Quotes About Regret

it is only human nature to wonder and second guess about choices made and paths not taken.

I brought myself down. I gave them a sword, and they stuck it in. And they twisted it with relish. And, I guess, if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.

Chris:I forgive you. Annie: For killing my children and my sweet husband? Chris: For being so wonderful a guy would choose hell over heaven just to be around you.

Failures plagued me. Things I had omitted or ignored, neglected. What I should have given and hadn't. I felt the biting pang of every unfulfillment.

There are some things he doesn't want to know about himself, and others he doesn't want anybody else to know. Which makes him like the rest of us. ... There are moments in the lives of others that excite both our disgust and our shame, the fear of what we ourselves might do. ... I venture to say that everyone on this jury, and everyone in this room, has done things that they're ashamed of, and told lies that they regret.

Can you ever forgive me? I already have. How could you? I don't deserve it. That's what makes it love.

Regret is the most tiresome of companions.

It has been said that sometimes the greatest hope in our lives is just a second chance to do what we should have done right in the first place.

As you grow older, Michael, you'll learn an important lesson—that most people spend their entire lives wishing for a second chance to do what they should have done right the first time.

I hope you can someday forgive me.' 'I forgive you now.

I loved you, Jim. I loved you with all my heart. And you left me. You left me when I needed you the most. It's too late, it's too late. You can't come back.

The price of love is the risk of losing it." I frowned. "Is it worth the risk?" "I've thought a lot about that. I still think the greatest hurt isn't to lose love, it's the regret of never having it. To have never felt love, that would be true tragedy.

We always assume that there's tomorrow to make things right. Maybe that's why the Bible says to not procrastinate your day of repentance.

often what we want most in life is just the chance to do what we should have done to begin with.

Regret is a useless emotion: it's like brushing your teeth after you find a cavity.

too late, so Ostin came with us. As we were leaving the hotel

Wasted dreams, I suppose." "I don't think there's such a thing," Justin said. "Dreams have value

It's a shame people don't have the advantage of knowing when their time's up..They would stop trading time for trinkets –

There isn't time for regret. There never is.

Just seeing the sign brought pain. There was so much I would do differently. I read somewhere that too often what we want most in life is just the chance to do what we should have done to begin with. I could relate to that.

people spend their entire lives wishing for a second chance to do what they should have done right the first time.

I still think the greatest hurt isn't to lose love, it's the regret of never having it. To have never felt love, that would be true tragedy.

Is this hell, to be stuck in a continual loop of our greatest disappointments? [Richelle Bach's diary]