Regret It Quotes

#1. Life is short and precious and we never know what is around the corner. So you live for now, seize every moment that comes your way and if you're going to look back on your life with regret, it's easier to regret the things that you did do, rather than the things you didn't

Holly Martin

#2. I was about to get a degree in economics when I accepted that I'd be a lousy businessman, and if I didn't give acting a try I'd regret it for the rest of my life.

Peter Gallagher

#3. As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it'll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth.

Stephen Fry

#4. Either do it or don't do it. You'll regret it either way

Jeff Ball

#5. If I don't take a chance with Gavin Murphy, I think I'll always regret it.

Lex Martin

#6. Be good, and you will be lonesome, be lonesome and you will be free. Live a lie and you will live to regret it, that's what living is to me.

Jimmy Buffett

#7. My biggest regret is rolling in regret. It is best to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and move on.

Andie MacDowell

#8. Don't wear excessive make-up as you grow older. Young women can wear whatever make-up they want, but if you are older, you will regret it.

Carolina Herrera

#9. On the 25th anniversary of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, let us remember that we have a chance to save lives! If we don't take it, we may regret it!

Widad Akreyi

#10. Don't ever, ever quit. Recognize that stopping now, regrouping to try a new approach isn't quitting. If you quit you'll regret it forever

Rudy Ruettiger

#11. She would follow him, and if he made a move to hurt her, she promised herself he would long regret it. At least she would try to make him long regret it. Of course, the worst thing she could probably manage would be to bleed on him. Fine revenge, that. (Serenity)

Kinley MacGregor

#12. I'm not big on regret. It's not on my schedule.

Joss Whedon

#13. It's not like he called me up and asked me. They've never wanted to throw us into that world, and I think our decision probably shocked them. But I love my dad, and I think I'd regret it if I didn't do this.

Jenna Bush

#14. I can't change what happened. If I'm honest, I don't want to. I won't regret it. I'll keep those memories trapped in a bubble away from labels of good and bad and right and wrong

Sara Grant

#15. Then trust me. I think the safest place for me is with you, and I won't regret it. I don't regret anything. The things that we do and the things that happen ... to us," I gulped and pushed down memories, "make us who we are.

Shelly Crane

#16. I dropped my phone on the floor and let the pain assail me. I'd given my heart away to someone who didn't want it. Even knowing that, I didn't regret it. I just wanted him to want me. I just wanted him to love me too.

Abbi Glines

#17. If you still accept the idea of regret, it means you can't yet accept nor forgive your past laxity.

Toba Beta

#18. Live to regret it.

Heidi Heilig

#19. My best life advice:Take the high road.No matter how much stress, or strain, or consternation you are facing, take the high road.You will never regret it.

Tim Gunn

#20. Gethen shouted threats as they left, but the warnings were as empty as his sandy cell. His final words to Keefe were the only ones with any impact. "You're choosing the wrong side, boy. You'll regret it when you see your mother's vision realized. But then it'll be too late.

Shannon Messenger

#21. Today we tell girls to grow up to be or do whatever they want. But the cultural pressure to become a mother remains very strong; rare is she who doesn't at least occasionally succumb to the nagging fear that if she remains childless, she'll live to regret it.

Kate Bolick

#22. Because I love you. I love you too much, like I always do, but this time I don't regret it and I don't wish I could take it back because you need it. So take it from me, H. Take it all from me.

Laurelin Paige

#23. Lacing up and leaving the house is the hardest moment of any run. You never regret it once you are en route.

Alexandra Heminsley

#24. Those allies who failed to join us will regret it. They're making a mistake.

Al D'Amato

#25. Sooner or later we have to die, and if then we review the past years with regret, it is too late, isn't it?

Dalai Lama XIV

#26. I don't know if this is a stumbling block, but I had a real setback when I won a Nebula Award for the first story I ever had nominated for a Nebula in 1982. And you might think that was a good thing - and it was a wonderful thing, I don't regret it a bit. But I was sort of discombobulated by it.

