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

A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. (Quote by - John Barrymore)

I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have the resources to put in place the educational and social changes about which I cared to much; I made only a beginning, and it was not enough. (Quote by - John Major)

I regret very much to hear so many people, many of my own countrymen, predicting war, stating that Europe is preparing and arming for such a conflict. (Quote by - Frank B Kellogg)

It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and sensless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart (Quote by - Jonathan Carroll)

I couldn't take it no more -- something had to be done, ... I am sorry, but I don't regret it. (Quote by - Randall Miller)

I regret that I've never actually managed to be inspired enough to get into anything else, and I should've been, I really should have been, because the piano can be a wonderful instrument. But I'm afraid that my inspiration is just purely on the words... and it's gonna stay there. (Quote by - Roy Harper)

I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth-I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace. (Quote by - Henry James)

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. (Quote by - Rita Mero)

A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only thing he would regret leaving was the sky. (Quote by - Kenko Yoshida)

My biggest regret is that I didn't teach my two children how to speak Spanish. (Quote by - Henry Darrow)

Leaving England was a painful decision, and we still have some regrets about it. However, at that time, the research environment for theoretical chemistry was clearly better in the U.S. (Quote by - John Pople)

Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart (Quote by - Basil Rathbone)

The follies which a man regrets most in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. (Quote by - Helen Rowland)

It is human nature to want to go back and fix things or change things that we regret. (Quote by - John Gray)

Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting. (Quote by - Arthur Brisbane)

I regret and suffer those losses, but it's God's will. He will pardon me if I committed excesses, but I don't think I did. (Quote by - Augusto Pinochet)

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. (Quote by - Robert Brault)

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future. (Quote by - Swami Sivananda)

My only regret is that I signed away the world rights and in America they've been far and away my most successful books, but I never saw a cent from any of it. (Quote by - Jonathan Coe)

We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons. (Quote by - Jim Rohn)

There is no defence for my actions which I sincerely regret. [on an affair with nanny Daisy Wright] (Quote by - Jude Law)

I only regret that I have one life to lose for my country. (Quote by - Nathan Hale)

It has always felt like a failure that Bjorn and I couldn't keep our family together. You never get it back, but to this day I don't regret splitting up. The reason behind our separation is one of those things I definitely don't want to go into! (Quote by - Agnetha Faltskog)

Erm, I don't really have any regrets. (Quote by - Bobby Farrelly)