We all have regrets in life. In fact, regret itself is an integral part of the human experience. We feel regret when things don’t follow our intentions, causing us to be in an uncomfortable spot. It could also be something that we had wanted to do, but failed to achieve.
Regret is not an easy pill to swallow, especially during those late nights unable to sleep, when our mind tends to revisit those uncomfortable places. But for better or worse, our regrets can teach us important lessons that will help us avoid future mistakes. The key is to look at them, learn and emerge making better decisions going forward.
The following quotes will provide you with new perspectives on this matter, and hopefully, you will be able to come to terms with the mistakes you have made a little better.
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30 Quotes On Regret To Help You Be At Peace At Last
1. Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, It might have been. ― Kurt Vonnegut
2. I’ve got a bad case of the 3:00 am guilts – you know, when you lie in bed awake and replay all those things you didn’t do right? Because, as we all know, nothing solves insomnia like a nice warm glass of regret, depression and self-loathing. ― D.D. Barant
3. Well, it’s true that I have been hurt in my life. Quite a bit. But it’s also true that I have loved, and been loved. and that carries a weight of its own. A greater weight, in my opinion. It’s like that pie chart we talked about earlier. In the end, I’ll look back on my life and see that the greatest piece of it was love. The problems, the divorces, the sadness… those will be there too, but just smaller slivers, tiny pieces. ― Sarah Dessen
4. There was a long hard time when I kept far from me the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I was quite ignorant of its worth. ― Charles Dickens
5. Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. ― Arthur Miller
6. If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world. ― Mercedes Lackey
7. The mistakes I’ve made are dead to me. But I can’t take back the things I never did. ― Jonathan Safran Foer
8. There are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until you’re useless, and the kind that fires your soul to purpose. – Sabaa Tahir
9. Have you ever hoped for something? And held out for it against all the odds? Until everything you did was ridiculous? – Ali Shaw
10. Our biggest regrets are not for the things we have done but for the things we haven’t done. – Chad Michael Murray
11. Regret is mostly caused by not having done anything. – Charles Bukowski
12. 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
13. The past could always be annihilated. Regret, denial, or forgetfulness could do that. But the future was inevitable. – Oscar Wilde
14. You can’t regret the life you didn’t lead. – Junot Díaz
15. If I’m sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow? – José Saramago
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16. We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here now with the power to shape your day and your future. – Steve Maraboli
17. Not everything’s perfect, especially in 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. – Sarah Dessen
Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can’t build on it; it’s only good for wallowing in. – Katherine Mansfield
19. I see it all perfectly, there are two possible situations, one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it, you will regret both. – Soren Kierkegaard
20. I want to undo this. To make it right. But I have no idea how. I don’t seem to know how to open up to people without getting the door slammed in my face. So I do nothing. – Gayle Forman
21. Regret is counterproductive. It’s looking back on a past that you can’t change. Questioning things as they occur can prevent regret in the future. – Colleen Hoover
22. Everybody was sorry. Sorry was easy. Sorry was for suckers. – Gretchen McNeil
23. If you had to relive your life exactly as it was, same successes and failures, same happiness, same miseries, same mixture of comedy and tragedy, would you want to? Was it worth it? – Gavin Extence
24. Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity. – Ted Chiang
25. There are moments in your life where you realize you could do nothing, but if you do, you’ll probably regret it forever. – Milana Vayntrub
26. Sensitive people either love deeply or they regret deeply. There really is no middle ground because they live in passionate extremes. – Shannon L. Alder
Regrets are pointless. It’s too late for regrets. You’ve already done it, haven’t you? You’ve lived your life. No point wishing you could change it. – Lemmy Kilmister
28. When we grow old, there can only be one regret, not to have given enough of ourselves. – Eleonora Duse
29. There is no more disastrous mania, no more dangerous whim, than the speculation over roads not taken. – Juan Gabriel Vásquez
30. No amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of worrying can change the future. – Umar ibn Al-Khattab
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