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

Long Dark Half Regret Waste Useless Tombs

Book:Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)

Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)

“I know, that since life is our most precious gift, and as far as we can be absolutely certain, it's given to us to live but once, let us so live we will not regret years of useless virtue, and inertia, and timidity, and ignorance, and in our last moments we can say: 'All my life, all my conscious energies, have been dedicated to the most noble cause in the world, the liberation of the human mind and spirit - beginning with my own'.”

“Guilt at least has a purpose; it tells us we've violated some ethical code. Ditto for remorse. Those feelings are educational; they manufacture wisdom. But regret-regret is useless.”

Feelings Purpose Regret Guilt Educational Useless Code Ethical Remorse

Book:Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety

Source: Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety

“Just do right. Right may not be expedient, it may not be profitable, but it will satisfy your soul. It brings you the kind of protection that bodyguards can’t give you. So try to live your life in a way that you will not regret years of useless virtue and inertia and timidity. Take up the battle. Take it up. It’s yours. This is your life. This is your world.”

World Way Giving Trying Years Kind May Soul Virtue Regret Battle Protection Your Soul Useless Live Your Life Profitable Inertia Timidity Bodyguard

Author:Maya Angelou

“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”

“Regrets are the most useless form of guilt. They always arrive too late to do any good.”

Form Regret Late Guilt Useless Too Late

Book:Tempting Danger

Source: Tempting Danger

“Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless. Your time of decay may be distant, but it will surely come, for even the White Man ... cannot be exempt from the common destiny.”

Men May Order Nations White Common Destiny Sea Regret Wave Useless Decay Tribes White Man Native American Indian Native American Spiritual

Author:Chief Seattle

“My regret was immediate and permanent and useless.”

Regret Useless Permanent

Author:John Green

“Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting.”

Ifs Positive Regret Waste Remains Useless Wasting Time Idle Wasted Time Don't Regret Wasting My Time Life Regret Don't Regret Anything

Author:Arthur Brisbane

“Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is not always in our power. We must snatch the present moment, and employ it well, without too much solicitude for the future, and content ourselves with reflecting that our part is performed. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once, may breathe out his life in idle wishes, and regret, in the last hour, his useless intentions and barren zeal.”

Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752

“Tribe follows tribe, nations follow nations like the tides of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless.”

Order Nations Sea Regret Useless Native Tides Native American Tribes

Author:Chief Seattle

“Regret is useless in life. It's in the past. All we have is now.”

Life Past Regret Useless

Author:Marlon Brando