“For a well-made cup of coffee is the proper beginning to an idle day. Its aroma is beguiling, its taste is sweet; yet it leaves behind only bitterness and regret. In that, it resembles, surely, the pleasures of love.” WellsMadePleasureBehindsSweetRegretTasteCoffeeCupsBitternessIdleCoffee CupAroma Author:Anthony Capella
“It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest enemy to present joy and high hopes is the cultivation of retrospective bitterness.” SometimesWisdomTruthJoyHopeSimpleEnemyRegretPoliticianForgottenBitterBitternessAnguishGloomCultivationRetrospective Author:Robert Menzies
“I told him the truth, that I loved him and didn't regret anything about our lives together. But do we ever 'tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God' as my father used to say, to those we love? Or even to ourselves? Don't even the best and most fortunate of lives hint at other possibilities, at a different kind of sweetness and, yes, bitterness too? Isn't this why we can't help feeling cheated, even when we know we haven't been?” KnowsKindDifferentWholeHelpingFeelingsTogetherUsedFatherOur LivesHavensPossibilityRegretFortunateHelp MeTelling The TruthBitternessDifferent KindsSweetnessHintsCheatedThose We LoveWhole TruthLife TogetherGod Help MeNothing But The Truth Author:Richard Russo
“My VIP patients often regret so many things on their deathbeds. They regret the bitterness they'll leave in people's hearts. They realize the no money, no church service, no eulogy, no funeral procession no matter how elaborate, can remove the legacy of a mean spirit.” PeopleHeartMeanMatterSpiritRealizingChurchRegretPatientLegacyRemoveBitternessFuneralNo MoneyEulogyDeathbedProcessionVipChurch Service Book:Cutting for Stone Source: Cutting for Stone
“All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry - all forms of fear - are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence.” EnoughPastFormWorryToo MuchMeditationSadnessRegretAnxietyStressGuiltPsychologicalDenialTensionBitternessResentmentNegativityAccumulationGrievancePower Of NowPower Of Now Book Book:The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“There was human goodness in the world, she thought-all caught up with desires and dreams, regrets and bitterness, resentments and power, but it was there.” WorldHumansDreamDesireRegretGoodnessCaughtBitternessResentmentCaught UpGoodness In The World Author:Cassandra Clare
“Until we have finally accepted the fact that there is nothing we can do to change the past, our feelings of regret and remorse and bitterness will prevent us from designing a better future with the opportunity that is before us today.” FactsFeelingsTodayPastOpportunityCan DoDesignRegretAcceptedBitternessRemorseBetter Future Author:Jim Rohn