I Regret Quotes

foolish men say things in anger that they later regret and an angry tongue does not mean one is guilty.

Regret has a purpose. It's like the oil light on the dashboard of your life, telling you something needs to be fixed. So fix it. And feel better.

There is no defence for my actions which I sincerely regret. [on an affair with nanny Daisy Wright]

When I have a child, it will be probably become my whole life, so I don't want to have any regrets that I should have done more.

Nothing is more frustrating to me than putting a song on an album and regret putting it on there. I'm excited that there are no songs on 'Tailgates & Tanlines' that I'm iffy about.

I have one regret: I wish I was a better father.

I've never regretted a swim

You'll never regret writing any letter out of love. However, it's a good idea to reread anything you've written in anger.

I had this vivid image of myself at the age of 60 looking back on my life and truly regretting the fact that I hadn't tried to be an actor

It is better to repent a sin than regret the loss of a pleasure.

As a member of the New York Senate from 1966 to 1989, I voted 12 times to establish the death penalty in New York... I regret my votes in favor of the death penalty.

My only regret is that I signed away the world rights and in America they've been far and away my most successful books, but I never saw a cent from any of it.

The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the recollection of a pleasure, or the luxury of a regret.

Education, and I regret to say this as an educator, but there's no indication that education has a direct effect on happiness.

You can't be in the public eye without making mistakes and having some regrets and having people analyze everything you do.

War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not without regret that I see it disappearing more and more from the scene.

I don't have a lot of regrets in my life.

If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost, he need never regret his limited ability.

Imagine ... Imagine no religion.

It was a counter-attack and I had to take him down. I don't regret it and I would do it again if I had to.

It's easier to live with disappointment than regret.

Don't regret your mistakes. You'll always make mistakes. The better you are, the less mistakes you make. The only way to get better is to thoroughly analyze your mistakes.

My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes.

I don't know how to incorporate regret. But I'll say, like, "It affected me that way," "I learned this," "Next time maybe I'll do it differently".

Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret.

When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's probably one of my big regrets in life.

I don't go around regretting things that don't happen.

I have no regrets coming back for a second Olympic team [in 2016]. It's been an amazing experience. It's been teaching me a lot.

My biggest regret is that I didn't teach my two children how to speak Spanish.

I've met very few professional land surveyors who regret their career path, and even fewer, who are out of work, even during economic slowdowns.

No simple word That shall be uttered at our mirthful board, Shall make us sad next morning; or affright The liberty that we'll enjoy to-night.

Never say never. For the right reason, over the years I've been auctioning off masks for charity and it's always for a good cause. I think you would regret it if you just sold it for money.

I deeply regret those situations that have blemished the image of the University of Oklahoma, and I hope that I can rectify the embarrassment I have brought the university.

Right now everyone is drinking bad wine made of sour grapes and hysteria. Let them drink it, and let them regret it in the morning.

I don't have any regrets.

I have no regrets, none whatsoever.

Love is scary: it changes; it can go away. That's the part of the risk. I don't want to be scared anymore.

My major regret in life is that my childhood was unnecessarily lonely.

I'm trying to feel terrified and alone. And regret every decision I've ever made, drenched in a cold sweat. It's called going to sleep. Maybe you've heard of it.

I had enough time being single to know I have no regrets about being married!

The record company really pissed me off when they told me to lose weight. I couldn't be bothered with looking a certain way. So I left the business. I don't regret it.

You made a decision given your life circumstances and you have to be ok with that. Regrets that can't be change is just torturing yourself.

NVC self-forgiveness: connecting with the need we were trying to meet when we took the action that we now regret.

Remorse - Regret that one waited so long to do it.

Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did.

It is said that if our intention is to help others-even if we are unable to follow it through-we will never have any regret. Regret is a result of trying to make "me" happy.

An important aspect of self-compassion is to be able to empathically hold both parts of ourselves-the self that regrets a past action and the self that took the action in the first place.

The only possible regret I have is the feeling that I will die without having played enough tennis.

Most saints live to regret their career choice.

Man down is a song about a girl who has committed a murder that she regrets and is completely remorseful about.