Regret Quotes Quotes

“Nothing is more regrettable
than missing a great opportunity
leading to success and prosperity.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“We think that the things we are going to regret are the things that we didn't attain; but that's not what we're going to regret. We're going to regret the things we didn't give, the love we didn't show, the time we didn't spend on someone who mattered... what we didn't GIVE. That's what we're going to regret!”
― C. JoyBell C.

“I looked up at the sky and wondered, "God, just once, give me another chance to gather the scattered pages of my life.”
― Wajid Shaikh, Sukoon

“Sometimes I touch my skin and wonder if the past is all there ever was.”
― Moses Yuriyvich Mikheyev, A Fire in the Sunset: A Decade of Love Poems

“A pain of regret is more painful simply because you had an option of choosing a different outcome.”
― Khuliso Mamathoni, The Greatest Proposal

“If you do not do what your heart yearns for, you will
create regrets. I have my share of them, and I want you to be spared of that burden.”
― Kaylee Stepkoski, Ever: The Alliance

“Regret hurts because it tells the story of what we didn’t do. Be bold, tell your story about what you did.”
― Talha Javaid Khan

“The regret of loving the wrong person is more than the regret of not having anyone to love.”
― Garima Soni - words world

“Every regret is a decision that went wrong.”
― Garima Soni - words world

“You will regret leaving the people you shouldn't have left.”
― Garima Soni - words world

“Gail bent over the face. Suddenly, she lurched backward. Her hand went to her forehead. “Oh! This is Lloyd Crocker, the love of my life! We were engaged at the end of high school. He was the nicest, sweetest boy, but I messed up.”
“You? How did you mess it up?”
“Oh, he took me to a party at his friend’s house and I started flirting with his friend for some reason, maybe to make him jealous; I don’t remember. So, Lloyd took me home and asked for his ring back. He said he couldn’t trust me. Oh, I was brokenhearted over him.
After I married Rich, Lloyd looked me up and we went for a walk. By then, he had a child and so did I. Oh, how I’ve regretted losing him. I hope he had a good life.”
Elsie recognized her mother’s feckless heart had never truly been rehabilitated. She could forget anyone if the next person in line seemed entertaining.”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“The sting of betrayal outlasts the sweetness of deceit, leaving only the bitter aftertaste of regret.”
― Andrew Pacholyk, The Rhythm of Betrayal

“There should be a word for the feeling of regret that you missed a chance mixed with the relief that you escaped the consequences that might have followed.”
― Michael Lipsey, The Quotable Stoic a Book of Original Aphorisms

“When you give up on someone who would have never given up on you, you make them regret loving you.”
― Garima Soni - words world

“The regret of not expressing feelings eventually turns into pain.”
― Garima Soni - words world

“Time weaves its magic; what was once fresh fades into antiquity, while the forgotten finds its way back as something new.”
― Ankith Reddy

“Regrets are sinkholes. You are walking on a field of flowers, expecting solid ground, where all at once there is none and with your disappointed expectations you are being swallowed by what lies beneath you, until you cannot see it anymore: not the field of flowers and neither the path you have been walking on”
― Sima B. Moussavian, The way they leave: A crime novella about the delusions you choose to believe in

“Applause honors the moment, not the man.”
― Ankith reddy , Love unleashed: Fathers love

“Sometimes people try to atone for their past misdeeds by helping those they once hurt.”
― Kotoba Clan, Moon Face Witch

“Anlamak affetmek için yeterli değilmiş.”
― Gülsel Ceren Güneş, Önden Üç Bilet

“In the absence of need, even wonder loses its spark.”
― Ankith Reddy

“When you don’t need anything, nothing excites you.”
― Ankith Reddy

“Regret has no place where growth was born.”
― Marion Bekoe

“May we be new and always new upon the Earth – allowing the autumn’s spent leaves to fall away, reaching bare branches to the Sun without ache or regret.”
― Tamara Rendell, Lahana: A Saga of the Savage Innocence and Power of Ancient Druidism