John Kessel

#27. Listen," he said gently and stepped closer. "No one can predict the future, but right now you're the most important thing to me. I would regret it for the rest of my life if we didn't give this a chance.

Angie Stanton

#28. I always brought up my children not to believe in Mothers Day gifts, and now I regret it.

Lauren Bacall

#29. 'Emeril' came on the air right when a new president of NBC was taking over, and there was just a big shift going on. And then 9/11 happened, and that really pretty much killed it, because the show was already having a hard time finding an audience. I don't regret it. I had a really good time.

Carrie Preston

#30. Brush those tears from your eyes
And try and realize
That from now on
I'll always be true.
I went away
But I didn't mean to stay
And I will regret it until my dying day.

Edna O'Brien

#31. A sin is nothing more than regret. Not for doing it once, but doing it again when you know you're going to regret it.

Carroll Bryant

#32. Somebody told me I'm a writer. I believed them. Now I regret it.

Stefanos Livos

#33. I was desperate, baby. I wasn't lying when I said I couldn't live if you died. I needed to know you were alive. I needed to see you, and now that you're safe. I can't regret it. It sucks, and I know it's not what any of us wanted, but seeing you here, I know it was worth it.

J.M. Darhower

#34. Sometimes our emotions get in the way of our ability to make clear decisions and this was one of them. But I don't think you should regret it. Everything happens for a reason.

Loni Flowers

#35. All we have is now, this moment. If you live in the future, you'll miss things, right here, right now, and you'll regret it later.

Jessica Therrien

#36. I have a beautiful son, I don't regret it, I'm very proud of the way that we handle our relationship and the way that we keep our son first and that's our priority.

Nia Long

#37. Would have. Could have. Should have. This is the language of condemnation underscored by the passivity of regret. It's a dead language. The thing is, you can't un-sin. You can only repent.

Steven Furtick

#38. People said to me, "You know, when you record a special, you're going to regret it. The one thing you'll regret because you're a comic is you'll think of better tags."

Jen Kirkman

#39. Live a lie, and you will live to regret it; that's what livin' is to me.

Jimmy Buffett

#40. If you don't say what you need to say when you have a chance ... you'll regret it. Even if you're mad, say it. Scream it into the world while you still have a chance to. Because once life passes you by, it's gone. And so are the words left unspoken.

Brittainy C. Cherry

#41. You and I have to rejoice that we have not to answer for our fathers' crimes, neither shall we do right to charge them one to another. We can only regret it, and flee from it, and from henceforth, let peace and righteousness be written upon our hearts and hands forever.

William Apess

#42. I'm genuinely curious about people, and I'm always interested when people do share with me. But I would not want someone to share something with me and then after the fact feel uncomfortable or regret it.

Alison Rosen

#43. I was trying to protect my wife, I was trying to protect myself from shame, and I really regret it.

Anthony Weiner

#44. I did not regret it at the time and I don't regret it now. I have never felt a moment's regret.

Reggie Kray

#45. You're going to wake up one day, and you're gonna realize he's moved on. He'll quit trying to win you back. And you'll regret it. And if there's anything The Plague taught me, it's that there isn't time for regret anymore.

Kirby Howell

#46. It all begins with that you believe in. Believe in fun, you won't regret it

Jack Steel

#47. When I get a fringe, it's because I'm bored or need a change; I always regret it!

Chloe Sevigny

#48. My dad's primary emotion is regret. It's like he made some giant mistake in his past, like he took a wrong turn, and instead of ending up wherever he was supposed to be, he ended up in this life [...] instead.

Nicola Yoon

#49. When your life is nearly over, you will regret it if you look back and recall too many nights when you made excuses instead of making love.

Barbara "Cutie" Cooper

#50. I know so many people who are eaten up by regret. It manifests itself in so many ways. They either become mentally a bit off, or they get very fat, or they are just horribly depressed.

Tippi Hedren

#51. I don't keep mistresses; it's far too much trouble. I'm offering to marry you, although I might regret it. And if you think the Lim family disapproved of your marriage, wait until you meet mine.

