","tags":["apologize","apologizing","forgive","forgiveness","making-amends"],"id":136381,"author_id":"Donna+Lynn+Hope"},{"text":"The first reaction is surely the most natural one, but not always the most correct one; thereupon, the invention of apologies.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["apologies","apologizing","correct","error","grudge","imperfect","instinct","intuition","invention","mistakes","misunderstood","natural","reaction","regret","sorry"],"id":228193,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"And you can shove your apology. If it can come out of your damned mouth, then you can stand by it.","author":"Lora Leigh","tags":["anger","apologizing"],"id":232856,"author_id":"Lora+Leigh"},{"text":"Saying 'I'm sorry' is saying 'I love you' with a wounded heart in one hand and your smothered pride in the other.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["apologize","apologizing","apology","i-love-you","i-m-sorry","love","richelle","richelle-e-goodrich","richelle-goodrich","sorry"],"id":240323,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":23,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}