{"quotes":[{"text":"If you value your relationship or friendship, your ego won't stand in the way of a meaningful apology.","author":"Unarine Ramaru","tags":["apology-and-attitude","ego","friendship","relationships"],"id":24730,"author_id":"Unarine+Ramaru"},{"text":"I think the world honestly would be a much healthier place if instead of trying to find rationalizations for our bad behavior we would just say, 'I was an asshole. Sure, there were reasons behind it, but that doesn't matter.","author":"Colin Quinn","tags":["apologizing","apology-and-attitude","bad-behavior","behavior","behaviors","excuses","honesty","making-excuses","rationalization","repentance","saying-sorry","sincerity","telling-the-truth"],"id":88328,"author_id":"Colin+Quinn"},{"text":"When your only regret is if anyone thinks you regret anything - that is the definition of conviction.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["apology","apology-and-attitude","attitude","belief","certainty","confidence","conviction","definition","faith","faithfulness","humility","perseverance","persistence","pride","regret","regrets","willpower"],"id":159061,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Pride and ego makes a mockery of an apology. Humility wins forgiveness without question...So break 'yo'self'!","author":"T.F. Hodge","tags":["apology","apology-and-attitude","ego","forgiveness","humility","mockery","mockery-of-man","pride","wins"],"id":221656,"author_id":"T.F.+Hodge"},{"text":"Ego said, 'I will not apologize for who I am'. Soul replied, 'unless your self-realization comes to light, your apology is worthless. And, when your self-realization does come to light, which it will, your apology will be of little or no value at all'.","author":"Sandeep N. Tripathi","tags":["apology-and-attitude","ego","experience","life","no-value","self-realization","soul","worthless"],"id":293002,"author_id":"Sandeep+N.+Tripathi"},{"text":"You can edit what you write. Why not edit what you say? If it hurts somebody, you can still offer an apology or withdraw your statements.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["apologies","apologize","apologize","apologizing","apologizing","apology","apology-and-attitude","apology-note","apology","bangambiki","book","book-lovers","book","book","books","creation","creativity","creativity","edit","editing","editing","editing-words","how-to-write","how-to-write-a-book","how-to-write-a-novel","how-to-write-fiction","imagination","imagination-writing","inspiration","paper","sorry","sorry-for","sorry","sorry","success-in-writing","the-great-pearl-of-wisdom","withdraw","writers-and-writing","writers-block","writers-inspiration","writers-life","writers-lives","writers-on-thinking","writers-on-writing","writers","writers-books","writers-world","writing","writing-advice","writing-books","writing-from-the-heart","writing-from-the-soul","writing-inspiration","writing-life","writing-philosophy","writing-process","writing-secrets","writing-success","writing-success","writing-tip","writing-tips"],"id":321343,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":6,"pages":1}}