My children are living, thinking human beings. It isn't in my power to regret them, for they belong to themselves.
Regret is what you should fear the most. If something is going to keep you awake at night, let it be the fear of not following your dream.
Don't hide yourself in regret, Just love yourself and you're set I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way
You hear it said time and time again by successful directors: You have to make a movie for yourself. Don't make it for anyone else. My style of filmmaking happens to be give the audience what they know they don't want, but they want. Ultimately I have to write and direct in a way that let's just say, you don't want to regret making a choice.
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear. Do it! Develop an appreciation for the present moment. Seize every second of your life and savor it.
Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight For the greatest tragedy of them all Is never to feel the burning light.
There's no regrets for me.
No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused
There are two types of pain. There is the pain of loss, which you can recover. And then, there is the pain of regret which never goes away.
I regret that I do not have the dignity of Ricardo Montalban, the class of Dean Martin, or the humor of Bill Cosby. I DO have the heart of a lion.
Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.
Everybody has certain things they wish they hadn't done in life. They wish they hadn't kicked their dog when they were ten or something. There are many things you can go back and have regrets about. I don't like doing that. But by the same token I do agree that when you get to a certain stage in life, you change. And you should change.
No reserves. No retreats. No regrets.
There are more than a few people, especially among the cultural élite, who still publicly regret the fact that Germany sent Einstein packing, without realizing that it was a much greater crime to kill little Hans Cohn from around the corner, even though he was no genius.
Every cause that ever I fought, I fought it full without regret or shame.
A sign of the death of the heart: lack of sadness about beneficial actions you have missed, and lack of regret about your mistakes.
I don't have any regrets because I'm very optimistic, and live each day as though it's the last.
I looked at it [revolver] as if it reminded me of a crime I had committed with an irrepressible smile such as rises sometimes to people’s lips in the face of great catastrophes which are beyond their grasp, the smile that comes at times on certain women’s faces while they are saying they regret the harm they have done. It is the smile of nature quietly and proudly asserting its natural right to kill.
Temptation can be tormenting, but remember: The torment of temptation to sin is nothing to compare with the torment of the consequences of sin. Remorse and regret cannot compensate for sin. . . . though sins can be forgiven immediately - the consequences can last a lifetime
Let me tell you a few things about regret. There is no end to it. Do you regret the beginning which ended so badly, or just the ending itself?