47 Quotes About Missed-opportunities

He thought of all the times he could have visited, and hadn't. All those missed opportunities to call. All those times he'd forgotten her birthday.

That was the missed moment. I should have put out a hand and taken her arm and said, "Here I am. Ask me. Now. The real question! Tell me. While I'm here. Ask me before it's too late.

I wonder what life would have been like if I would have taken all that time I spent wondering what life would have been like, and instead used that time to make it what I wanted it to be like.

Don’t live in regret over missed opportunities, for if you do, you will miss even more.

People regret not achieving enough success in life, they should regret missing many opportunities in life.

What I mean is, right from that first time, there wassomething in Tommy's manner that was tinged with sadness, that seemed tosay: “Yes, we're doing this now and I'm glad we're doing it now. But what apity we left it so late.

Your belly may be empty and opportunities flicker dimly, but let your cheeks glow fat with the fortune of life.

So I waited. Then I got used to waiting. Eventually, waiting was more real than what we had.

Our star life, yours with mine. As someone said over dinner once, each of us is given at least nine versions of our lives, some we guzzle, others we take tiny, timid sips from, and some our lips never touch.