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“I think I'm very interested in people, in the way our minds work and how we navigate through the experience that is life. Very interested in people's struggles and their choices and their regrets and joys. I'm very interested in the human animal.”

People Thinking Way Mind Humans Joy Choices Animal Struggle Regret Navigate Human Animal

Author:Victor Salva

“We must embrace the fact that if we don't commit to thinking and living differently than most people now, we are setting ourselves up to endure a life of mediocrity, struggle, failure and regret-just like most people.”

People Ifs Thinking Facts Struggle Regret Embrace Endure Setting Commit Settings Mediocrity

Book:The Miracle Morning: The 6 Habits That Will Transform Your Life Before 8AM

Source: The Miracle Morning: The 6 Habits That Will Transform Your Life Before 8AM

“The House, being strong, should be generous ... but the constituents have a right to more than generosity.... The law gives me my seat. In the name of the law I ask for it. I regret that my personality overshadows the principles involved in this great struggle; but I would ask those who have touched my life, not knowing it, who have found for me vices which I do not remember in the memory of my life, I would ask them whether all can afford to cast the first stone ... then that, as best judges, they will vacate their own seats, having deprived my constituents of their right here to mine.”

“Make the best of where you are and do your best to line up your Energy from where you are, because any bit of struggle or any bit of regret only holds your cork under the water and doesn't allow you to connect with the Energy that would allow anything to improve.”

Energy Bits Water Lines Struggle Regret Where You Are Cork

Author:Esther Hicks

“Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort of frantic joy. I accepted everything, I believed everything, without struggle, without suffering, without regret, without false shame. How can one blush for what one adores?”

Heart Reason Joy Suffering Struggle Doors Regret My Heart Shame Accepted Sand Adore Captured Frantic

Author:George Sand

“There was no God in his heart, he knew; his ideas were still in riot; there was ever the pain of memory; the regret for his lost youth-yet the waters of disillusion had left a deposit on his soul, responsibility and a love of life, the faint stirring of old ambitions and unrealized dreams...... And he could not tell why the struggle was worth while, why he had determined to use to the utmost himself and his heritage from the personalities he had passed... He stretched out his arms to the crystalline, radiant sky. I know myself," he cried, "but that is all.”

Source: This Side of Paradise

“I know that I shall die struggling for breath, and I know that I shall be horribly afraid. I know that I shall not be able to keep myself from regretting bitterly the life that has brought me to such a pass; but I disown that regret. I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.”

Knows Stills Soul Hands Able Dies Poor Struggle Dying Regret Weak Breaths My Soul I Regret Diseased Regret Nothing

Author:W. Somerset Maugham

“There are people who live lives little different than the beasts,and I don't mean that badly. I mean that they accept whatever happens day to day without struggle or question or regret. To them things just are, like the earth and sky and seasons.”

People Mean Littles Different Happens Earth Accepting Struggle Sky Acceptance Regret Seasons Live Life Beast Day To Day Whatever Happens Earth And Sky

Book:Wild Swan

Source: Wild Swan

“The human animal began as a mere wriggling thing in the ancient seas, struggling out onto land with many regrets. That is what brings us so full of longing to the sea.”

Humans Animal Struggle Sea Land Regret Longing Mere Ancient Human Animal

Book:The Secret Scripture

Source: The Secret Scripture

“Whoever wishes to blame or attack me is entitled to do so. I regret I didn't have enough experience to totally control the movement. On the other hand, with our constant struggle, this had to be done together with others in the communist world to stop Kampuchea becoming Vietnamese.”

World Done Enough Hands Together Wish Struggle Movement Regret Becoming Blame Constant Communist Entitled I Regret Vietnamese Constant Struggle

Author:Pol Pot

“Be thankful for every day. Learn from mistakes. Don't dwell on regrets. Forgive with love. Gain strength from every struggle.”

Mistake Struggle Regret Gains Forgiving Appreciation Being Thankful Learning From Mistakes

Author:Nicky Gumbel