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Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently.
Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently.
Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of read more
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 for wallowing in.
There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in read more
There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory.
Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop read more
Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting.
For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "It might have been!".
For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "It might have been!".
People so seldom say I love you And then it's either too late or love goes. So when I tell read more
People so seldom say I love you And then it's either too late or love goes. So when I tell you I love you, It doesn't mean I know you'll never go, Only that I wish you didn't have to.
I don't have regrets, there are only lessons. You learn from them, and you become a better person.
I don't have regrets, there are only lessons. You learn from them, and you become a better person.
If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.
If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.
I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not doing what my heart led read more
I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not doing what my heart led me to and wondering what life had been like if I'd just been myself.