Quotes About Regret

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

José Saramago

Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been.

The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.

Ted Hughes

Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you.

Jonathan Safran Foer

I've got a stele we can use. Who wants to do me?" "A regrettable choice of words," muttered Magnus.

Cassandra Clare

Live through this, and you won't look back. There's one thing I want to say, so I'll be brave: you were what I wanted, I gave what I gave. I'm not sorry I met you. I'm not sorry it's over. I'm not sorry there's nothing to save.

Stars

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

Unknown

I kneel in the nights before tigers that will not let me be. What you were will not happen again. The tigers have found me and I do not care.