I Regret Quotes

• If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?

  Jose Saramago

  Regret, Today, Does It Matter

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• You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear. Do it! Develop an appreciation for the present moment. Seize every second of your life and savor it.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Appreciation, Regret

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “Your Erroneous Zones: Step-by-Step Advice for Escaping the Trap of Negative Thinking and Taking Control of Your Life”, p.32, Harper Collins

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• Regret for wasted time is more wasted time

  Mason Cooley

  Time, Regret, Wasted Life

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• It's not what you are, it's what you don't become that hurts.

  Oscar Levant

  Hurt, Regret, Don't Regret

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• I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not doing what my heart led me to and wondering what life had been like if I'd just been myself.

  Brittany Finamore

  Motivational, Regret, Heart

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• Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently.

  Charles Dudley Warner

  Regret, Apology, Long

  Charles Dudley Warner “The Complete Works of Charles Dudley Warner”, Library of Alexandria

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• Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Regret, Self, Agreement

  "The Four Agreements". Book by Don Miguel Ruiz, 1997.

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• I believe that he was really sorry that people would not believe he was sorry that he was not more sorry.

  Samuel Butler

  Sorry, Regret, Believe

  Samuel Butler (1951). “Notebooks: Selections Edited by Geoffrey Keynes and Brian Hill”

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• I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Regret, Philosophy, Two

  "Either/Or". Book by Soren Kierkegaard, February 20, 1843.

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• I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.

  Al Gore

  Funny, Witty, Regret

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• I do not regret the things I've done, but those I did not do.

  Rory Cochrane

  Regret, Life Changing, Positive Life

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Regret is… an unavoidable result of any loss, for in loss we lose the tomorrow that we needed to make right our yesterday or today.

  Gerald Lawson Sittser

  Regret, Loss, Yesterday

  Gerald Lawson Sittser, Jerry L. Sittser (1998). “A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss”, p.84, Zondervan

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• A man has cause for regret only when he sows and no one reaps.

  Charles Goodyear

  Regret, Men, Causes

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• I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.

  Zachary Taylor

  Friendship, Regret, Presidential

  Zachary Taylor, Smith PYNE (1850). “Obituary Addresses delivered on the occasion of the death of Z. Taylor ... in the Senate and House of Representatives ... with the funeral Semon by the Rev. S. Pyne, etc”, p.8

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• The only things you regret are the things you didn't do.

  Michael Curtiz

  Regret, Short Life, Life Is Too Short

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• Many years ago a very wise man named Bernard Baruch took me aside and put his arm around my shoulder. "Harpo my boy," he said, "I'm going to give you three pieces of advice, three things you should always remember." My heart jumped and I glowed with expectation. I was going to hear the magic password to a rich, full life from the master himself. "Yes sir?" I said. And he told me the three things. I regret that I've forgotten what they were.

  Harpo Marx

  Inspirational, Funny, Wise

  "Harpo Speaks!".

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• Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future.

  Fulton Oursler

  Moving On, Regret, Fear

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• The only things I regret, and the only things I'll ever regret are things I didn't do. In the end, that's what we mourn. The paths we didn't take. The people we didn't touch.

  Scott Spencer

  Regret, People, Path

  Scott Spencer (2010). “Endless Love”, p.104, Open Road Media

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• It's the things one might have said that fester.

  Clemence Dane

  Regret, Might, Said

  "A Bill of Divorcement: A Play".

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• Seize every second of your life and savor it. Value your present moments.

  Wayne Dyer

  Regret, Moments, Savoring

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “Your Erroneous Zones: Step-by-Step Advice for Escaping the Trap of Negative Thinking and Taking Control of Your Life”, p.32, Harper Collins

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• A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Wise, Regret, Lying

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• I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.

  Ingrid Bergman

  Motivational, Regret, People

  "An Uncommon Scold". Book by Abby Adams, 1989.

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• If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.

  Jim Carrey

  Karma, Pain, Regret

  "Carrey: 'Life Is Too Beautiful'". www.cbsnews.com. November 18, 2004.

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• I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Regret, Stupid, Apology

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

  William Cowper

  Regret, Eggs, Pleasure

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