The Only Thing I Regret Quotes

#1. The only thing I regret is that it ever ended. And I'm the one who's jealous. Insanely so.

K.A. Tucker

#2. The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner.

Tallulah Bankhead

#3. Actually, the only thing I regret is not making more underground films and bringing them with me as historical documents.

Bahman Ghobadi

#4. I saw with regret, (and all scientific men have shared this feeling) that whilst the number of accurate instruments was daily increasing, we were still ignorant

Alexander Von Humboldt

#5. Rarely do you regret what you have done nearly as much as what you have failed to do.

Jeffrey Fry

#6. I thought of all the hardships and people that I had lost in the past few days alone, but, most of all, I thought of how I didn't regret any of it.

Shannon A. Thompson

#7. Give your real being a chance to shape your life. You will not regret it.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

#8. Regret is the strongest anchor that latches on to the ground, and you carry it within you, it is a feeling quite unlike others for it is despair mingled with hope.

Saim .A. Cheeda

#9. I must place on record my regret that the human race ever learned to fly.

Winston Churchill

#10. He swallows a soothing mouthful of Jim Beam and rubs at his face, trying to rub away the familiar regret, that he can't take back words that are already history, that have found their mark and already done their damage.

Caitlin R. Kiernan

#11. They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer have have it to regret.

Henry David Thoreau

#12. Memory all to easily accommodates the corruption of regret.

Dana Spiotta

#13. Any anger I feel vanishes. What is left cannot be described. It is guilt piled onto emptiness and set afire.

Bryan Reardon

#14. He had a sadness in his eyes that Carrie recognised as regret.

Kassandra Cross

#15. The tear-stained letters of my regret will remain forever unread, for I am never going to be strong enough to give them to you.

Courtney M. Privett

#16. Don't regret your despondency in the shadows of evil, for the good light never did anything to erase your misery.

Michael Bassey Johnson

#17. It's not easy, pairing yourself off with someone forever. It's an admirable thing, and I'm glad you're both doing it, but, boy-oh-girl-oh, there will be days you wish you'd never done it. And those will be the good times, when it's only days of regret and not months.

Gillian Flynn

#18. He watched them with the passionate regret with which he saw them play football or go to dances: the activity itself did not interest, but the power to share it would have made him less apart.

Alasdair Gray

#19. When it is mid week, pause and ponder! The very single days we disregard are what become the very years we wished to have used effectively and efficiently. If we disregard today, we shall remember our had I know tomorrow. Time changes therefore think of the changing times.

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#20. Sold my soul to the devil / for nice penmanship. / Now I write real pretty / but I'm starting to regret it.

Dan Mangan

#21. A guy said to a girl he liked; ' I am scared of loving again'
The girl responded ; ' the only thing that scares me is living a life of regret, in never chasing that things that once took my breath away

Nikki Rowe

#22. But I am very persistent. I never give up on the things that I want. This ... you and me ... it's inevitable. Theren't no use in fighting, Kami. It's going to happen. And when you are madly in love with me, the only thing you'll regret is not falling sooner.

S.L. Jennings

#23. I wish I could do it again, only I wish I could take all of the animals out of the environmental fur farm ... I have absolutely no regrets, and I hope the same thing continues to happen at MSU and every other college campus that does animal research.

Rod Coronado

#24. Faythe ... ?" The tremor in his voice broke my heart. Then understanding surfaced, and his tear-filled eyes searched mine desperately. "No. No," he whispered through clenched teeth. "This was not wrong. It's the only thing I've done right in months. Don't you dare regret this.

Rachel Vincent

#25. Then swear you'll make this so damn good I won't regret it in the morning."
His mouth molded into that sexy, dimpled grin. "Darlin', the only thing you're going to regret is putting me off for so long.

Victoria Vane

#26. A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only thing he would regret leaving was the sky.

Yoshida Kenko

#27. I will always cherish the times at JGR. The only thing that I regret is that we didn't win more races and/or championships.

Bobby Labonte

#28. My father died. It is still a deep regret to me this day that in choosing acting as my career I was forced to hurt him. He died too early to see I had done the right, the only thing.

Conrad Veidt

#29. Regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. "What if..." "If only... " "I wonder what would have..."

You will never, never know, and it will haunt you for the rest of your days.

Trevor Noah

#30. There was no doubt even for a child as young as I'd been, that she'd raised his ghost. I knew then, the only thing that really ever haunts a person is regret.

Kimberly Brock

#31. If you summon your courage to challenge something, you'll never be left with regret. How sad it is to spend your life wishing, "If only I'd had a little more courage." Whatever the outcome may be, the important thing is to step forward on the path that you believe is right.

