--- title: "12 Regret Doesn Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 12 Regret Doesn quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Regret Doesn sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/crystal-hana-kim-28401_anything_regret-is-something-i-wanted-to-write-a_371991.jpg" --- > [Regret is something I wanted to write a lot about because once you make a decision, regret doesn't do anything except linger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/crystal-hana-kim/regret-is-something-i-wanted-to-write-a-lot-about-because-once-you/) [Crystal Hana Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/crystal-hana-kim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/crystal-hana-kim-28401_anything_regret-is-something-i-wanted-to-write-a_371991.jpg) > [Regret doesn't budge things; it seems crazy that the force of all that human want can't amend a moment, can't even stir…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darin-strauss/regret-doesn-t-budge-things-it-seems-crazy-that-the-force-of-all-that/) [Darin Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darin-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/darin-strauss-17945_crazy_regret-doesn-t-budge-things-it-seems-cra_2410227.png) > [Regret doesn't remind us that we did badly. It reminds us that we know we can do better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-schulz/regret-doesn-t-remind-us-that-we-did-badly-it-reminds-us-that-we-know-2/) [Kathryn Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-schulz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f7/kathryn-schulz-7782_badly_regret-doesn-t-remind-us-that-we-did-bad_2658573.png) > [“I wouldn't underrate the power of regret. It doesn't feel good... But it's hard to learn anything important without it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-hill/i-wouldn-t-underrate-the-power-of-regret-it-doesn-t-feel-good-but-it/) [Joe Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a27/joe-hill-1162_learning_i-wouldn-t-underrate-the-power-of-regret_1595811.png) > [Regret doesn't remind us that we did badly, it reminds us that we know that we could do better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-schulz/regret-doesn-t-remind-us-that-we-did-badly-it-reminds-us-that-we-know/) [Kathryn Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-schulz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/kathryn-schulz-7782_inspirational_regret-doesn-t-remind-us-that-we-did-bad_2264961.png) > [I don't regret anything, but that doesn't mean that I don't look back and think, 'What was I thinking?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-beckham/i-don-t-regret-anything-but-that-doesn-t-mean-that-i-don-t-look-back/) [David Beckham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-beckham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/897/david-beckham-2195_anything_i-don-t-regret-anything-but-that-doesn-t_2314001.jpg) > [I don't go around thinking about regret; regret doesn't consume me as a person... I'm not certain about whether any writer, any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/i-don-t-go-around-thinking-about-regret-regret-doesn-t-consume-me-as/) [Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/barry-hannah-10920_about_i-don-t-go-around-thinking-about-regret_677519.jpg) > [“She talks to me about regret, but what she doesn't realize is that even if she destroys me in the end, I'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-darhower/she-talks-to-me-about-regret-but-what-she-doesn-t-realize-is-that/) [J.M. Darhower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-darhower/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/j-m-darhower-1058_regret_she-talks-to-me-about-regret-but-what-sh_660829.jpg) > [“Regret doesn't make sense to me. I have none. Because I realize that what I do at any given moment, is my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gypsie-m-holley/regret-doesn-t-make-sense-to-me-i-have-none-because-i-realize-that/) [Gypsie M. Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gypsie-m-holley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/434/gypsie-m-holley-65270_make-sense_regret-doesn-t-make-sense-to-me-i-have-n_2264515.jpg) > [“Maybe I could have done fifty things to avoid the accident. Left the car in the garage that day. Hurried through a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darin-strauss/maybe-i-could-have-done-fifty-things-to-avoid-the-accident-left-the/) [Darin Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darin-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/darin-strauss-17945_regret_maybe-i-could-have-done-fifty-things-to_3153729.jpg) > [If we have goals and dreams and we want to do our best, and if we love people and we don’t want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-schulz/if-we-have-goals-and-dreams-and-we-want-to-do-our-best-and-if-we-love/) [Kathryn Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-schulz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/kathryn-schulz-7782_can-do_if-we-have-goals-and-dreams-and-we-want_1056595.jpg) > [“Mom?” I say as I slip on my boots. “I know you were only eighteen when you met Dad. I mean, that’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colleen-hoover/mom-i-say-as-i-slip-on-my-boots-i-know-you-were-only-eighteen-when/) [Colleen Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colleen-hoover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/colleen-hoover-124_regret_mom-i-say-as-i-slip-on-my-boots-i-know-y_951760.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/regret-doesn/#itemlist", "name": "Regret Doesn Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Regret is something I wanted to write a lot about because once you make a decision, regret doesn't do anything except linger inside you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Crystal Hana Kim" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/crystal-hana-kim/regret-is-something-i-wanted-to-write-a-lot-about-because-once-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/crystal-hana-kim-28401_anything_regret-is-something-i-wanted-to-write-a_371991.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/crystal-hana-kim-28401_anything_regret-is-something-i-wanted-to-write-a_371991.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/crystal-hana-kim-28401_anything_regret-is-something-i-wanted-to-write-a_371991.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Regret is something I wanted to write a lot about because once you make a decision, regret doesn't do…” — Crystal Hana Kim", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Regret doesn't budge things; it seems crazy that the force of all that human want can't amend a moment, can't even stir a pebble.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Darin Strauss" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darin-strauss/regret-doesn-t-budge-things-it-seems-crazy-that-the-force-of-all-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/darin-strauss-17945_crazy_regret-doesn-t-budge-things-it-seems-cra_2410227.