When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and

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

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

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

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

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

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