“I think all of us, looking back on our careers and our lives, there'll probably be a "road not taken" that we'll regret and mourn. Certainly, artists will always feel that way, especially when the path taken was more commercial than the one not taken.” ThinkingWayFeelsArtistCareersPathTakenOur LivesRegretLooking BackMournRoad Not Taken Author:Liz Garbus
“Hindsight, I think, is a useless tool. We, each of us, are at a place in our lives because of innumerable circumstances, and we, each of us, have a responsibility (if we do not like where we are) to move along life's road, to find a better path if this one does not suit, or to walk happily along this one if it is indeed our life's way. Changing even the bad things that have gone before would fundamentally change who we are, and whether or not that would be a good thing, I believe, it is impossible to predict. So I take my past experiences... and try to regret nothing. -Drizzt Do'urden” IfsThinkingWayTryingBelieveDoeWould BePastMovingI BelieveWalksResponsibilityGonePathOur LivesImpossibleRegretCircumstancesToolsGood ThingsSuitsUselessWho We AreBad ThingsMy PastHindsightPast ExperiencesDrizztRegret NothingDrizzt Do Urden Author:R. A. Salvatore
“The places we have known do not belong solely to the world of space in which we situate them for our greater convenience. They were only a thin slice among contiguous impressions which formed our life at that time; the memory of a certain image is but regret for a certain moment; and houses, roads, avenues are as fleeting, alas, as the years.” WorldYearsMomentsCertainHouseMemoriesSpaceKnownGreaterOur LivesRegretImpressionAlasFleetingAvenuesConvenience Book:In Search of Lost Time: The Way by Swann's Source: In Search of Lost Time: The Way by Swann's
“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
“We are not helpless...Many times in our lives we’ve been powerless, but not this night. Right now we have the power to choose the manner in which we die. If you have been a master of nothing else in all your days, you are now a master of this moment. And I for one am going to give such an answer to this insult that others will dearly regret not being by my side to see it!” IfsGivingHas BeensMomentsNightDiesSidesAnswersOur LivesMastersRegretRight NowInsultHelplessPowerless Author:Jeaniene Frost
“Our lives are made in these small hours, these little wonders, these twists & turns of fate. Time falls away, but these small hours, these small hours still remain. All of my regret, will wash away somehow. But i can not forget, the way i feel right now.” WayFeelsLittlesMadeStillsI CanTurnsFallHoursForgetWonderOur LivesFateRegretRight NowCan NotTwistsFeels Right Author:Rob Thomas
“Real life is a funny thing, you know. In real life, saying the right thing at the right moment is beyond crucial. So crucial, in fact, that most of us start to hesitate, for fear of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. But lately what I've begun to fear more that that is letting the moment pass without saying anything. I think most of us fear reaching the end of our life, and looking back, regretting the moments we didn't speak up. When we didn't say "I love you." When we should've said "I'm Sorry." When we didn't stand up for ourselves or some one who needed help.” ThinkingKnowsShouldSaidRealEndsMomentsFactsHelpingLife IsSpeakOur LivesLove YouRegretNeededSorryReal LifeRight ThingReachingCrucialLooking BackI'm SorryFunny ThingsWrong ThingsSay I Love YouWrong TimeRight MomentCrucial MomentsNeeded HelpSaying The Wrong ThingReaching The End Author:Taylor Swift
“In our life there are moments when we have to move forward...Regardless of how others may see us. Even if I make a mistake, I wont regret it!” IfsMayMomentsMovingMistakeOur LivesRegretMoving Forward Author:Inio Asano
“But I’ve been turning over in my mind the question of nostalgia, and whether I suffer from it. I certainly don’t get soggy at the memory of some childhood knickknack; nor do I want to deceive myself sentimentally about something that wasn’t even true at the time—love of the old school, and so on. But if nostalgia means the powerful recollection of strong emotions—and a regret that such feelings are no longer present in our lives—then I plead guilty.” IfsWantMindMeanFeelingsSchoolSufferingStrongMemoriesPowerfulEmotionOur LivesChildhoodRegretNostalgiaGuiltyDeceivingRecollectionOld SchoolTime LoveStrong Emotions Author:Julian Barnes
“Our lives are marked and shaped by our regrets. Things we all want to take back and can’t. In a perfect world, we would never hurt the ones we love or cause hurt to befall them. But the world isn’t perfect and neither are we.” WorldWantCausesHurtPerfectOur LivesRegretA Perfect World Book:Styxx Source: Styxx
“Do believe that if we fail to act in time, it will be the single biggest regret any of us has at the end of our lives.” IfsBelieveEndsOur LivesFailingRegretClimate Change Author:Joseph J. Romm
“As soon as we see our dreams betrayed we realize that the intensest joys of our life have nothing to do with reality, and we are consumed with regret for the time when they glowed within us. And in this succession of hopes and regrets our life slips by.” DreamRealityJoyRealizingOur LivesRegretSlipsOur DreamsBetrayedConsumedSuccession Book:The Little Virtues Source: The Little Virtues
“Take the stupidest thing you've ever done. At least it's done. It's over. It's gone. We can all learn from our mistakes and heal and move on. But it's harder to learn or heal or move on from something that hasn't happened; something we don't know and is therefore indefinable; something which could very easily have been the best thing in our lives, if only we'd taken the plunge, if only we'd held our breath and stood up and done it, if only we'd said yes.” IfsKnowsHas BeensSaidDoneMovingMistakeGoneTakenOur LivesHappenedRegretHarderBreathsHealBest ThingsOver ItPlungeStood UpStupidestIndefinableLearning From Our Mistakes Book:Yes Man Source: Yes Man