Jerry Jones

I personally think that the visibility that the Cowboys have, the kind of interest we have, is best served and best used by showing people that are contrite, know the mistakes they've made, and want to try to go in a different direction.

American Businessman

Washington Irving

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

American Writer

Johnny Marr

I live a super-healthy lifestyle not because it's sensible or that I'm contrite, but because I need to keep my focus on the music I'm making. To do that, I need to be wide awake.

English Musician

Dana Walden

What differentiates leaders is the ability to recover following a mistake. I make mistakes all the time, but I cop to them, apologize, and move on. Contrition is powerful.

American Businesswoman

Charles Simeon

The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale of tears.

English Clergyman

Charles Williams

Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.

English Editor

Frederica Mathewes-Green

God is not looking for repayment, but repentance. What heals a broken relationship is sincere love and contrition.

Author

Vittorio Alfieri

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.

Italian Dramatist

Jayson Blair

I am immensely contrite. And I'm sorry for the damage I've done.

American Journalist

Steve Madden

You have to be a little contrite to get redemption.

Contrite implies a deep, genuine feeling of regret, not just a simple apology.

Sincerity Matters

The word often indicates an intense remorse that comes from a deeply felt moral guilt.

Intensity of Feeling

Contrite is typically used with words related to the heart or spirit, signifying inner reflection.

Used With Emotions

 Then I am drowning, in despair at having to leave her, this, everything, all, unbearable, awful. Still, to be able to die with no special contrition,

C.K. Williams: Poetry...

 what followed was an astonishing act of contrition the German commandant was appalled by this Nazi brutality he allowed prisoners outside the wire to