Quotes About Regret

When O-lan saw what he had done she burst out in terror, "You have cut off your life!

Lucinda's foolish words stuck in his mind like a flung dagger he could not pull out. They'd be in him always, maybe.

Por qué tuve que conocerte?, se preguntó la loca mirándolo desaparecer. Pudimos no habernos cruzado nunca.

They [boys] are particularly eager to have their fathers talk to them about their own experience with sex, love, even regret.

I realized that it is these two things that staying with regrets offers: It can become the seed of compassion and empathy so that you can stand in the shoes of other people because you're feeling exactly what they feel. And it spurs you on to help people in the future rather than hurt them.

I realized that it is these two things that staying with regrets offers: It can become the seed of compassion and empathy so that you can stand in the shoes of other people because you'er feeling exactly what they feel. And it spurs you on to help people in the future rather than hurt them.

There comes a time when we are able to be pierced to the heart by our own suffering and the suffering of others, and by our own regrets, without it dragging us down. We can hold the sadness of life in our hearts while never forgetting the beauty of the world, and the goodness of being alive.

Unintended consequences, he thought miserably. He was angry at his anger, the way it surged up and took over.

Every present anger derives from past weakness.

Why was everyone so interested in her now? When it was too late to change anything? What was the point?

I didn't want to hurt him!" Ender cried. "Why didn't he just leave me alone!

... Will ye be there for him in his time of need, or do you prefer to take your anger with you to the grave?

If you do not master the art of self discipline- you will succumb to the emotions and reality of regret.

Flee laziness which while it produces an immediate delight, ends in the sorrow of repentance. And know that nature without exercise is a seed shut up in the pod, and art without practice is nothing.

A foolish picture I live in disgust, degradation being eaten by lust.

I always wanted to be a doctor and go to art school, but I thought Id regret it if I didnt act.

I'm fully aware had I stayed with my art, I would be well known, respected and most likely rich.

With this mistake I deprived myself of the possibility to make a contribution to the treasury of chess art.

I wonder who I left behind on the other side of fame.

O, had I but followed the arts!

I hope to depart in no other way than looking back with love and wistfulness and thinking, oh paintings that I would have made..

Don't fear the future or regret the past but celebrate the present.

When I looked upon the surface of the gently flowing water, each painting that I had burned upon joining the church rose from the waves. I tried to grab them, but they dissolved upon touch.

Have your fun, my dear; but if you must earn your bread, try to make it sweet with cheerfulness, not bitter with the daily regret that it isn't cake.