Quotes about regret
regret moments ifs
If I never have anything from him except this one moment I am going to take it. Take it now, or drown in regret later. Lisa Kleypas
regret loss should-have
I understood finally that the thing I should have feared most was not loss, but never loving. The price for safety was the regret I felt at this moment. And yet I would have to live with it for the rest of my life
regret interesting done
Having regrets is the only sign that you’ve done anything interesting with your life.
regret believe tomorrow
I don't believe in regrets; I believe your future is in your tomorrows. John Travolta
regret reading humble
To a naturalist nothing is indifferent; the humble moss that creeps upon the stone is equally interesting as the lofty pine which so beautifully adorns the valley or the mountain: but to a naturalist who is reading in the face of the rocks the annals of a former world, the mossy covering which obstructs his view, and renders indistinguishable the different species of stone, is no less than a serious subject of regret. James Hutton
regret clouds leaving
A dim antagonism gathered force within him and darkened his mind as a cloud against her disloyalty: and when it passed, cloudlike, leaving his mind serene and dutiful towards her again, he was made aware dimly and without regret of a first noiseless sundering of their lives. James Joyce
regret age growing
Don't regret growing older...remember that a lot of sugar is to be found at the bottom of the cup. James Simpson
regret hands desire
Ah, in this world, where every guiding thread Ends suddenly in the one sure centre, death, The visionary hand of Might-have-been Alone can fill Desire's cup to the brim! James Russell Lowell
regret believe reading
Among those today who believe that modern poetry must do without rhyme or metre, there is an assumption that the alternative to free verse is a crash course in villanelles, sestinas and other such fixed forms. But most...are rare in English poetry. Few poets have written a villanelle worth reading, or indeed regret not having done so. James Fenton
regret stories periods
You can't regret a whole period in your life. . . . It's part of who you are, one of your stories. Laura Fraser
regret thinking people
I did some things I regret, and I know there are people who think they know me. I've heard the things they say, and some of them are hurtful. Lamar Odom
regret body spirit
He despised his body for its boring hungers, reflex anger; its petty, obliterating rage. But now he'd become detached. He regarded his body with a tender regret. It was the thing his spirit had to haul. Louise Erdrich
regret pride luxury
Pride is not a word or sentiment I can ascribe to anything I have done or do. As far as regret, it is a luxury I can not afford. Anything I did, that was bad or wrong or regretful, I stand accused, I am guilty and I'm ready to serve my time. Henry Rollins
regret blessing evil
If we choose the right, we will find happiness-in time. If we choose evil, there comes sorrow and regret-in time. Those effects are sure. Yet they are often delayed for a purpose. If the blessings were immediate, choosing the right would not build faith. And since sorrow is also sometimes greatly delayed, it takes faith to feel the need to seek forgiveness for sin early rather than after we feel its sorrowful and painful effects. Henry B. Eyring
regret military loss
If a Chinese plane landed at Los Angeles Airport having just bought down an American military plane, he wouldn't be permitted to leave the next day. So then we developed a framework which should have been acceptable as a concept to the Chinese, namely to express regret for the loss of life and maintain our position that we had a right to fly these missions. Henry A. Kissinger
regret meetings old-life
There have been loads of times I have regretted meeting Paul because I was so happy in my old life. Heather Mills
regret hate people
It"s good to keep wide-open ears and listen to what everybody else has to say, but when you come to make a decision, you have to weigh all of what you"ve heard on its own, and place it where it belongs, and come to a decision for yourself; you"ll never regret it. But if you form the habit of taking what someone else says about a thing without checking it out for yourself, you"ll find that other people will have you hating your friends and loving your enemies. Malcolm X
regret moving past
The only thing we can control is what we do in the present. The more we replay yesterday, the further we get from today's opportunities. And the further away we move from opportunities, the tougher the road is to get back. Opportunities never look as good coming as they do going, and they wait for no one. We need to be highly attentive to spot them. And we must be focused on our present capabilities, not past regrets. John C. Maxwell
regret addiction relief
That's it. With equal parts regret and relief, the Jane's Addiction experiment is at an end. Eric Avery
regret mistake get-better
Don't regret your mistakes. You'll always make mistakes. The better you are, the less mistakes you make. The only way to get better is to thoroughly analyze your mistakes. James Altucher
regret past healthy
You create your luck by being healthy and not regretting the past or being anxious about the future.
regret proud stuff
I drink to remember I smoke to forget / Some things to be proud of, some stuff to regret. Jake Bugg
regret goal decision
My goal in life is to make decisions that minimize regrets. I don't regret anything I've done. Jake Pavelka
regret thinking mind
Chris Cooper once told me to never have any regrets. After Chris said that to me, I walk into every scene thinking, 'exhaust every possibility.' Once you get to a certain place, it's like you just deliver everything you've got. Don't have any regrets. It pops up in my mind over and over and over again. Jake Gyllenhaal
regret fields
In work, never have any regrets and always leave everything on the field.
regret character creating
The Greeks put us to shame not only by their simplicity, which is foreign to our age; they are at the same time our rivals, nay, frequently our models, in those very points of superiority from which we seek comfort when regretting the unnatural character of our manners. We see that remarkable people uniting at once fullness of form and fullness of substance, both philosophising and creating, both tender and energetic, uniting a youthful fancy to the virility of reason in a glorious humanity. Friedrich Schiller
regret no-regrets fool
Only a fool has no regrets and I'm not a fool. George Galloway
regret past yesterday
If we spend our time obsessing with the future or regretting the past, then we will never live. Tomorrow will always be tomorrow and yesterday cannot be changed. Jon Foreman
regret memories done
I will never, ever regret the things I've done. Because most days, all you have are places in your memory that you can go to. Jojo Moyes
regret dying calling
If I didn't like someone, I wouldn't want him calling me up when I was dying. I wouldn't want them having regrets that they didn't talk to me. Johnny Ramone
regret way honest
I took the easy way, and to an extent I regret that. Still, though, the way we did it was honest. We played it and sang it the way we felt it, and there's a lot to be said for that. Johnny Cash
regret loss spurs
We all have to learn to live with our losses, and to use our regrets to spur us on in the future. John Christopher
regret age vivid
I had this vivid image of myself at the age of 60 looking back on my life and truly regretting the fact that I hadn't tried to be an actor Lupita Nyong'o