Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past, the neglected opportunity.- Omar Idn Al-Halif
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humbles hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it. -Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) _The Little Minister_ [1891], Chapter 1
Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have. -Louis E. Boone
Classic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. ROLLING IN THE MUCK IS NOT THE BEST WAY OF GETTING CLEAN.- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
I regret many follies which sprang from my obstinancy; but without that trait I would not have reached my goal. - Carl G.Jung
Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.- C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)
Regret is the cancer of an otherwise healthy life. -Pitz, Shaun
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.- Harriet Beecher Stowe
For of all the sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: "It might have been."
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) Maud Miller, stanza 53
No man is rich enough to buy back his past.- Oscar Wilde
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