62 Wise Regret Quotes to Help You Move On (LIFE)

Top 17 Most Famous Regret Quotes (BEST)

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn’t live boldly enough, that they didn’t invest enough heart, didn’t love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”
Ted Hughes

Regret is a tough but fair teacher. To live without regret is to believe you have nothing to learn, no amends to make, and no opportunity to be braver with your life. - Brene Brown — Regret is a tough but fair teacher. To live without regret is to believe you have nothing to **learn**, no amends to make, and no **opportunity** to be **braver** with your life. – **Brene Brown**

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 — 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

Don’t live your life regretting yesterday. Live your life so tomorrow you won’t regret today. - Catherine Pulsifer — Don’t live your life regretting yesterday. Live your life so tomorrow you won’t regret today. – Catherine Pulsifer

In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take, the relationships we were afraid to have, and the decisions we waited too long to make. - Lewis Carroll — In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take, the **relationships** we were afraid to have, and the decisions we waited too long to make. – Lewis Carroll

The only thing worse than giving up is wishing that you hadn’t. - Rachel Hollis — The only thing worse than giving up is wishing that you hadn’t. – Rachel Hollis

Have no regrets. The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.

Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, 'It might have been.' - Kurt Vonnegut — Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, ‘It might have been.’ – **Kurt Vonnegut**

“You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could’ve, would’ve happened…or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move on.”
Tupac Shakur

Letting go is hard but being free is beautiful. - Wilder Poetry — Letting go is hard but being free is beautiful. – Wilder Poetry

“Your greatest regret at the end of your life will be the lions you didn’t chase. You will look back longingly on risks not taken, opportunities not seized, and dreams not pursued. Stop running away from what scares you most and start chasing the God-ordained opportunities that cross your path.”
Mark Batterson

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. - Martin Luther King Jr. — We must develop and maintain the capacity to **forgive**. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to **love**. – **Martin Luther King Jr.**

Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy. - Roy T. Bennett — Don’t waste your **time** in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy. – **Roy T. Bennett**

Your higher self never looks back. Everything valuable is in the now. - Andy Wang — Your higher self never looks back. Everything valuable is in the now. – Andy Wang

Looking back, I have this to regret... that too often when I loved, I did not say so. - David Grayson — Looking back, I have this to regret… that too often when I loved, I did not say so. – David Grayson

When it’s gone, you’ll know what a gift love was. You’ll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it. - Ian Mcewan — When it’s gone, you’ll know what a **gift** love was. You’ll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it. – Ian Mcewan

Moving on is easy. It's staying moved on that's trickier. - Katerina Stoykova Klemer — **Moving on** is easy. It’s staying moved on that’s trickier. – Katerina Stoykova Klemer

20 Most Inspiring Regret Quotes to Help You Move Forward in Life

“There is nothing I’ve been through in my life that I regret, or that I would go back and change. I feel like everything that happened – personally and professionally – I went through for a reason, and I learned from those things.”
Sheryl Swoopes

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh. - Henry David Thoreau — Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh. – **Henry David Thoreau**

It's better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret. - Jackie Joyner Kersee — It’s better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret. – **Jackie Joyner Kersee**

“We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future.”
Steve Maraboli

Sure, you wish you did some things differently. But there is no sense in becoming burdened with regret over things you have no power to change. - Rihanna — Sure, you wish you did some things differently. But there is no sense in becoming burdened with regret over things you have no power to change. – **Rihanna**

I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences… I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else. - Queen Latifah — I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as **learning experiences**… I’m human, not perfect, like anybody else. – **Queen Latifah**

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

When I look at my life I realize that the mistakes I have made, the things I really regret, were not errors of judgement but failures of feeling. - Jeanette Winterson — When I look at my life I realize that the mistakes I have made, the things I really regret, were not errors of judgement but failures of feeling. – Jeanette Winterson

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. - Arthur Miller — Maybe all one can do is **hope** to end up with the right regrets. – Arthur Miller

“I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations — one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it — you will regret both.”
Soren Kierkegaard

One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself. - Shannon L. Alder — One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself. – Shannon L. Alder

Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. - Jonathan Larson — Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. – Jonathan Larson

Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow. - L. Ron Hubbard — Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow. – L. Ron Hubbard

“When it comes to regrets, it’s the dreams we didn’t go after that haunt us — the business we didn’t start, the book we didn’t write, the love we let slip away. When pursuing your dreams you won’t remember the bruises and failures, only the person you become.”
Shane Parrish

