I'd rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.

I'd rather regret the things I have done than the things I have not.

I would rather regret the things I have done than the things I have not

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done

I’d rather live in regret of failure than in regret of never trying.

I'd rather end up wishing I hadn’t than end up wishing I had.

There's a quote of hers [Lucille Ball] that I've always loved: 'I guess I would rather regret the things I've done than to regret the things I've never done.

"I'd rather look back at my past and say, "I can't believe I did that!" instead of saying "I wish I did that.

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

You will have more regrets for the things you didn't try than the ones you tried and didn't succeed at.

I regret everything. But if I had done things differently, it would never have been as compelling.

And why should I regret what I have done, when I cannot help doing what I do, which is what I have done?

Of the hundreds of answers, most had one thing in common: the majority of regrets were about failures to act, not actions that failed. Psychologists have found that over time we usually regret the chances we missed, not the chances we took. As my mom often told me when I was growing up, “You regret the things you don’t do, not the things you do.