Regret

What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.

What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.

Sidonie Gabrielle Collette

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

Haruki Murakami

One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do things you've always wanted. Do it now.

One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do things you've always wanted. Do it now.

You cannot do kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

You cannot do kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is, by God's grace, an immeasurable distance between late and too late.

There is, by God's grace, an immeasurable distance between late and too late.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.

Benjamin Franklin

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

A little too late, much too late.

A little too late, much too late.

When you choose anything, you reject everything else.

When you choose anything, you reject everything else.

G.K. Chesterton

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.

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

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

Don't waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.

Don't waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

Chinese proverbs

Time and words can't be recalled, even if it was only yesterday.

Time and words can't be recalled, even if it was only yesterday.

Estonian proverbs