Daisaku Ikeda

#32. I'm going for it. Every part of my body says to jump and fly, no matter how hard voices like Shay and my parents try to ground me. I understand their realism, but I don't want to look back and regret not taking the plunge.

Krista Ritchie

#33. I don't regret any decisions I've made in my life.

Gladys Knight

#34. I've lost loved ones in my life who never knew how much I loved them. Now I live with the regret that my true feelings for them never were revealed.

Garth Brooks

#35. Nor did he think of Celia any more, though he could sometimes remember having dreamt of her. If only he had been able to think of her, he would not have needed to dream of her.

Samuel Beckett

#36. The ultimate goal of yoga is to always observe things accurately, and therefore never act in a way that will make us regret our actions later.

T. K. V. Desikachar

#37. All those sounds of her failure and regret would be left behind, and in their place there would be silence.

Eowyn Ivey

#38. We all do things we regret. It's part of growing up.

Sue Grafton

#39. Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past - the best evidence of regret for them that we can offer, or the world receive.

Tryon Edwards

#40. Don't be shaped by regret, disappointment, fear of the future, resentment and the like. The Lord's joy is your strength. Enjoy it.

Terry Virgo

#41. I have no regret about making 'Heroine'; rather, I am happy I made it. I never shun my films; I stick to it.

Madhur Bhandarkar

#42. One of the most terrifying things I fear is not my potential, but how much regret I'll die with should I never use it.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#43. O plunge your hands in water, Plunge them in up to the wrist;
Stare, stare in the basin And wonder what you've missed.

W. H. Auden

#44. The pleasantness of their company outweighed the regret of their passing. On the whole, then, it is better to experience what you experience now than not to.

Isaac Asimov

#45. But what's regret anyway? Regret, I am learning these days, is a lot of things. But mostly, it's a slippery seed of longing, of looking back and asking yourself why you didn't know better when the answers were so obvious all along.

Allison Winn Scotch

#46. My point is,' Jamie continued, 'not everything's perfect, especially at the beginning. And it's all right to have a little bit of regret every once in a while. It's when you feel it all the time and can't do anything about it ... that's when you get into trouble.'
pg 169-170

Sarah Dessen

#47. He dressed quickly in silence, refusing her tissues. He shakily pulled a wad of uncounted notes from his wallet, abandoned them in the no man's land between, and escaped in an indecent haste, leaving the shameful tableau in his wake.

Darren White

#48. It is true that I had wanted to die , but that is peculiarly different from regretting having been born. Overwhelmingly, I was enormously glad to have been born, grateful for life, and I couldn't imagine not wanting to pass on life to someone else.

Kay Redfield Jamison

#49. The beauty of life is, while we cannot undo what is done, we can see it, understand it, learn from it and change. So that every new moment is spent not in regret, guilt, fear or anger, but in wisdom, understanding and love.

Jennifer Edwards

#50. Temporary feelings of regret are a normal part of the mourning process. This helps us retrieve our lost dreams. If we hold on to regret, we risk trapping ourselves in a prison of unrealized dreams from which it is difficult to escape.

Barbara De Angelis

#51. I was up for Michael Corleone in 'The Godfather,' but, as I was only 10 at the time, I think Mr. Coppola made the right choice. The Julia Roberts role in 'Pretty Woman' held a bizarre allure for me. But, it's silly to look back with regret.

Eric Stoltz

#52. Only a fool wants war, but once a war starts then it cannot be fought half-heartedly. It cannot even be fought with regret, but must be waged with a savage joy in defeating the enemy, and it is that savage joy that inspires our bards to write their greatest songs about love and war.

Bernard Cornwell

#53. Never regret trusting someone. It proves you have a heart. But if he turns out to be a lying worm ... I'm not going to waste my time crying. Because I am way too fabulous for that.

Jude Watson

#54. I've left behind so many unfinished quilts in my life, beautiful pieces of dreams and intentions never fully assembled.

K. Martin Beckner

#55. I always wanted to be a doctor and go to art school, but I thought I'd regret it if I didn't act.

Kate Ashfield

#56. I wait for his regret, his guilt, but it does not come. He is a man who always sees the good in things. And in his mind, love is always good.

Priya Parmar

#57. I regret it when I suppress my feelings too long and they burst forth in ways that are distorted or attacking or hurtful.

Carl R. Rogers

#58. You can't live with regrets. It's about the journey

Mariah Carey

#59. I regret the times I've been mean to people ... It's fine to pick on people who can defend themselves and deserve it. Some people don't deserve to be picked on who I picked on, so I don't do it anymore.

Don Imus

#60. In the unlikely event that she does escape me, I will inform you all. If you catch her, you are to detain her and return her to me." His eyes glowed like the fires of hell. "She is not to be harmed in any way, or so help you God, you will regret it until your last breath." *

Brooklyn Ann