Quotes About Regret

And I said to myself that he was the first thing that I had ever missed in my life.

Life is too short to be wondering, 'What if?'

Live in such a way as, when you come to die, you will wish to have lived. [Ger., Lebe, wie Du, wenn du stirbst, Wunschen wirst, gelebt zu haben.]

I had the benefit of experiencing a hundred times more than the average kid. I don't look back with regret at all. It was the best life ever.

Regret has a purpose. It's like the oil light on the dashboard of your life, telling you something needs to be fixed. So fix it. And feel better.

The Monkees changed my life but ruined my acting career.

What does long life avail? The best seats at the funerals of friends.

Although there are real hazards in saying yes to life, they are inconsequential when compared to the regrets that come with saying "no".

I felt the death loneliness that comes at the end of every day that is wasted in your life.

That's a real void in my life. I see a lot of people who struggled and went to jail and the dogs were after them. I'd look them in the eyes and say, 'God almighty, I wish I'd have been there.'

I didn't realize it, but the days came along one after another, and then two years were gone, and everything was gone, and I was gone.

I live my life free of compromise, and step into the shadows without complaint or regret.

It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses, and apologized to no one.

Ah! what avails it me the flocks to keep, Who lost my heart while I preserv'd my sheep.

I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life.

Woe is me! Bitter is me! For what is my life? Why didn't the ship go under and drown me before I came to America?

I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books.

I've always made a point of not wasting my life, and every time I come back here I know that all I've done is to waste my life.

When I black out, it's the happiest time of my life.

When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's probably one of my big regrets in life.

Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.

This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the second chance were offered me.

I made one decision in my life based on money and I swore I would never do it again.

I had one life. And what did I do? Wasted it in some palooka preliminaries in Spain, just before Hitler and Chamberlain warm up for the main event.