Regret Quote by Diana Athill

“The problem with guilt was not how it attacks the present, but how it stained the past. Hindsight was a blemish on memory.”

— Roshani Chokshi

“Guilt is like a sore, endlessly fascinating, and the guilty party feels compelled to examine it and pick at it, so that it never…

— Stephen King

“I think all people have things in their past they need forgiveness for. In their present as well. And they need to be extended…

— James L. Rubart

“Don't let the guilt of the past keep you from the victories of the future.”

— Todd Stocker

“When I think about all the time I wasted feeling guilty and ashamed about things I should have embraced long ago, it fills me…

— Nathan Rabin

“We are quick to forgive and forget about the past, or our memories when we find the present satisfying.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Guilt is the greatest monster. Remorse, a killer. But the worst are the memories. Yet sometimes, they are the only things that keep our…

— Melina Marchetta

“Guilt is an indulgence, it entangles you in the past.”

— Gregg Hurwitz

“Forgiveness is… giving up the hope that you can change the past.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“If we have regrets about our past, this would help us to realize about our wrong doings and make us apologize to others.”

— Saaif Alam

“Forgiveness is one of the keys to moving forward because if you don't forgive, you are stuck in the past.”

— Terraine Francois

“I suppose if one lives to be old, one's entire waking life will be spent turning on the spit of recollection over the fires…

— Philip Larkin