106 Best Regret Quotes

Sadly, sadly, the sun rose; it rose upon no sadder sight than the man of good abilities and good emotions, incapable of their directed exercise, incapable of his own help and his own happiness, sensible of the blight on him, and resigning himself to let it eat him away.

If you hear in my voice any resemblance to a voice that once was sweet music in your ears, weep for it, weep for it!

What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out. – Winston Churchill

A heart weighed down by regret cannot beat to its full potential.

How much you wanna make a bet I can throw a football over them mountains? – Uncle Rico

I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them. – Andy Bernard

I hope you’re happy. I hope you’re happy now. – Elphaba

I'm not gonna sit here and tell you that death doesn't hurt, 'cause it does. But what hurts more is not taking the chance when you had it. – Dom

So, love your family and friends. Because in the end, they're all that you have. – Michael Corleone

Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders. – Dr. Howard Mierzwiak

I erase you and I'm miserable. – Mary

I wish I had stayed. I wish I had done a lot of things. – Joel

You had the whole rest of your life to be happy with me. You chose to be happy with her for a couple of months. – Carrie

I'm not a cat. I was a boy. A young, foolish boy. – Thackery Binx

She's heard me say 'I love you' a thousand times. She's never heard me say 'I'm sorry.' – John McClane

I promise I'll never even think about going to another party as long as I live. – John McClane

You’re my sister. I’ll never leave you. Not again. – Vi

We lost ourselves. Lost our dream. In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good. – Viktor

Sometimes, the past is better left buried. – Marcus

I'm sorry for what I done. I've thought about it a powerful lot. – Karl Childers

I've caused a powerful lot of trouble. – Karl Childers

There's no such thing as a mistake. There's only what you do and what you don't do. – Hank Moody

Why, oh why, didn't I take the blue pill? – Cypher

I coulda made somethin’ of myself. – Curley's Wife

I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog. – Candy

I meant no harm. I most truly did not. But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got. – The Once-ler

Now all that was left 'neath the bad-smelling sky was my big empty factory... the Lorax... and I. – The Once-ler

I built my first Thneed factory and things just got out of hand. – The Once-ler

For 40 years, not a soul has come to hear my story. Not a single, living soul. – The Once-ler

Then I got a sad feeling, and I felt sort of sick. And I knew, just as he'd said, my career was a flop. – The Once-ler

I picked a hell of a day to quit drinking. – Marty Gilbert

I remember you was conflicted. Misusing your influence. – Ray

I guess in this case, telling the truth kinda backfired, huh? – Patrick Verona

I'm not sorry that I met you. I'm not sorry that knowing you has made me question everything. I'm not sorry that I'm in love with you. I'm only sorry for how I left things. – Elena Gilbert

You're like the thief who isn't the least bit sorry he stole, but is terribly, terribly sorry he's going to jail. – Rhett Butler

I'm so sorry. – Donnie Darko

You are my son. I should have been there for you. – Poseidon

I never got to say goodbye to my father. There's questions I would have asked him. I would have asked him how he felt about what his company did. – Tony Stark

I'm the best there is at what I do. But what I do isn't very nice. – Bruce Banner (referencing Wolverine)

I should have killed you when I had the chance! – Wolverine

I love you, but I never should have married you. – Mrs. Fox

I said I'm sorry! I didn't mean to! It was an accident! – Hiccup

I'm not gonna be remembered as the man who invented the finglonger! A device which lets you... FING... LONGER... – Dr. Aloysius Pines "Ford"

You should have just been a good daddy. – Genesis

It was free pizza. – Evan Webber

You had a perfect life. And you threw it away for pizza. – Genesis

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. – Theodore Roosevelt

Lost time is never found again. – Benjamin Franklin

My mother always taught me never to look back in regret but to move on to the next thing. – Richard Branson