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.

No apology is equal to the task set before it.

Apologies have more power than most of us realize to restore strained relationships, free us from vengeful impulses, and create possibilities for growth.

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.

You can't talk your way out of a situation you acted you way into.

Accepting the apology signals the acknowledgment of a need to move forward, but not necessarily together.

Apology may be scorned, but it retains its inherent value.