Quotes About Regrets

Those who are comfortable taking chances know that the best way to grow is to reach beyond their grasp. Their sense of direction comes from the heart. They don't shy away from surprise; they might even seek it out. And they seldom die with regrets. In the end we regret not what we have done but what we have not done.

You have no idea of the women I didn't marry.

Most of the gaffes I've made have not been funny - they've been stupid.

Some mistakes are worse than others: wearing your underwear inside out isn't as uncomfortable as wearing it back to front.

Middle age is Janus-faced. As we look back on our accomplishments and our failures to achieve the things we wanted, we look ahead to the time we have left to us. Our children are gaining life, and our parents are losing it.

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.

Do all that you love, have no regrets and live life the way you want. The world does not feed you and nor does it place food on your dinner table.

Learn to love without any conditions, help without any expectations and to live without any regrets.

Life is lived the way YOU live it! So live it to the fullest and don't look back! Live, Laugh, Love, Forgive and Forget life's too short to live with regrets!!

It's regrets that make painful memories. When I was crazy I did everything just right.

A noisy bed-frame is the last sound many a man has heard. I do not intend to join the august company of deceased fools.

regrets were a waste of time.

Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen Hard. Practice wellness. PLay with abondon. Laugh. Choose with no regrets. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is

Love is sometimes denied, sometimes lost, sometimes unrecognized, but in the end always found with no regrets, forever valued and kept trasured...

Never harbor regrets. Such useless emotions detract from an avowed purpose. Spare neither tears nor sentiment, which sap strength and energy. Rather, shake the dust of encumbering people and places from your feet and march bravely into the future. We are the women of the world, and we will not be denied.

Regrets don't leave. They weren't mosquito bites. They itch for ever.

Regrets ignore chronology. They float around.

So, you see? Sometimes regrets aren't based on fact at all. Sometimes regrets are just . . .' She searched for the appropriate term and found it. 'A load of bullshit.

You are right to think of these lives like a piano where you're playing tunes that aren't really you. You are forgetting who you are. In becoming everyone, you are becoming no one. You are forgetting your root life. You are forgetting what worked for you and what didn't. You are forgetting your regrets.

Still staring blankly at The Book of Regrets, she wondered if her parents had ever been in love or if they had got married because marriage was something you did at the appropriate time with the nearest available person. A game where you grabbed the first person you could find when the music stopped.

Regrets ignore chronology. They float around. The sequence of these lists changes all the time.

Between life and death there is a library,' she said. 'And within that library, the shelves go on for ever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices . . . Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?

And besides, she knew her regrets. Regrets don't leave. They weren't mosquito bites. They itch for ever.

Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices... Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?