Quotes about Regret

There are always two risks: the risk of trying something new, and the risk of not trying. You risk settling and continuing in the same way, wondering about other paths and possibilities, believing that this is as good as it gets while discontent gnaws away at your soul.

Tragically, Solomon's

No memory of having starred Atones for later disregard Or keeps the end from being hard. Better to go down dignified With boughten friendship at your side Than none at all. Provide, provide!

I feel rather blue to-night. I am a horrid little goose, I know - but the trouble is, I can't help being a horrid little goose.

If I had to live my life over again, I would have a different father, a different wife and a different religion.

Nothing hurts more than realizing they meant everything to you, but you meant nothing to them.

As much as he might lie to himself, tell himself it was real, it wasn't. All the public displays in the world didn't give him the right to kiss her or hold her or even touch her. Her response made that clear enough. And yet, he'd thought he'd seen something in her eyes. Something promising. Something hopeful. Maybe Layla's feelings were starting to change. Maybe she'd be willing to give him another chance. Or maybe it was only wishful thinking.

[Misquotation; not by Einstein.] If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker. [Apparently remorseful for his role in the development of the atom bomb.]

It's better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried

There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.

I gave up drinking once -- it was the worst afternoon of my entire life.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.