“It's better to act and to regret / Than to regret not to have acted”

“It's better to have something to remember than anything to regret.”

“We regret not having the courage to make such and such decision; we regret much more having made one — any one. Better no action than the consequences of an action.”

“It's better to regret what you have done than what you haven't.”

“There is no justice. There are occasional acts of vengeance, or regret, but there’s no real justice. In the natural scheme of things, it is not possible.”

“Better ten days of love than years of regretting.”

“I would rather have regrets of excess than regrets of denial.”

“The Suicide, as she is falling,
Illuminated by the moon,
Regrets her act, and finds appalling
The thought she will be dead so soon.”

“I took pleasure when I could… I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.”

“There's no regret more painful than the regret of things that never were.”