Regret Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli Download Open image “it is better to act and repent than not to act and regret.” — Niccolo Machiavelli ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Regret Repent
“There is an eternal difference between regret and repentance. Regret feels bad about past sins. Repentance turns away from past sins. Regret looks to… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Regret is not a proactive feeling. It is situated in disappointment, sorrow, even remorse. It merely wishes things were different without an act to… — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It's better to regret doing something than regret not doing something — Ally Mbululo Copy Share Image
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. As I grow older , I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover… — Dorian Cox Copy Share
Until you start thinking right, you will never start behaving right. Repentance always deals with the changing of the mind. — Johnny Hunt Copy Share Image
Men generally decide upon a middle course, which is most hazardous, for they know neither how to be entirely good nor entirely bad. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Because there are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
It is the duty of a man of honor to teach others the good which he has not been able to do himself because… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Anyone who believes that new benefits make men of high station forget old injuries deceives himself.” — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
He who has once begun to live by rapine always finds reasons for taking what is not his. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Everyone who wants to know what will happen ought to examine what has happened: everything in this world in any epoch has their replicas… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful odanger and covetous ogain. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
There is nothing as likely to succeed as what the enemy believes you cannot attempt. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
That prince is highly esteemed who conveys this impression of himself, and he who is highly esteemed is not easily conspired against; for, provided… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Anyone who studies present and ancient affairs will easily see how in all cities and all peoples there still exist, and have always existed, the same desires and passions. Thus, it is an easy matter for him who carefully examines past events to foresee future events in a republic and to apply the remedies employed by the ancients, or, if… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share
I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
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.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Never fight on the wrong side; you might win but the burden of guilt is more than a loss. — Lilian Salan Copy Share Image
“As parents who make every effort we can to raise our children in loving security, we do not need to feel more guilt than… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
The only regret I have in my career, is my managers wanted a big payday, and I wanted four or five more fights before… — Gerry Cooney Copy Share Image
I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through… — Rita Mero Copy Share Image
When the Lord Jesus Christ became my surety . . . He went to Calvary's cross, and all my guilt was charged against Him.… — Henry Allen Ironside Copy Share Image
“Even in the miserable guilt we feel over our beastlike insensitivity, the glory of God shines. If God were not gloriously desirable, why would… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“For those filled with regret, perhaps the most needful exercise of proactivity is to realize that past mistakes are also out there in the… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not. — Lucille Ball Copy Share Image
One of the things I regret about not putting in that book or I think it's there but I didn't really elaborate on it, is contraception. I came across someone who articulated very clearly that one of the things which makes our approach to Buddhist practice in regards to sex different these days than it was in Buddhist times, is… — Brad Warner Copy Share
Having no regrets is very unrealistic. Everyone has that awkward or embarrassing moment they wish they could take back. — Jayden Hayes Copy Share Image
I always had a sort of niggling regret that we didn't come do stuff in America. — Noel Fielding Copy Share Image