Yangsze Choo

#52. Even though flowers fall, don't regret it. Even though weeds grow, don't hate them. Don't arouse the passions of attraction and repulsion, hating and loving. If only we don't arouse the passions, the falling of flowers and the growing of weeds as they are is manifest absolute reality.

Hakuun Yasutani

#53. Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won't regret it.

Elizabeth Warren

#54. If you do whatever it takes to accomplish your goals to live the life you desire, It will be worth it. I promise! But if you find some excuse to justify quitting your journey, you will regret it. This is also a promise! -gbb

Glenn Brandon Burke

#55. Being the people we are, and feeling the way that we do, getting excited about going somewhere new can be terrifying. Of course it is, I get it! But if you don't travel, you'll regret it. Your soul will forever be empty.

S.R. Crawford

#56. When riding my old Harley a ninety per at midnight down the Via Roma in Naples, I kept one consolation firmly in mind: If anything goes wrong, I'll never have time to regret it.

Edward Abbey

#57. May you get exactly what you want and live long enough to regret it.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#58. If Alibaba cannot become a Microsoft or Wal-Mart, I will regret it for the rest of my life.

Jack Ma

#59. My part had three lines. I said, 'You look wonderful, sir,' three times. All my friends said, 'Do not take that role - and do not understudy. You'll regret it the rest of your life.' I did both of those things, and I've never regretted it once.

Jeffrey Tambor

#60. You are still thinking like a child, talking about friendship and crap. You'll regret it when you see one of them die in front of you.

Charles Lee

#61. I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.

Lee Iacocca

#62. I say to the [European countries]: Hurry up and apologize to our nation, because if you do not, you will regret it. This is because our nation is progressing and is victorious. Do not leave a black mark in the collective memory of the nation, because our nation will not forgive you.

Khaled Mashal

#63. I can't possibly take time off for a second baby, unless I do, in which case that is nobody's business and I'll never regret it for a moment unless it ruins my life.

Tina Fey

#64. I destroyed all my geek stuff because I didn't want to be a geek, and I regret it to this day. Consumed in the geek bonfire of the vanities was a collection of autographs and letters from Peter Cushing, Spike Milligan and Frankie Howerd, the first Doctor Whos, actual astronauts, and many more.

Peter Capaldi

#65. This was the first time I had not just rushed in and followed my instincts, and it wasn't working out. I was beginning to actively regret it.

Gwenda Bond

#66. Never, never waste a minute on regret. It's a waste of time.

Harry S. Truman

#67. I don't know how to regret it. Because that would mean to regret that I ever met her and I can't make myself do that.

Katja Millay

#68. It was my duty to shoot the enemy, and I don't regret it. My regrets are for the people I couldn't save: Marines, soldiers, buddies. I'm not naive, and I don't romanticize war. The worst moments of my life have come as a SEAL. But I can stand before God with a clear conscience about doing my job.

Chris Kyle

#69. Later in my life, I'm going to look back and smile and be very fulfilled. I know that if I don't give it my all right now I'll regret it later. That's very important to me, because I've worked all my life to have this.

Shania Twain

#70. I don't regret it, you know. I would do it all again. Children are our hope for the future."
THERE IS NO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, said Death.
"What does it contain, then?"
ME.

Terry Pratchett

#71. I had that hole in me. that empty space ... she put it in me, you filled it ... she was part of my life. you are my life. if i have a regret, it,s that even for an instant you could think otherwise. or that i allowed you to. -Roarke

J.D. Robb

#72. There is no harm in trying ... Trying improves your skills, enhances your stamina and encourages you to excel. Give it a try ... Even in trying moments, keep trying. You will never regret it!

Israelmore Ayivor

#73. Do you really want to get into my head? I think. It's not a friendly place. You'll regret it.

