Quotes & Sayings About Apologizing To Family

I spent the first twenty-five years of my life apologizing for people like Harald because we're family. Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love and I had a few reasons to defend Harald. — Stieg Larsson

There are, after all, between seventy-five thousand and a hundred thousand descendants of the Ball-family slaves. If I were to begin apologizing to every one of these families, it would quickly become a meaningless act. — Edward Ball

My impulse is always toward work, pushing, guilt, rushing. But what restores me, what allows me to interact well with my family, what allows me to get good writing done, is almost always the opposite. And I'm finding that when I practice things like rest, grace, peace, prayer, self-care and slowness, the work gets done just the same. Well, just the same except less crying and less apologizing to my family. I'll take it. — Shauna Niequist

In our family, being powerful means you never, ever apologize for being a woman. — Georgette Mosbacher

In a family argument, if it turns out you are right, apologize at once. — Robert A. Heinlein

The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families. — Jay McInerney

I'm sorry,' I whispered. I didn't know whether I was sympathizing with her broken heart or apologizing for a family who had had theirs broken, too. — Chelsey Philpot