Quotes about Regret
There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.
— Dante Alighieri
Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
— Emily Bronte
We are all sorry when we are discovered. Then we are very sorry.It's not the question if we're sorry. The question is did we draw a lesson? The question is: what are we going to do now, when we're sorry?
— JM Coetzee
I dunno, remember when we were in East St. Louis with George, and Jack you said you'd love those beautiful dancing girls if you knew they would live forever as beautiful as they are? (p. 173)
— Jack Kerouac
I think the fall in Eden was ultimately a failure to give thanks.
— Ann Voskamp
The greatest tragedy in life is that some prayers go unanswered as they go unasked.
— Mark Batterson
Sonetimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself.
— Sarah Sundin
The loser, when a game of dice is done, remains behind reviewing every roll sadly, and sadly wiser, and alone.
— Dante Alighieri
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.
— George Bernard Shaw
Most misfortunes are the results of misused time.
— Napoleon Hill
The Hell of Regret He who wins the race cannot run with the pack. And once you get out you can't come back, because caged lions don't mate with free ones! If ever you are going to win, you must forsake the social construct of the cage and all the cage dwellers.
— Bishop TD Jakes
The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.
— Oscar Wilde