2,008 Quotes About Regret

  • Author Peabo Bryson
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    Music should probably provide answers in terms of lyrical content, and giving people a sense of togetherness and oneness, as opposed to being alone in their thoughts and dilemmas or regrets or happiness or whatever.

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  • Author Peter S. Beagle
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    I have been mortal, and some part of me is mortal yet. I am full of tears and hunger and the fear of death, although I cannot weep, and I want nothing, and I cannot die. I am not like the others now, for no unicorn was ever born who could regret, but I do. I regret.

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  • Author Richard Branson
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    I have always believed that there is no point in having regrets as you learn far more from mistakes than successes. Embrace a mistake and learn from it; don't regret them.

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  • Author Richard Branson
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    I've been taught not to have any regrets. If we were to add up all of the hours spent regretting mistakes and use that time to develop new ideas, who knows how many brilliant new businesses would be created.

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  • Author Samuel Butler
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    I believe that he was really sorry that people would not believe he was sorry that he was not more sorry.

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  • Author Sarah Ban Breathnach
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    I truly believe that regret is the only wound the soul does not recover from, and so I'm trying to live without regrets. ... Each day is another chance to be swept away.

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  • Author Wendell Berry
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    When I rise up, let me rise up joyful like a bird. When I fall, let me fall without regret like a leaf.

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