Your children make it impossible to regret your past. They’re its finest fruits. Sometimes the only ones. - Anna Quindlen — Your **children** make it impossible to regret your past. They’re its finest fruits. Sometimes the only ones. – Anna Quindlen

I'm trying to make myself better. But I don't regret anything that I've gone through, because it makes me who I am. - Nick Carter — I’m trying to make myself better. But I don’t regret anything that I’ve gone through, because it makes me who I am. – Nick Carter

If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world. - Mercedes Lackey — If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world. – Mercedes Lackey

We all do things we desperately wish we could undo. Those regrets just become part of who we are, along with everything else. - Libba Bray — We all do things we desperately wish we could undo. Those regrets just become part of who we are, along with everything else. – Libba Bray

Regret is like tears seeping through closed eyelids. - Galway Kinnell — Regret is like tears seeping through closed eyelids. – Galway Kinnell

I don’t regret anything. I did everything absolutely correctly. - Vladimir Putin — I don’t regret anything. I did everything absolutely correctly. – **Vladimir Putin**

15 Motivation Regret Quotes to Encourage You to Start a New Life

“We don’t have to be defined by the things we did or didn’t do in our past. Some people allow themselves to be controlled by regret. Maybe it’s a regret, maybe it’s not. It’s merely something that happened. Get over it.”
Pittacus Lore

Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been. - Hillary Clinton — Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been. – **Hillary Clinton**

I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not. - Lucille Ball — I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not. – **Lucille Ball**

“A couple of words that somebody said to somebody many years ago is not who they are today. You regret it, you apologize, you make it right, you move on and you live your life according to the values of what you have.”
Diana Taylor

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. - Sydney J. Harris — Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. – Sydney J. Harris

The longer our trail of regrets, the more we tend to value the importance of making wise decisions. - Bob Santos — The longer our trail of regrets, the more we tend to value the importance of making wise decisions. – Bob Santos

Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart. - Basil Rathbone — Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart. – Basil Rathbone

Spend time with those you love. One of these days you will say either, 'I wish I had,' or 'I'm glad I did.' - Zig Ziglar — Spend time with those you love. One of these days you will say either, ‘I wish I had,’ or ‘I’m glad I did.’ – **Zig Ziglar**

“The first law of nature is self-preservation. Cut off that which may harm you. But if it is worth preserving, and is meaningful, nourish it and have no regrets. Ultimately, this is true living and love of self… from within.”
T.F. Hodge

The one thing I learned is to just give everything a shot. You don’t want to live in regret. - Chloe Kim — The one thing I learned is to just give everything a shot. You don’t want to live in regret. – Chloe Kim

I have not an ounce of regret. Every link is so valuable in forming the chain that is my life. Who I am today is because of those links, and I wouldn't change any of them. - Alanis Morissette — I have not an ounce of regret. Every link is so valuable in forming the chain that is my life. Who I am today is because of those links, and I wouldn’t change any of them. – Alanis Morissette

“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.”
Mary Oliver

The only regret I will have in dying is if it is not for love. - Gabriel García Márquez — The only regret I will have in dying is if it is not for love. – Gabriel García Márquez

I wouldn't say I regret anything. I would say I just wish I did things better. - Greg Odeni — I wouldn’t say I regret anything. I would say I just wish I did things better. – Greg Odeni

I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person. - Rita Mero — I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build **character**, making you a much stronger person. – Rita Mero

Top 10 Regret Quotes to Help You Heal & Move On (REJUVENATE)

“Regrets are not inherited. Regrets are those elements of life that seek to undermine our enthusiasm and our willingness to assume a life filled with new discoveries and the attainment of goals. Let not your regrets be your undoing but instead your vehicle to learn from what did not work.”
Byron Pulsifer

You can never regret anything you do in life. You kind of have to learn the lesson from whatever the experience is and take it with you on your journey forward. - Aubrey O'Day — You can never regret anything you do in life. You kind of have to learn the lesson from whatever the experience is and take it with you on your **journey** forward. – Aubrey O’Day

Never regret anything from your past because one day, you'll look back and thank it for hurting you so much that you decided to become a stronger human being. - Faith Star — Never regret anything from your past because one day, you’ll look back and thank it for hurting you so much that you decided to become a stronger human being. – Faith Star

“People always ask me, ‘What is it that you regret?’ And I say, ‘nothing, because I could not buy what I’ve learned.’ And I apply those things to my life I learn. And hopefully, hopefully it helps me to be a better human in the future and make better choices.”
Katy Perry