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

- John Kador

Apology calls for a willingness to sacrifice on behalf of the wronged party and the inherent value of the relationship, not for what it brings to you…

- John Kador

Apology is both transactional, in that it restores what has been broken to what it was before, and transformational, in that it creates opportunities…

- John Kador

Progress occurs one apology at a time.

- John Kador

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

- John Kador

When I accept an apology it means that the part in me that honors our relationship honors the part in you that honors our relationship.

- John Kador

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.

- John Kador

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

- John Kador

Apology is the most courageous gesture we can make to ourselves.

- John Kador