Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been.’
There are no regrets in life, just lessons.
No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude.
Never regret anything that makes you smile.
You can’t win an argument. You can’t because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.
Never say that you regret something, because at one point in your life, you wanted it.
The great tragedy of the average man is that he goes to his grave with his music still in him.
She was stronger alone; and her own good sense so well supported her, that her firmness was as unshaken, her appearance of cheerfulness as invariable, as, with regrets so poignant and so fresh, it was possible for them to be.
Until we have finally accepted the fact that there is nothing we can do to change the past, our feelings of regret and remorse and bitterness will prevent us from designing a better future with the opportunity that is before us today.
Regrets are illuminations come too late.
No regrets, just love. We can dance until we die. You and I, we’ll be young forever!
Long were the days of pain I have spent within its walls, and long were the nights of aloneness; and who can depart from his pain and his aloneness without regret?
Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices. A mother works so her son can go to school. A daughter moves home to take care of her sick father.
The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.
The price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret.
Never look back in regret – move on to the next thing.