Regrets Quotes

“There's nothing more human than being wrong," she said quietly. "Or being persuaded one way and then regretting your decision. I would argue that learning to live with that regret is the most human thing of all.”
― Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada

“Yangchen stared at her before bursting into laughter. Chaisee startled backward. Yangchen’s shrill howls bounced and redoubled inside the small enclosure. Regrets? Threatening the Avatar with regrets was like trying to drown a fish.”
― F.C. Yee, The Legacy of Yangchen

“A longing endlessly postponed, a dream never realized, leading to a ceaseless echo of regret within me. There are moments when I question it all, when every choice feels like a mistake, and my very existence becomes my greatest remorse.”
― Rolf van der Wind

“People often regret their words but rarely their silence”
― Leo Lourdes, A World of Yoga: 700 Asanas for Mindfulness and Well-Being

“make art, make mistakes, and have no regrets. It would a shame to waste such brief mortality.”
― M. L. Rio, If we were villains

“The most persistent hauntings are the ghosts of lost futures.”
― Naomi Alderman, The Future

“I took one step forward but she took three steps back. 'It's all in the past. We should move on,' she said. She dramatically gestured at my whole body. 'This...whatever this is, it isn't love. We're acting right now on behalf of our past selves. This isn't love.”
― Emily Grace, River Of Sorrows

“You ever wish that you’d . . . ’ I waited for more, but her question politely disintegrated. But then, although no more words were forthcoming, she tilted her head slightly and suddenly what she’d asked me picked up its current and expanded wildly. I smiled a huge smile. ‘Of course I do. All the time!”
― Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed

“I would have liked to have seen which [parent] he most resembled.”
― Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

“Right now, even my regrets seem pointless.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“The reason so many people die with regrets is because they live like they're invincible.”
― Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

“We often throw away what we still have so as not to regret what we have already lost.”
― Luigina Sgarro

“A Man Of Chance Has Many Regrets, A Man Who Takes No Risks Has Many More”
― Mr Luc Jorgart, Whispers of Wisdom: Philosophical Quotes of Luc Jorgart

“And he said...

...regrets will not give you a better life or a better version of yourself.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Share your secrets only with those who trust you and share their secrets with you. Because if you open up to someone who keeps hiding things from you, you'll end up regretting it.”
― Garima Soni - words world

“We will miss no person as much as the person we could have been”
― Luigina Sgarro, IL CONFINE DI GHIACCIO (FANTASY Vulcanici Vol. 1)

“We have all hurt someone tremendously, whether by intent or accident. We have all loved someone tremendously, whether by intent or accident. it is an intrinsic human trait, and a deep responsibility, I think, to be an organ and a blade. But, learning to forgive ourselves and others because we have not chosen wisely is what makes us most human. We make horrible mistakes. It's how we learn. We breathe love. It's how we learn. And it is inevitable.”
― Nayyira Waheed

“When regrets do happen?
Well, I can count a few and when they do happen, I console myself with — at that time of making that decision, that was what I thought was best for me. So I forgive my old self for not knowing better but love her all the same and trust my future self to handle the pain and consequences.”
― Mystqx Skye

“Do you remember what you said to me on the last day of school?” I ask.

“I said a lot of things, Jim. But that was, what? 14? 15 years ago?”

“You said that if I didn’t tell her how I felt, it would come back someday and bite me on my ass.”

“That sounds like something I would say.”

“I hate to admit it,” I say, “but you were right.”

“I was wise beyond my years,” Mark says lightly.

“At the time, I thought you were just messing with my head.”

“I was messing with your head. I was also telling you the truth.”
― Alex Diaz-Granados, Reunion: A Story: A Novella

“The worst form of regret is the one born from unspoken words and missed opportunities, echoing the untold stories of what could have been.”
― Monika Ajay Kaul

“I think I found the other half of my black and white cookie, and someone else might be eating it right now.”
― Kate Goldbeck, You, Again

“When you do your best, you don’t give the Judge the opportunity to find you guilty or to blame you. If you have done your best and the Judge tries to judge you according to your Book of Law, you’ve got the answer: “I did my best.” There are no regrets.”
― Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements

“When I think at all my yesterdays, there's peace within my heart, The regrets and hurt of long ago can't find a place to start. You dear God, have changed so many things. The way I think, the way I dream, that's what your Love brings. In Jesus name. Amen.”
― Ron Baratono

“Regrets are the ghosts of past decisions. They haunt the present with lessons unlearned and futures unlived.”
― Monika Ajay Kaul

“If there was one thing that Alice felt like she'd done wrong, it was being too passive.”
― Emma Straub, This Time Tomorrow

“Some memories are far too painful to resuscitate, and so they remain floating somewhere in the depths of our hearts.”
― Cynthia Pelayo, Forgotten Sisters

“Regret Roulette by Stewart Stafford

Evening's breath caressed in,
Across a mind's cracked land,
On raven's wing in twilight air,
A doused flame's colder hand.

Dead-end gallery of exit signs,
Contrition's dog whistle song,
Eye of Horus in a looking glass,
Blindfolds of a corrupted throng.

Feral brunch on a sheepish plate,
The curate's egg fried with shell,
Bellini confession, in vino veritas,
Burnt offerings to show-and-tell.

© Stewart Stafford, 2024. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford

“Enemies are far better than friends”
― Ankith Reddy

“If it feels good, then it’s gonna hurt you badly someday”
― Ankith Reddy

“99.99% people on this planet are toxic just .1% are exception”
― Ankith Reddy