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/darin-strauss-17945_crazy_regret-doesn-t-budge-things-it-seems-cra_2410227.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/darin-strauss-17945_crazy_regret-doesn-t-budge-things-it-seems-cra_2410227.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Regret doesn't budge things; it seems crazy that the force of all that human want can't amend a moment…” — Darin Strauss", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Regret doesn't remind us that we did badly. 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I'm not certain about whether any writer, any artist, any musician, can write without regret, so I don't think perhaps it's even particularly Southern.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barry Hannah" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/i-don-t-go-around-thinking-about-regret-regret-doesn-t-consume-me-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/barry-hannah-10920_about_i-don-t-go-around-thinking-about-regret_677519.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/barry-hannah-10920_about_i-don-t-go-around-thinking-about-regret_677519.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/barry-hannah-10920_about_i-don-t-go-around-thinking-about-regret_677519.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't go around thinking about regret; regret doesn't consume me as a person... I'm not certain about…” — Barry Hannah", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She talks to me about regret, but what she doesn't realize is that even if she destroys me in the end, I'll never want to erase what we have. I'd never want to take back a single moment of this.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J.M. Darhower" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-darhower/she-talks-to-me-about-regret-but-what-she-doesn-t-realize-is-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/j-m-darhower-1058_regret_she-talks-to-me-about-regret-but-what-sh_660829.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/j-m-darhower-1058_regret_she-talks-to-me-about-regret-but-what-sh_660829.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/j-m-darhower-1058_regret_she-talks-to-me-about-regret-but-what-sh_660829.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She talks to me about regret, but what she doesn't realize is that even if she destroys me in the end, I'll…” — J.M. Darhower", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Regret doesn't make sense to me. I have none. Because I realize that what I do at any given moment, is my decision to make, already accepting either benefit or consequence of that action. So, regret is a useless word, and knowledge is the result.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gypsie M. Holley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gypsie-m-holley/regret-doesn-t-make-sense-to-me-i-have-none-because-i-realize-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/434/gypsie-m-holley-65270_make-sense_regret-doesn-t-make-sense-to-me-i-have-n_2264515.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/434/gypsie-m-holley-65270_make-sense_regret-doesn-t-make-sense-to-me-i-have-n_2264515.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/434/gypsie-m-holley-65270_make-sense_regret-doesn-t-make-sense-to-me-i-have-n_2264515.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Regret doesn't make sense to me. I have none. Because I realize that what I do at any given moment, is my…” — Gypsie M. Holley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Maybe I could have done fifty things to avoid the accident. Left the car in the garage that day. Hurried through a yellow light that I'd stopped at. Gone to the beach instead of mini-golf. Been alone, not talking to friends. But I did all those things, and Celine hadn't done the many things she could have to avoid the accident, either. All the things get done and you regret them and then you accept them because there's nothing else to do. Regret doesn't budge things; it seems crazy that the force of all that human want can't amend a moment, can't even stir a pebble.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Darin Strauss" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darin-strauss/maybe-i-could-have-done-fifty-things-to-avoid-the-accident-left-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/darin-strauss-17945_regret_maybe-i-could-have-done-fifty-things-to_3153729.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/darin-strauss-17945_regret_maybe-i-could-have-done-fifty-things-to_3153729.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/darin-strauss-17945_regret_maybe-i-could-have-done-fifty-things-to_3153729.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Maybe I could have done fifty things to avoid the accident. Left the car in the garage that day. Hurried…” — Darin Strauss", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If we have goals and dreams and we want to do our best, and if we love people and we don’t want to hurt them or lose them, we should feel pain when things go wrong. The point isn’t to live without any regrets, the point is to not hate ourselves for having them… We need to learn to love the flawed, imperfect things that we create, and to forgive ourselves for creating them. Regret doesn’t remind us that we did badly — it reminds us that we know we can do better.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kathryn Schulz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-schulz/if-we-have-goals-and-dreams-and-we-want-to-do-our-best-and-if-we-love/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/kathryn-schulz-7782_can-do_if-we-have-goals-and-dreams-and-we-want_1056595.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/kathryn-schulz-7782_can-do_if-we-have-goals-and-dreams-and-we-want_1056595.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/kathryn-schulz-7782_can-do_if-we-have-goals-and-dreams-and-we-want_1056595.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If we have goals and dreams and we want to do our best, and if we love people and we don’t want to hurt them…” — Kathryn Schulz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Mom?” I say as I slip on my boots. “I know you were only eighteen when you met Dad. I mean, that’s really young to meet the person you spend the rest of your life with. Do you ever regret it?” She doesn’t answer immediately. Instead, she lies back on my bed and clasps her hands behind her head, pondering my question. “I’ve never regretted it. Questioned it? Sure. But never regretted.\" \"Is there a difference?” I ask. “Absolutely. Regret is counterproductive. It’s looking back on a past that you can’t change. Questioning things as they occur can prevent regret in the future. I questioned a lot about my relationship with your father. People make spontaneous decisions based on of their hearts all the time. 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