Apology calls for a willingness to sacrifice on behalf of the wronged party and the inherent value of the relationship, not for what it brings to you but for what you can bring to it.

Apology may start as a feeling, a desire to make matters right, but it requires a commitment to move that desire into practice, to actually take on the great courageous task of showing compassion to others.

Apology is the practice of extending ourselves because we value the relationship more than we value the need to be right.

An effective apology contains within it the answer to the question, "How am I to be held accountable?"

Apology sends the clearest signal that we have the strength of character to reconcile ourselves with the truth.

When I accept an apology it means that the part in me that honors our relationship honors the part in you that honors our relationship.

You don't have to see eye-to-eye to walk hand-in-hand. You just have to want to go in the same direction.