An effective apology focuses more on compassion for the victim than redemption for the offender.

"I would like to apologize" may sound like an apology, but it is no more an actual apology than saying "I would like to lose weight" makes you suddenly slimmer.

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.

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.

Apology is not for the faint of heart, but then, neither is life.

Apology is the most courageous gesture we can make to ourselves.