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

—Red Auerbach

True remorse is never just a regret over consequence; it is a regret over motive.

—Mignon McLaughlin

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

—Kimberly Johnson

Bad excuses are worse than none.

– Thomas Fuller

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

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

 —anonymous

No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.

—Turkish proverb

The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

—Thomas Carlyle

I do not need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being the president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don’t feel like I owe anybody an explanation.

—George W. Bush

Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused.

—King Charles I

It’s true that I’ve driven through a number of red lights. But on the other hand, I’ve stopped at a lot of green ones I’ve never gotten credit for.

—Glenn Gould

Friends are God’s apology for relations.

—Hugh Kingsmill

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.

—Paul Boese

You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.

—Edgar Watson Howe

Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.

—Chinese Proverb

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and for deeds left undone.

—Harriet Beecher Stowe

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

– Tryon Edwards