Regrets Quotes

“I have to live with my mistakes, but I don’t have to regret them. I regret my actions but I can’t regret the consequences. We all make our own paths in life. Everyone we meet, everything we do, it changes us. It makes us who we are. And, if we’re lucky, we’re given the chance to make things right again.”
― Karina Halle, Sins & Needles

“When I die, I will decidedly not be regretting missed opportunities for a good time. My regrets will be more along the lines of a sad list of people hurt, people let down, assets wasted and advantages squandered.”
― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

“Both she and I have grief enough and trouble enough, but as for regrets – neither of us have any.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors?”
― Émile Zola, The Joy of Life

“Hands up if you’re ready to do something you’ll regret this weekend. Go forth! You have my blessing.”
― Florence Welch

“Judge me if you want, but at the end of my life I choose to have memories not regrets.”
― Steve Maraboli

“Pandora's Box could not be unopened, no one could return to Eden.”
― Selena Kitt, Temptation

“Sometimes it's better to show our vulnerability / pain / regrets so others don't think us impervious / unapproachable - be real / open”
― Jay Woodman

“Meditation is one of the most serious things; you do it all day, in the office, with the family, when you say to somebody "I love you", when you are considering your children, when you educate them to become soldiers, to kill, to be nationalized, worshipping the flag, educating them to enter into this trap of the modern world; watching all that, realizing your part in it, all that is part of meditation. And when you so meditate you will find in it an extraordinary beauty; you will act rightly at every moment; and if you do not act rightly at a given moment it does not matter, you will pick it up again - you will not waste time in regret. Meditation is part of life, not something different from life.”
― Jiddu Krishnamurti, The Flight Of The Eagle

“Not making a decision is the worst thing you can do. So long as you feel you made the right decision based on the information you had at that time, there's no need to fret about it. If it fails, you'll know what to do next time.”
― Bo Schembechler, Bo's Lasting Lessons: The Legendary Coach Teaches the Timeless Fundamentals of Leadership

“Love, is sometimes a simpler form of slowly dying, it's like a bullet that ricochets off time's walls of desire, waiting to hit that picture perfect heart of regrets.”
― Anthony Liccione

“Rest and peace should not be left until you're deceased. They are two vital life incredients everybody needs and seeks.”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“It’s amazing how long we put up with things we detest for the sake of a quiet life.”
― Tami Egonu, A Rhapsody of Dreams

“The heart fools the mind, where eyes went deaf to words, that fell on blinded ears to easy to fall in love.”
― Anthony Liccione

“When she looked in the glass and saw her hair grey her cheek sunk, at fifty, she thought, possibly she might have managed things better--her husband; money; his books. But for her own part she would never for a single second regret her decision, evade difficulties, or slur over duties”
― Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

“Cut away the nonsense, the drama, the regret, the scars of the past, and make a decision to no longer let them govern your happiness and freedom.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“Empty night, Harry. Didn't your little adventure in the lake teach you a damned thing?"

I scowled some more. "Like what?"

"Like life is short," he [Thomas] said. "Like you don't know when it's going to end. Like some things, left unsaid, can't ever be said.”
― Jim Butcher, Cold Days

“If I knew I was going to live so long, I'd have taken better care of myself.”
― Mickey Mantle

“The only thing worse than regretting the things you've done is regretting the things you didn't do.”
― Samantha Leahy

“A decision made during a moment of weakness can ruin your life.
        To date, I had made three.”
― Melika Dannese Lux, Corcitura

“Malphas surveyed the women's bodies with utter disgust and sorrow

until he realized Tabitha was still alive. He knelt by her side and cradled her head tenderly. "Tabby... I'm so sorry"

Grimacing she opened her eyes as she labored to breathe. She laughed bitterly, exposing a set of bleeding teeth. "there are some things that sorry doesn't fix, Caleb."

"Shhh, don't speak. I can--"
"you failed us," She went limp in his arms. Her eyes went Dull.

Wincing, Caleb held her close to his heart and stroked her bloody hair. "No, Tabby. I failed myself."

"Most of all, I failed Nick.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Inferno

“Merciful Father.... I have squandered my days with plans of many things.
This was not among them. But at this moment, I beg only, to live the next few minutes well.
For all we ought to have thought and have not thought... All we ought to have said and have not said. All we ought to have done and have not done. I pray thee, God for forgiveness.”
― Ahmed Ibn Fadlan

“Rather than having regrets over events in the past, or worrying whether or not the future will bring you what you need or desire, allow yourself to rest in the present, the now. Understand that all that has transpired has brought you to this moment, and in this very moment, riches that far outweigh those of the world already lie within you.”
― Kristi Bowman

“The old are often forgotten. Life moves on without a care for those who wish to remain in the past. We tend to talk too much because it’s rare that we’re listened to.”
― Tami Egonu, A Rhapsody of Dreams

“It should make you shake and sweat,
nightmare you, strand you in the desert
of irrevocable desolation, the consequences
seared into the vein, no matter what adrenaline
feeds the muscle its courage, no matter
what god shines down on you, no matter
what crackling pain and anger
you carry in your fists, my friend,
it should break your heart to kill.”
― Brian Turner

“When I leave her, I will have few regrets. But those that I have, are magnificent.”
― Caedem Marquez, A Boyfriend Before Christmas

“I’ve found the things I’ve regretted most in my life are the things I wanted to do but never had the courage to try. And I’m beginning to think I don’t want you to become one of my what-if-I’d-only-tried-it regrets.”
― Linda Kage, A Fallow Heart

“Mamma says if we stay so focused on our past failings, we won't be able to move beyond them and learn what we need to know.”
― Annette Bridges, The Gospel According to Mamma

“I knew your face before your heart, I saw your pain right from the start A stunning sight I won’t forget, Tears that flowed out of regret,   So take your time and take your space
I’ll be here while you navigate My love for you alone will wait My love for you alone will wait   You captured me before I knew A rare reward, a heart so true How could it be with just one look, My world was changed, my love unhooked   So take your time and take your space I’ll be here while you navigate My love for you alone will wait My love for you alone will wait   I only want to see you freed Outside the walls you cannot see So break away from debts not yours
Receive the grace that's been out-poured   So take your time and take your space I’ll be here while you navigate My love for you alone will wait My love for you alone will wait”

Deese, Nicole (2013-01-22). All For Anna (Letting Go) (p. 234-235). . Kindle Edition.”
― Nicole Deese, All for Anna

“I will not live the rest of my life in regret.”
― Penny Chenery Secretariat