Quotes About Regret

I went through a stage of wearing quite lairy trainers. I had all these trainers in gold or pink or silver. I look at them now in the cupboard - what was I thinking? Such an awful idea.

I was a goalkeeper at Crewe as a kid but piled on pounds when I stopped training every day.

I was in the doldrums for a while after my athletics career ended in 1992. I spent six to eight hours a day training, for 18 years, and it took a long time to get over the regret that I wasn't competing in major championships any more. All I ever wanted to be was the best. But I find new projects and I keep things in perspective.

I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I'd never be an astronaut.

I don't believe in regretting - one should try to move on. My mum was good at that. She was deeply in love with my father, and he died when I was nine. She remarried, and her second husband died, too. I saw the grieving process she went through. My mother had this way of moving on. It was a fine trait.

I'm not thrilled that I have a tramp stamp. When you see people bend over in their really low-cut jeans, I'm like, 'Oh... that's what I have.'

Honestly, when someone speaks to me about Juventus I try to change the subject immediately. I'm ashamed of the transfer!

That night as I lay in bed, I thought of several things I could have said and mourned the fact that my wit usually bloomed late, peaking when it no longer mattered, during the solitary hours close to midnight.

Anxiety doesn't have a memory, remember? So believing she was going to learn from that mistake was just me falling into the trap of avoidance as well. She regretfully stayed home, and the safety she felt was stronger than her regret. The Worry Monster just flexed his muscle that much more.

But I just want ya to take care of one thing. Never make choices from the weakest part of you. Cuz you'll regret it for the rest of your days. But if you act outta the strongest part of yer soul, then no one can stop you! You hear me child? And you'll never, ever regret it!

That had been the trouble with him and Betsy: what with his brooding about the past and worrying about the future, there had never been any present at all.

O problema não era o fato de ele não mais acreditar no sonho; o problema era ele nem sequer achar sua improbabilidade interessante ou triste. Como um velho, preocupava-se com o passado e não com o futuro.

ObÅ'Ä™d i szaÅ', rozczarowanie i ?al, SiÄ…d? tu, a opowiem tobie o mÄ™ce tÄ™sknoty I zdwojonym bólu.

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.

Rather you marry or not, you'll regret.

I often think of the words of the great Buddhist master Padmasambhava: "Those who believe they have plenty of time get ready only at the time of death. Then they are ravaged by regret. But isn't it far too late?" What more chilling commentary on the modern world could there be than most people die unprepared for death, as they have lived, unprepared for life?

words of the great Buddhist master Padmasambhava: "Those who believe they have plenty of time get ready only at the time of death. Then they are ravaged by regret. But isn't it far too late?" What more chilling commentary on the modern world could there be than that most people die unprepared for death, as they have lived, unprepared for life?

As Tibet's famous poet saint, Milarepa, said: "My religion is to live—and die—without regret.

Tibet's famous poet saint, Milarepa, said: "My religion is to live—and die—without regret.

But you have to let go of it sometime, Gaby. You can't change the past, any of it, and hanging on just eats your life away.

Be warned things done In the dark cant stay blank forever, cause when the light comes on, you will be sorry!!!

if i had known, if i had known you, i would have left my love at home. -Haiku

The problem with life is, we often do things that will ultimately be self-destructive and make us unhappy, yet in that moment it seems like the best idea in the world. You have to be careful of moments - they're tricksy things.

Look at us. One bleeding body, one corpse, and a husk who's been half dead for years. No one who took an objective look at this room could think it was anything but too late, Ruth. For all of us.