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Regret & Remorse

My one regret in life is that Im not someone else. – Woody Allen

Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. – Richard Bach

I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent. – Lucille Ball

Id rather regret the things I have done than the things that I havent. – Lucille Ball

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. – Alexander Graham Bell

I have no regrets. I wouldnt have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say. – Ingrid Bergman

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. – Arthur Brisbane

Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, youll regret the things you didnt do more than the ones you did. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Remorse is virtues root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness. – William Cullen Bryant

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

I believe that he was really sorry that people would not believe he was sorry that he was not more sorry. – Samuel Butler

Never make a defense or apology before you are accused. – Charles I

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid. – William Cowper

Remorse begets reform. – William Cowper

Its the things I might have said that fester. – Clemence Dane

Regrets are the natural property of gray hairs. – Charles Dickens

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent. – Bob Dylan

I have many regrets, and Im sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret if you have any sense, and if you dont regret them, maybe youre stupid. – Katharine Hepburn