2,008 Quotes About Regret

The regrets in the theatre have always been the shows that you know ought to have worked but for one reason or another haven't.

I have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are born free and equal; but of late it appears that some men are born slaves, and I regret that they are not black, so all the world might know them.

We can't afford to waste tears on might-have-beens. We need to turn the tears into sweat that can take us to what can be.

Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won't regret it.

There is a haunting phantom called Regret, A shadowy creature robed somewhat like woe, But fairer in the face, whom all men know By her said mien, and eyes forever wet. No heart would seek her; but once having met All take her by the hand, and to and fro They wander through those paths of long ago-- Those hallowed ways 'twere wiser to forget.

We waste half our strength in a useless regretting; We sit by old tombs in the dark too long.

Only in your imagination can you revise.

When I look at my life I realise that the mistakes I have made, the things I really regret, were not errors of judgement but failures of feeling.

I would rather have regrets of excess than regrets of denial.