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Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.
Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.
Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.
Only in your imagination can you revise.
Only in your imagination can you revise.
I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any read more
I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid.
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.
Of all the words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these... it might have been.
Of all the words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these... it might have been.
One's real life is often the life that one does not lead
One's real life is often the life that one does not lead
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that read more
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
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!".