Regret Quotes - Page 20

• I don't regret the excitement, because I do think that it helped us accomplish as much as we did.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Excitement, Accomplish

  Source: www.theatlantic.com

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• I don't regret the fervor, because I do believe, in the African American community but also for other communities, and I know from talking to people, for communities around the world, the election of an African American to the most powerful office on Earth meant things had changed, and not just in superficial ways. That in some irreversible way the world was different.

  Barack Obama

  Powerful, Believe, Talking

  Source: www.theatlantic.com

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• I have no regrets about the amount of work I put into the sport. This is what I needed to do with my life.

  Bernie Ecclestone

  Sports, Needed, Amount

  Source: autoweek.com

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• I would regret it if I'd failed at school and university, because if I had, I would have lacked the levels of education necessary to making a serious contribution to building South Africa.

  Thabo Mbeki

  School, Levels, Serious

  Interview with Adam Treger, www.tregernomics.com. October 14, 2016.

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• If I come back and I lose, at least I know I did everything I should have done, I have no regrets, I'll be happy. I can die happy.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Should Have, Done, Knows

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

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• As you walk, you touch the ground mindfully, and every step can bring you solidity and joy and freedom. Freedom from your regret concerning the past, and freedom from your fear about the future.

  Nhat Hanh

  Past, Joy, Steps

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com.

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• I can't leave India helpless. This responsibility must be taken and I will continue to do so. For all good and bad things, it is my responsibility. I do not regret anything. I believe, people of the country have given me the responsibility and I must fulfill it.

  Narendra Modi

  Country, Believe, Taken

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• The only regret I have in my career, is my managers wanted a big payday, and I wanted four or five more fights before going in with [Larry] Holmes. That would have made all the difference.

  Gerry Cooney

  Fighting, Careers, Differences

  Source: www.boxing247.com

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• I have no regrets in my life. If not for the mistakes that I made I would not be the man I am today.

  Marco Pierre White

  Mistake, Men, Today

  Source: www.notquitenigella.com

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• I love swimming in the darker seas, so even if I play a noble guy (well, like Lincoln for instance) I am pre-disposed to try and show the conflict; the regret; the less-than-perfect choices that any human faces. That's what I like and it seems to be what the camera likes to see me do.

  Bill Oberst Jr.

  Swimming, Sea, Play

  Source: www.chud.com

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• I regret that I stayed in my first relationship for too long. I didn't get that it wasn't working out.

  Aron Flam

  Long, Work Out, Firsts

  Source: www.vice.com

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• I regret starting drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes and joining Facebook.

  Berhan Ahmed

  Drinking, Smoking, Alcohol

  Source: www.vice.com

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• As I've matured, the roles are a bit more layered and representative of where I am today as an older person with more responsibilities, perspective and hopefully not too many regrets.

  Barbara Crampton

  Responsibility, Hopefully Not, Perspective

  Source: collider.com

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• People are terrified of other people or difficult projects because they tell themselves that they could fail or be rejected. Failure can lead to sorrow, regret, frustration and annoyance - all healthy, negative feelings without which people couldn't exist. But then they add, "I absolutely must succeed and must be loved by significant persons, and if I don't, it's terrible and I'm no good." Those are irrational beliefs. As long as people keep them, they'll be terrified of life and will put themselves down when they get rejected.

  Albert Ellis

  Frustration, Long, People

  "The Prince of Reason". Interview with Robert Epstein, www.psychologytoday.com. January 1, 2001.

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• I was raised to give back. I was born to immigrant parents and was fortunate to become successful at an early age. I've always felt a strong sense of national service to my country, and I may have been able to provide leadership in the political arena. I don't regret the decision not to enter politics, I just wonder sometimes if I could have changed anything.

  Lee Iacocca

  Country, Strong, Successful

  Source: www.caranddriver.com

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• One of my biggest regrets was the fact that as an institution and an international community we could not stop the war in Iraq. That really was very difficult and very painful. Every fibre in my body felt it was wrong. I spoke to leaders, we spoke to people, we tried... we couldn't stop it... and we see the results.

  Kofi Annan

  War, Iraq, People

  "Kofi Annan Calls Obama’s Libya Policy 'Not Very Helpful'" by Richard Grenell, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 19, 2011.

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• I don't have any problem with the United States acting on behalf of its own interests. That's what big powers do; that's what all countries do. I would just like to see us analyze in a serious way what really is in our interest. Sometimes we intervene in foreign countries in ways that seem successful at first. In the end, however, we wind up with unpredicted consequences that make us regret those operations.

  Stephen Kinzer

  Country, Successful, Wind

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I'd like to ask Eleanor Roosevelt what she regrets most, because I think that might reveal something that I didn't catch on to while I was writing my book and, hopefully, that would start a conversation.

  Russell Freedman

  Book, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.hbook.com

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• We know that global capitalism, and the commercially driven culture that comes with it, can be a powerful solvent, but many of us who benefit from it economically can regret the effect it has on our own lives as well as on the lives of others, and we should not view ourselves as helpless in the face of an irresistible force, especially since we may very well be complicit. We should be prepared to help others or to leave them be to sustain their cultures if we judge that they are of intrinsic value or of value to their members.

  David Wong

  Powerful, Helping Others, Judging

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• To this day people will say, "What do you think about doing Playboy?" I feel honored to be a part of that bit of history with Hugh Hefner. No regrets.

  Gena Lee Nolin

  Thinking, People, Playboy

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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• Have no regrets. Every relationship leads you to where you're meant to be. Learn to be comfortable with being alone. Learn to be comfortable with saying no to people; we put everybody else before ourselves. Read great literature; don't get all your information from TV. Define your moral code - nobody else is going to give you that. Find it yourself. Keep asking questions, keep challenging. You don't have to conform. Rebellion creates character. And, as my mother always said to me, "Don't let anyone break your spirit!"

  Nicole Kidman

  Mother, Character, People

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I'm trying to have no regrets. I'm starting to learn about myself and how to live. As an actor, part of the job is accepting your life and learning how to roll with it. I want to live a life where I don't regret any decisions, and if I do, I learn from them.

  Ansel Elgort

  Decision, Trying, Accepting

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I don't believe in having regrets. I believe everything happens for a reason even when we don't want it to happen. Every high and every low moment has a lesson waiting for you to find it.

  Lizzie Velasquez

  Believe, Waiting, Moments

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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• In music so many people who have been addicts or suicidal are legends. People have this mentality, still, of thinking that if they go take care of themselves then they won't be as creative as they used to be. But I think that's bullshit. I bought into that one for years and I regret it because when I first went on medications, I thought I wouldn't be funny anymore. I thought I'd have to figure out a new life path but at least I'd be alive. But it turns out that I'm actually way more funny and organized and able to have a career now that I'm able to have my head on straight.

  Chris Gethard

  Suicidal, Thinking, Bullshit

  Source: razorcake.org

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• I was a risk-taker as a young man, and I don't regret it. I'm not adventurous in quite the same way now, but I still love the challenge of testing myself to the limits, flying around the world, or seeing if I can be the first to fly a balloon across the Atlantic, or trying to take people into space at an affordable price in an environmentally friendly way. I'll be going into space with three generations of my family!

  Richard Branson

  Men, People, Flying

  Source: www.oprah.com

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