Quotes About Regret

Repentance is only one part of our response to Christ (and even the strength to repent comes from God). But it is an essential part, for without it we cannot claim Christ is our Lord. The Bible says, "Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret" (2 Cor. 7:10 NIV).

God called me many years ago to be an evangelist, and I have never regretted His leading. I love the crusades, meeting people from every country and culture all over the world. My life has been blessed by friends from every land, and challenges from every corner.

Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?

Many a criminal has finally given himself over to the authorities because the accusations of a guilty conscience were worse than prison bars.

I have never known a man who received Christ and ever regretted it.

You can get what you want or you can just get old.

The moral of the story is this: sometimes, to do nothing, to do nothing at all, is the sorriest thing ever.

Some people don't like to remember," Vincent said. "Not even the good things?" "Especially not the good things.

Except, how do we go on when what was best is behind us? When the longing is not for someone you have not yet met, but for someone you knew and lost?

Semille wept not because she did something stupid; she wept because she *didn't* do something stupid. Sometimes, to do something stupid--to disobey your parents, to rush into battle, to speak out of turn, to ruin your life--is a far better thing to do than to do nothing at all.

I love you." Voosh "Sorry... what did you...? The planes noise was...

Ranmaru: I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! Everything... Is my fault . Goda: Is it your fault... the Earth is round and the sky is blue... and my hair is wavy?

I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it.

I should have known earlier about President Bush, but I gave him some rope -- a lot of rope, and then he hung all of us with it. I should have known it when I heard him say "When it comes to evolution, the jury is still out." What jury, where? The Scopes Trial is over.

He got down on one knee and begged Nikky's forgiveness while everyone in the office gathered around laughing and clapping—it was so cute—and really, you know, that's what it took with Nikky! My own hands clapped mechanically, but I thought What the fuck what the fuck what the fuck . . . this, again, directed at me rather than them. I

Repeatedly Yates went berserk—raging over grievances old and new, hurling furniture at phantoms out of his past. The nurses who lived upstairs complained about the racket to the landlady, an eccentric woman who adored Yates and did nothing.

No matter what I do now, there are certain doors I have already closed, certain opportunities I'll never get back. There's nothing to be done, I guess. It is what it is.

Sometimes Across the fields of yesterday She sometimes comes to me A little girl just back from play the girl I used to be And yet she smiles so wistfully once she has crept within I wonder if she hopes to see the woman I might have been— —1933

I never thought I'd die alone. Another six months I'll be unknown. Give all my things to all my friends. You'll never set foot in my room again. You'll close it off, board it up. Remember the time that I spilled the cup of apple juice in the hall? Please tell mom this is not her fault.

And yet the end result is not always a happy one, even for those who wind up with a pile of money on the table. Despite having absolute financial security, often for the first time in their lives, many owners find themselves dealing with unanticipated regrets, fighting against depression, and desperately in need of a new identity and sense of purpose. For them, life after the exit is a bleak period, and it can last for years.

I did it at just the right time. I was 83 years old, but I was doing the show as well as I had ever done it. And we were tops in the ratings. The show was a part of Americana. It was a huge success. And I thought I could go out on top. So, I wound it up that year. And I have not regretted it at all.

Well, the future for me is already a thing of the past.

The future for me is already a thing of the past - You were my first love and you will be my last

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.