Quotes About Regret

Porque te quiero, maldita sea. Porque siempre te he amado. Porque te amaba cuando estabas con John, te amaba cuando yo estaba en la India, y aunque Dios sabe que no te merezco, te amo de todos modos". - Michael Stirling.

Finally, she heard Simon take a long, ragged breath, and say, "I know I'm going to regret asking you this. In fact, I regret it already, but why exactly did you assume I was"—

Not really," she said in a sad voice. Sometimes I feel so resentful. If I were a better person I'd—

It's better to have no father at all than to have one such as yours, Gareth...I'm so sorry.

What has been seen cannot be unseen

You know it's a bad sign when the theme song from Titanic describes your relationship.

The old Confession was written by men who knew what it felt like to have done bad things: "We do earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us; The burden of them is intolerable." Indeed.

he were a young man, he might believe he would never forget her skin, or her smile, or the strength of her. But he had learned that the mind didn't always hold on to what the heart demanded. Remember, he told his hands. Remember this.

I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.

Hindsight may be a wonderful thing, but foresight is even better. What a pity, then, that people have foresight only in hindsight.

I had wanted life not to bother me too much, and had succeeded—and how pitiful that was.

I thought of the things that had happened to me over the years, and of how little I had made happen.

We all have chapters we would prefer unpublished.

She glances back before stepping into the alley, and she catches her grandfather looking at her the way he does sometimes--as if she's already gone, as if he's practicing sorrow.

i will always remember what my life might have been like if i had married a man who loved me with undying passion. perhaps i might not have been so vunerabel to the attension of a rake.

I would embrace my regret—and my ability to work at forgiveness—as evidence of my humanity. I would wake up each morning and count my blessings.

And you panic just a little, wishing for one more chance at all the beautiful moments you didn't appreciate, or for one more day with the person you didn't love quite enough.

I realized in that moment that I was going to have to find a way to accept how my life had played out and let go of the frustration and regret about not meeting Anton. This was my reality going forward. What good could come from grappling forever with "could have beens"? Every life was full of "could have beens." The best we could do was make the most of what was and what had been.

This was my reality going forward. What good could come from grappling forever with "could have beens"? Every life was full of "could have beens." The best we could do was make the most of what was and what had been.

What good could come from grappling forever with "could have beens"? Every life was full of "could have beens." The best we could do was make the most of what was and what had been.

Not completely, because sometimes I still feel angry, but then I remember that he gave me you, and I'm glad I married him. I have no regrets about that." It's a monstrous statement, and it feels good to say it. To truly believe it. Zack

I'm sorry it turned out this way, Dad. It's not what I wanted.

That's the thing about regret, and over-analyzing the past. We can wish all we want that we had done something differently, but maybe a different path might have been all wrong for us, and things would have turned out far worse than

Regret—I am all done with you. All my energy is exactly where it should be—focused on my family and friends and the beauty of each new day. I will always be grateful for the bounty in my life, and as time marches on, I will move forward with courage and exhilaration.