Kiersten White

#74. I prefer to love the one my heart has chosen for me, and I won't regret it

M.F. Moonzajer

#75. Marry or marry not, in any either case you'll regret it

Socrates

#76. You cannot just waste time. Otherwise you'll die to regret it.

Harriet Doerr

#77. How subtle is the relationship between the traveler and his luggage! He knows, as no one else knows, its idiosyncrasies, its contents ... and always some small nuisance which he wishes he had not brought; had known, indeed, before starting that he would regret it, but brought it all the same.

Vita Sackville-West

#78. You didn't get it. Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices.

Mitch Albom

#79. In order to be released from that agony, it doesn't matter what it takes even if it means using your friend's life, right? And then after you've gobbled him down you'd be left alone to regret it while covered in blood and guts. That's the hunger of a 'Ghoul'.

Sui Ishida

#80. I love the life you've always made so sweet for me and I'd regret it if I had to die.' 'Do you mean to say that if I left you
' 'I'd die, yes.' 'Then you love me?

Alexandre Dumas

#81. Never say anything you'll regret. It's easier to say nothing at all than to say something you can't take back.

Nikki Sex

#82. To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you revisit it, analyze it, regret it, or sweat it ... it's over. It can hurt you no more.

Mandy Hale

#83. What's the point of regret? It makes you feel awful, and you can't get the time back. The important thing is to realize your mistakes and know better.

Anonymous

#84. You can get stuck in the trap of reading your YouTube comments all the time. Sometimes I regret it. Not everyone is going to love you. And for some reason, stand-up has this thing where everyone thinks they can do it. So everyone thinks they're an expert.

Kumail Nanjiani

#85. You have a chance to save lives! If you don't take it, you may regret it!

Widad Akreyi

#86. I promise you won't regret it. I promise to make you feel things and enjoy things you never even thought of before. I'll make every night the best night of your life until you say it's over.

M. Leighton

#87. It's about showing up. And sometimes I don't do it. I almost always regret it, but sometimes I don't do it. Sometimes I walk into a situation where I'm intimidated and I want to be liked and I want to fit in, and I don't choose authenticity. And it's always pretty miserable.

Brene Brown

#88. At the end of the day, you can't regret it if you were trying. At the end of the day I'm walking with a heart of a lion.

Kid Cudi

#89. If I'd thought I would regret it," he said calmly, "I never would have made that oath. I knew what becoming a knight would mean. And if you asked me again, the answer would still be the same." He sighed, framing my face with his hands. "My life ... everything I am ... belongs to you.

Julie Kagawa

#90. I wouldn't call Loopt a failure. It didn't turn out like I wanted, for sure, but it was fun, I learned a lot, and I made enough money to start investing, which led me to my current job. I don't regret it at all.

Sam Altman

#91. 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.

Thomas Gravesen

#92. If you compromise and hire someone mediocre, you will always regret it.

Sam Altman

#93. You have to be young to be able to do things like that. Now I'm more cautious. I'm proud that I was able to do what I did - psychologically it was a great wall to climb - but sometimes I regret it.

Mathias Rust

#94. No. I don't regret it. It wasn't the right thing to do, but I don't regret it.
- Toni

Maya Banks

#95. A nation that turns it back on Christ and God's words of truth will inevitably regret it.

Monica Johnson

#96. The left side of my brain is telling me I want to sleep with every woman in the world and the other side of my brain is telling me I met this great girl and if I let that go I'm going to regret it.

Scott Caan

#97. Let me in, Emily, and I swear to you that you'll never regret it.
Ethan Sterling in Private Emotions

Elize Amornette

#98. You're mean. "
"You have no idea", he managed. "Trip my sadist trigger, baby, and I'll make you regret it. There will be flowers. Candy. Kenny G.

Joey W. Hill

#99. Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.

Mitch Albom

#100. I know I had no right to do this to you, but if you ask me if I regret it, I will answer you no. If you ask me if I'd do it again, I'd say yes. I would do it again and again and again. There is a darkness in me that lives and breathes just like yours, except it's motivated by love, and not by pain.

Angela Richardson