Quotes about Regret

No one leaves an old friend unless they are ashamed.

Worry makes you weaker, regret makes you sadder, hate makes you angrier, but hope makes you stronger, and love makes you happier.

You were not contented while you had her, and to weep for her now is childish.

The pleasure of sin is soon gone, but the sting remains.

Godly sorrow goes deep, like a vein which bleeds inwardly. The heart bleeds for sin: "they were pricked in their heart" (Act 2:37). As the heart bears a chief part in sinning, so it must in sorrowing.

The eye is for both seeing and weeping. Sin must first be seen before it can be wept for.

It is better that men should reproach you for repenting than that God should damn you for not repenting.

If I waste today I destroy the last page of my life.

Cherish each hour of this day for it can never return.

Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.

What I know for sure is that every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and step out and dance—to live free of regret and filled with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand. You can either waltz boldly onto the stage of life and live the way you know your spirit is nudging you to, or you can sit quietly by the wall, receding into the shadows of fear and self-doubt. You

The thoughts that linger are the "If only" questions, like Who could I have become if I had finally done the things I always wanted to do? The gift of deciding to face your mortality without turning away or flinching is the gift of recognizing that because you WILL die, you must live NOW. Whether you flounder or flourish is always in your hands. You are the single biggest influence in your life. Your journey begins with the choice to get up, step out, and live. Fully.