Quotes about Regret
She only had this moment, and she must fulfill it worthily. Of what use was it to allow herself regret and grief, to ponder endlessly what she might have done differently?
— Francine Rivers
Only later did he remember his pride-and the shattering cost of an illusive sense of freedom.
— Francine Rivers
I think about what I've lost instead of thinking about what I have.
— Francine Rivers
Who'd gazed at David with adoring eyes and dreamed dreams about him. David could have anyone he wanted! Even before he was king, women were falling in love with him. She was stricken with regret and fear as the days passed. If only she had
— Francine Rivers
IF.' 'If you had only . . . If we had but. . .' He wanted to shout them into silence. 'Only fools prefer the past!
— Frank Herbert
I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
— Lucille Ball
I'd rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.
— Lucille Ball
Sip the shame so you won't have to guzzle the regret.
— Lysa TerKeurst
When I rise uplet me rise up joyfullike a bird.When I falllet me fall without regretlike a leaf.
— Wendell Berry
Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
— CS Lewis
Never regret your past. Accept it as the teacher that it is.
— Robin Sharma
We never do anything consciously for the last time without sadness of heart.
— Samuel Johnson