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Quotes About Regret

Friends die in war. It is easier to remember this before the war than after.
~ William Nathaniel Bell
Faded the flower and all its budded charms,Faded the sight of beauty from my eyes,Faded the shape of beauty from my arms,Faded the voice, warmth, whiteness, paradise!Vanishd unseasonably
~ John Keats
I will lament your departure. I will hide my shame for having erred on some obscure point, for thinking that the justice of war is the same of peacetime.
~ Paulo Coelho, The Spy
Sonetimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself.
~ Sarah Sundin
Men marched away, Vimes. And men marched back. How glorious the battles would have been that they never had to fight!
~ Terry Pratchett, Jingo
She knew enough to recognize that memories were crowding in, and there was nothing he could do. They wouldn't let him speak. She would never know what scenes were driving that turmoil.
~ Ian McEwan, Atonement
Four men killed that day. The phrase sat up in Willie's head like a rat and made a nest for itself there
~ Sebastian Barry
That's war. It won't let anyone get away unscathed. I'm sorry about Grete."Verner aka 'Jens'in the novel 'the Informer' by Steen Langstrup
~ Steen Langstrup, The Informer
She loves him sobut he didn't stay.The wind can't blowthis storm away.
~ Phoebe Stone, Romeo Blue
Hang yourself brave Crillon. We fought at Arques and you were not there.
~ Henry IV
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent
~ Socrates
Tattoo on the lower back? Might as well be a bullseye.
~ Vince Vaughn
I think weddings are sadder than funerals, because they remind you of your own wedding. You can't be reminded of your own funeral because it hasn't happened. But weddings always make me cry.
~ Brendan Behan
It would have been a wonderful wedding - had it not been mine.
~ Erma Bombeck
I'm sorry," he says, "for that time I kissed you at that party and for that time at the wedding and more than anything for the thousand times that I wanted to and didn't have the guts to.
~ Melina Marchetta
My wife and I went back to the hotel where we spent our wedding night. Only this time, I stayed in the bathroom and cried.
~ Henny Youngman
And the gold of her ruined wedding dress.
~ Cassandra Clare
I wish I could wear 10 dresses to my wedding. It's so sad that you put it in storage and then never see it again. I am going to sleep in mine after I wear it.
~ Eva Longoria
A wedding is one of the most lamentable spectacles on earth.
~ Kate Chopin
Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own.
~ Ethel Merman
Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.
~ Ali ibn Abi Talib
I have never regretted my silence. As for my speech, I have regretted it over and over again.
~ Umar
One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough.
~ Hafez
Sin can be forgiven, but stupid is forever.
~ Coco Chanel