--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: You said you wanted to do something, but…" description: "\"You said you wanted to do something, but that was yesterday now your suffering from what you did... Why is it everyone elses fault?\" — Anonymous" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d8/anonymous-1_yesterday_you-said-you-wanted-to-do-something-but_82868.jpg" --- # You said you wanted to do something, but that was… ![“You said you wanted to do something, but that was yesterday now your suffering from what you did... Why is it everyone elses fault?” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d8/anonymous-1_yesterday_you-said-you-wanted-to-do-something-but_82868.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d8/anonymous-1_yesterday_you-said-you-wanted-to-do-something-but_82868.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d8/anonymous-1_yesterday_you-said-you-wanted-to-do-something-but_82868.jpg) > “You said you wanted to do something, but that was yesterday now your suffering from what you did... Why is it everyone elses fault?” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The speaker highlights how procrastination and avoidance turn intentions into regret, then blames external factors for personal failure. **In simple terms:** Regret and blame Key Takeaway Own your choices Themes regret personal responsibility blame self-awareness procrastination Mood reflective somber Type advice philosophical When to use this quote - after missing a deadline - when feeling stuck after a decision - reflecting on a failed plan Key Concepts choice consequence accountability Practical Applications - self‑coaching - personal development workshops Questions to Reflect On - What would change if you stopped blaming others? - How can you turn regret into actionable insight? ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Yesterday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/yesterday/) ## Related quotes > [“A dog sees no point in dwelling on things that have happened; the important thing is that they are not happening now. 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But mostly, he wanted yesterday to be different from today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/and-what-had-he-wanted-he-d-never-sat-down-to-think-about-it-but/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [Suffering did different things to different people...Some souls became tempered, unshakable in their faith, while others became twisted and mis-shapen, throwing off all connection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-ragen/suffering-did-different-things-to-different-people-some-souls-became/) [Naomi Ragen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-ragen/) > [If his suffering did not make Jesus give up on us, nothing will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/if-his-suffering-did-not-make-jesus-give-up-on-us-nothing-will/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [For the first time I noticed - as I would notice repeatedly during my ordeal, between one throe of agony and the next -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/for-the-first-time-i-noticed-as-i-would-notice-repeatedly-during-my-2/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) > [“For the first time I noticed – as I would notice repeatedly during my ordeal, between one throe of agony and the next –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/for-the-first-time-i-noticed-as-i-would-notice-repeatedly-during-my/) [Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/) > [As Jeremy Bentham had asked about animals well over two hundred years ago, the question was not whether they could reason or talk, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-bohjalian/as-jeremy-bentham-had-asked-about-animals-well-over-two-hundred-years/) [Chris Bohjalian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-bohjalian/) > [I knew that suffering did not enoble; it degraded. It made men selfish, petty and suspicious. It absorbed them in small things...it made them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/i-knew-that-suffering-did-not-enoble-it-degraded-it-made-men-selfish/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) > [What I remember as a child is that other kids didn't care about suffering. I always did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivienne-westwood/what-i-remember-as-a-child-is-that-other-kids-didn-t-care-about/) [Vivienne Westwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vivienne-westwood/) > [When you stopped wishing things wouldn't fall apart, you'd stop suffering when they did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/when-you-stopped-wishing-things-wouldn-t-fall-apart-you-d-stop/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“Anyhow, I had found something out about an unknown privation, and I realized how a general love or craving, before it is explicit or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bellow/anyhow-i-had-found-something-out-about-an-unknown-privation-and-i/) [Saul Bellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bellow/) > [“When to stopped wishing things wouldn't fall apart, you'd stop suffering when they did.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-chbosky/when-to-stopped-wishing-things-wouldn-t-fall-apart-you-d-stop/) [Stephen Chbosky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-chbosky/) > [I really want to say, 'Thank God I'm alive.' I want to forgive the people who caused my suffering. I did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phan-thi-kim-phuc/i-really-want-to-say-thank-god-i-m-alive-i-want-to-forgive-the-people/) [Phan Thi Kim Phuc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phan-thi-kim-phuc/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Yesterday quotes > [In the entire history of the universe, let alone in your own history, there has never been another day just like today, and there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/in-the-entire-history-of-the-universe-let-alone-in-your-own-history/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) > [Today is a reality, tomorrow's a promise, and yesterday's history!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-blanks/today-is-a-reality-tomorrow-s-a-promise-and-yesterday-s-history/) [Billy Blanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-blanks/) > [“Nothing is easier than yesterday's solutions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-sperry/nothing-is-easier-than-yesterday-s-solutions/) Roger Sperry > [Yesterday's truth is today's bullshit. Even yesterday's liberating insight is today's jail of stale explanation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-blanton/yesterday-s-truth-is-today-s-bullshit-even-yesterday-s-liberating/) [Brad Blanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-blanton/) > [Literally so tired from my day yesterday. Getting out of bed is not seeming like an option.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/literally-so-tired-from-my-day-yesterday-getting-out-of-bed-is-not/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rostand/in-politics-yesterday-s-lie-is-attacked-only-to-flatter-today-s/) [Jean Rostand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rostand/) > [Whether one is twenty, forty, or sixty; whether one has succeeded, failed or just muddled along; whether yesterday was full of sun or storm,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-mitchell-hodges/whether-one-is-twenty-forty-or-sixty-whether-one-has-succeeded-failed/) Leigh Mitchell Hodges > [Memories seem to surface in no particular order, with no time attached. Yesterday can seem as distant as last year. My life now consists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-olsson/memories-seem-to-surface-in-no-particular-order-with-no-time-attached/) [Linda Olsson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-olsson/) > [“Yesterday's happenings are the reasons of Today's situation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-steel/yesterday-s-happenings-are-the-reasons-of-today-s-situation/) [Danielle Steel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-steel/) > [Just because you couldn't do it yesterday doesn't mean you can't do it today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sharma/just-because-you-couldn-t-do-it-yesterday-doesn-t-mean-you-can-t-do/) [Robin Sharma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sharma/) > [“God was the same yesterday, today, and would be tomorrow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-n-joy/god-was-the-same-yesterday-today-and-would-be-tomorrow/) [E.N. Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-n-joy/) > [Today's brains are yesterday's mashed potatoes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/today-s-brains-are-yesterday-s-mashed-potatoes/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) > [We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-know-southern-men-declare-that-their-slaves-are-better-off-than/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [Always seek to excel yourself. Put yourself in competition with yourself each day. Each morning look back upon your work of yesterday and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-sheldon/always-seek-to-excel-yourself-put-yourself-in-competition-with/) [Charles Sheldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-sheldon/) > [“Why'd she leave so early? It's practically yesterday.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/why-d-she-leave-so-early-it-s-practically-yesterday/) [Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/) [Browse all 2,614 Yesterday quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/yesterday/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You said you wanted to do something, but that was yesterday now your suffering from what you did... 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