“The greatest regret for all of us would be to leave this Earth with our music still inside of us, not having sung the song that we alone came here to sing.”
― Les Price, Your Destiny Shift: Heal Your Soul, Unlock Your Highest Potential, Thrive On-Purpose

“I am a proven criminal, and I have no regrets, and the best proof is our vote buying.”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“Imagine your past reeks so badly, even you can't bear the stench of it.”
― Eduvie Donald

“Do Not Let Regret Control Our Thoughts

What is done cannot be undone. When we have done something wrong, an appropriate solution and a sincere expression of regret are needed to cleanse our thoughts again. Do we really want a mistake to continue haunting us and remain forever in our thoughts, so that we can never be free from what we did wrong in life? Everyone makes mistakes in life. Some people do so knowingly, but when we make a mistake with innocent intentions, we do not need to continue suffering from it for the rest of our lives. Our life moves forward. The past has passed and will certainly influence our future, but it will not return, and the same event will never be repeated in exactly the same way. We can learn from it and improve ourselves when we have the understanding to acknowledge that we did something wrong and thereby harmed or hurt another person. An acknowledged mistake does not have to keep haunting our minds. We can express our inner regret and sincerely ask for forgiveness. Asking for forgiveness cleanses our thoughts. When our sincere expression of regret is not accepted, we cannot force the other person to accept it. Then we must realize that we have shown our good intention and that distance is sometimes the only sensible solution to keep our own minds peaceful. If we continue to carry guilt and regret in our thoughts, it will keep resurfacing in our minds and will never give us inner peace. Our strength in life lies precisely in acknowledging our mistake, asking for forgiveness and cleansing our thoughts of what we did wrong. When our honest intention to express what lies on our soul is not accepted, we should not continue harming ourselves by allowing the same reflection to linger endlessly in our thought world. Do not keep it forever in our minds. Remove it by learning from it, seeking peace and moving forward, because otherwise it becomes only wasted thinking that causes sadness and heartache. Regret what we have done when we look at ourselves in the mirror and know that we acted wrongly, because we realize that we could have done it in a better and more peaceful way. But never forget that life goes on, the clock keeps ticking and we ourselves must set change in motion.

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“Words of regret gain value through our actions


We all make mistakes. Anyone who claims to perform everything perfectly at all times is someone we should not simply believe, but may reasonably assume is boasting. If even programmed machines can make errors while carrying out operations, then it is only natural that human beings, who are not programmed and must deal with emotions and incomplete knowledge, can also make mistakes. In itself, making a mistake is not something terrible, because it is human. When we harm only ourselves through it, we carry the personal blame and responsibility for the consequences. It takes on a different meaning, however, when we knowingly or unknowingly harm others through our mistakes. Then we may cause difficulties for which we ourselves are responsible and whose consequences another person must bear. People of character will take this deeply to heart. Only a few will react heartlessly and without concern, but never say never. The circumstances in which a mistake is made and the intention behind it are of great importance to the feelings of the person responsible. For the person harmed by that mistake, however, those circumstances and intentions do not change the consequences, because the harmed person is certainly not happy about them. It is precisely the compassion shown by the person responsible that can reveal to a large extent whether genuine regret is present. The words ‘sorry’ or ‘my apologies’ alone are often not convincing enough. It is therefore not easy to reach the right conclusion immediately, because words alone are not always powerful enough. Genuine emotional involvement, on the other hand, speaks volumes. When the person who made the mistake is truly shocked by what happened, that person’s behavior and inner feelings will show it under all circumstances. Sincere regret causes an emotional reaction that becomes visible not only in words, but above all in the willingness to do everything possible to resolve the problem that has arisen. This sincere emotional involvement makes visible how the person responsible feels about what happened. Through that involvement and the actions that follow, the person who made the mistake can make clear that there was no intention to harm, but a serious mistake whose consequences are understood and for which responsibility is being taken. By paying attention in daily life, we will be able to see from the actions after a mistake whether the person responsible is truly and convincingly showing sincere regret. Only then can words of regret gain sufficient meaning and value for those who were harmed by that mistake.


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“Some people yield to a moment of weakness and spend the rest of their lives regretting it.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, If This Won't Get You Thinking, Nothing Will