Regrets Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old regrets quotes, regrets sayings, and regrets proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Footfalls echo in the memory Down the passage which we did not take Towards the door we never opened Into the rose-garden. Thomas Stearns Eliot
I do not regret the things I've done, but those I did not do. Rory Cochrane
Life is short. Break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile. Audrey Hepburn
Never regret anything that has happened in your life. It cannot be changed, undone, or forgotten. So take it as a lesson learned, and move on. unknown
Never regret anything that makes you smile. Audrey Hepburn
Always do your best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment. Under any circumstances, simply do your best and you will avoid self-judgement, self-abuse and regret. Miguel Angel Ruiz
Regret for wasted time is more wasted time. Mason Cooley
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
Regret for wasted time can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting. Arthur Brisbane
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
I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say. Ingrid Bergman
He who has regrets cannot look at himself in the mirror. Eric Cantona
Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs. Charles Dickens
Regrets and recriminations only hurt your soul. Armand Hammer
You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, 'Things happen for a reason', there's a fatalistic thing about it. Something will happen that will justify it in some way. Martin Landau
Regrets are the tears of good deeds left undone Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The regrets and resentments etched in a heart remain until they are cleansed away with love. Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Be too busy to have time for regrets. Angela Wright
Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret. Laurence J. Peter
You'll regret opening your mouth. You'll rarely regret keeping it shut. Max Lucado
The only thing I regret about my life is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I'd make all the same mistake sooner. Tallulah Bankhead
If every single thing goes well for me from this day forward and I live twice as long and hit eighty, I still screwed up at least half of my life. Merrill Markoe
People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they're all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of human error. Florence King
If I could change one thing about myself, I'd be younger. I'd love to start over. Ellen Cleghorne
I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific. Lily Tomlin
A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. Homer Simpson
My only regret in the theatre is that I could never sit our front and watch me. John Barrymore
Youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle; old age a regret. Benjamin Disraeli
The follies which a man regrets most in life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. Helen Rowland
Doing one's best drives away regret. Malagsy Wisdom