"Never ruin an apology with an excuse."

-- Benjamin Franklin

#Sorry Quotes #Apology Quotes #Positivity Quotes

“I was angry and frightened, and I was scared. I knew what I had done. The whole night is my fault. None of this would have happened if I didn’t drink.”

Source : "Kim Richards In Her Interview With Dr. Phil About Her Recent Arrest: ‘Is This An Intervention’?". www.huffingtonpost.com. April 23, 2015.
“Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.”
“We're going to have a tax cut. Today's American family is overtaxed at all levels.”
“I saw that a humble man, with the blessing of the Lord, might live on a little; and that where the heart is set on greatness, success in business did not satisfy the craving, but that commonly with an increase of wealth, the desire of wealth increased.”

Source : John Woolman (2013). “journal”, p.35, Lulu.com
“In the performance of an illocutionary act in the literal utterance of a sentence, the speaker intends to produce a certain effect by means of getting the hearer to recognize his intention to produce that effect; and furthermore, if he is using the words literally, he intends this recognition to be achieved in virtue of the fact that the rules for using the expressions he utters associate the expression with the production of that effect.”

Source : "Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language". Book by John Searle, 1969.
“It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.”
“It's only after you get down into the technical weeds - and they are admittedly rather weedy - that it becomes clear that this is much harder than it seems and not something we're going to be able to solve.”
“Don't confuse drive and passion. Drive pushes you forward. It's a duty, an obligation. Passion pulls you. It's the sense of connection you feel when the work you do expresses who you are. Only passion will get you through the tough times.”

Source : Randy Komisar, Kent L. Lineback (2001). “The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living”, p.93, Harvard Business Press

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