Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive

It's especially hard to admit that you made a mistake to your parents, because, of course, you know so much more than they do.

Sometimes the hardest thing is admitting you were wrong. It’s hard to say you need to be forgiven.

Apology is not about saying I'm sorry, but it is about the meaning you put behind the apology and admitting that you are the wrong part.

If we misread the blueprint of our life, we need not be ashamed of backtracking on our chosen options. Admitting to mistakes may make us human and maybe great again. ("Sisyphus' hardship on the hill")

I will never have greater respect than for the man that realizes he was wrong and graciously admits it without a single excuse.

What a man dares to do, he should dare to confess- unless he is a coward.

I spent the past two years fearing the worst, that I chose safe arms to hold me when his arms weren’t the arms I longed to be in, nor were they really safe. I thought it’s what I deserved. I thought I couldn’t belong in the arms I wanted to really hold me.

Take a pinch of snuff, doctor, and acknowledge that I have scored over you in your example.

Sometimes it's harder to say sorry, then it is to say goodbye.