Explore Quotes on Regret

Regret is a bitter emotion, so painful that the urge to avoid it often drives decision-making strategies.

I very much regret, in appearing before you at your request, to address you on the present state of the country, and the prospect before us, that I can bring you no good tidings.

Why regret anything? Where does it get you to regret anything you've ever done in your life? It gets you nowhere. It's a pathetic emotion that you can wallow in.

I don't believe in regret.

If I had one regret in life... it's that I was not more humble at an earlier age.

I don't regret speaking out, but I regret the way I went about it, so put it that way, yes.

If you asked me today if there's a piece that I would do differently - there's nothing. Regret happens with all my films.

I would have to honestly say that my biggest regret is even starting this sport. I think I would've lived a different life if I would've stayed home in Memphis and worked at the family business. I'd be closer to my family and growing old with them instead of living out at California.

Relationships have been a way of life and I don't regret being in one ever.

No, I don't regret any of the films that I did.

I'm always doing things I feel like I should do. But avoiding regret does not mean you are pursuing what you want.

You look at the road you could have taken, you know, I just think that's interesting... I've been on a lot of roads and I had to hitchhike on a couple of 'em... I have to be very honest: There's not an awful lot of regret in my life. I think that, you know, you learn from everything, and then, sometimes, you don't.

Other men have created FTSE 100 companies. But I believe no man has done this in his lifetime without acquisition or borrowing. My one regret is handing over the reigns.

I got a regret: That I started acting so late. I was 27, and guys who start at 18 or so, there's this kinda continuity of friendships they form in the profession by startin' young, I've never had that.

My only regret in life is that I didn't spend as much time with my kids as I now wish I had.

A regret? That I never played for Manchester United, I'd have liked that.

My only regret is that I didn't get into acting ten years earlier when I was handsome!

Honestly, I don't ever regret anything I say.

I live in the present because the past is regret, and the future is anxiety.

When I left the Giants in 2014, my comments were emotional, insensitive, and misguided, and I truly regret and apologize for my actions. I am committed to working hard to contributing to the success of the Giants.

My biggest regret is by far doing the Travel Channel show, 'Bert the Adventurer.' I spent seven years away from my family. I don't regret the job or working for the channel; I regret being away from home.