I’d rather regret the things I have done than the things that I haven’t. Lucille Ball
The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn’t commit when he had the opportunity. Helen Rowland
The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I’d make all the same mistakes – only sooner. Tallulah Bankhead
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain
A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. John Barrymore
Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can’t build on it; it’s only for wallowing in. Katherine Mansfield
Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. Arthur Miller
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. Harriet Beecher Stowe
I have no regrets. I wouldn’t have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say. Ingrid Bergman
In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour. Stefan Zweig