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Regret Quotes

"A life premised upon honest effort and questing for love is bound to generate regret and remorse."

"A life premised upon honest effort and questing for love is bound to generate regret and remorse."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Regret, Life, Effort, Love

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"Whoever hate, harm himself."

"Whoever hate, harm himself."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Regret, Hate, Harm, Self, Negativity

"Then he thought himself unhappy, but happiness was all in the future; now he felt that the best happiness was already in the past."

"Then he thought himself unhappy, but happiness was all in the future; now he felt that the best happiness was already in the past."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Regret, Past, Future, Happiness

"We are discouraged, when we fail to nourish the soul with its spiritual food."

"We are discouraged, when we fail to nourish the soul with its spiritual food."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Regret, Discouragement, Soul, Faith, Hope

"One of the most difficult things to think about in life is one's regrets. Something will happen to you, and you will do the wrong thing, and for years afterward you will wish you had done something different."

"One of the most difficult things to think about in life is one's regrets. Something will happen to you, and you will do the wrong thing, and for years afterward you will wish you had done something different."

Lemony Snicket, American Author

Regret, Mistake, Reflection, Time

"I could have.What does this phrase mean? At any given moment in our lives, there are certain things that could have heppened but, didn't. The magic moments go unrecognized, and then suddenly, the hand of destiny changes everything."

"I could have.What does this phrase mean? At any given moment in our lives, there are certain things that could have heppened but, didn't. The magic moments go unrecognized, and then suddenly, the hand of destiny changes everything."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Regret, Possibility, Fate, Choice

"Jay replied to the bird, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, my little bird. I'm sorry for leaving you alone. I'm sorry for hiding you away. Only now do I realize how much I've missed you."

"Jay replied to the bird, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, my little bird. I'm sorry for leaving you alone. I'm sorry for hiding you away. Only now do I realize how much I've missed you."

Ilchi Lee, South Korean Author

Regret, Love, Apology, Memory

"In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if a child died under it; my example showing that the regret may be the same either way, and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen."

"In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if a child died under it; my example showing that the regret may be the same either way, and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Regret, Health, Parenting, Decision

"I cursed myself. For once, heaven had sent me "Beauty" in its most perfected form and I abandoned it. She might not have been a girl after all but an angel: a force to guide me on this hazardous path of life I hurry down... How can life be hazardous if it can only end in death?"

"I cursed myself. For once, heaven had sent me "Beauty" in its most perfected form and I abandoned it. She might not have been a girl after all but an angel: a force to guide me on this hazardous path of life I hurry down... How can life be hazardous if it can only end in death?"

Roman Payne, American Novelist

Regret, Mortality, Beauty, Life, Death

"I wished I had told her what I was doing. I wished I had said more, argued more. Maybe then I wouldn't have this hollow ache in my chest whenever I thought of our parting words. Had she already moved on, forgotten me? In her position, what she said made sense, but the thought of her with someone else made me wish I had something to fight, to kill, just so I could forget."

"I wished I had told her what I was doing. I wished I had said more, argued more. Maybe then I wouldn't have this hollow ache in my chest whenever I thought of our parting words. Had she already moved on, forgotten me? In her position, what she said made sense, but the thought of her with someone else made me wish I had something to fight, to kill, just so I could forget."

Julie Kagawa, American Author

Regret, Loss, Longing, Jealousy

"The sadness sorrow is to desire death while you have life."

"The sadness sorrow is to desire death while you have life."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Regret, Sadness, Sorrow, Desire, Death

"Droll thing life is -- that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself -- that comes too late -- a crop of inextinguishable regrets."

"Droll thing life is -- that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself -- that comes too late -- a crop of inextinguishable regrets."

Joseph Conrad, Polish Novelist

Regret, Reflection, Life, Sadness

"I live with regrets - the bittersweet loss of innocence - the red track of the moon upon the lake - the inability to return and do it again..."

"I live with regrets - the bittersweet loss of innocence - the red track of the moon upon the lake - the inability to return and do it again..."

John Geddes, Canadian Author

Regret, Loss, Innocence, Memory

"And at that moment Jude thought something that he would never forgive himself for.He wished that he had never met any of them."

"And at that moment Jude thought something that he would never forgive himself for.He wished that he had never met any of them."

Melina Marchetta, Australian Author

Regret, Sadness, Truth, Emotion

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