#regrets

I wanted to ask my father about his regrets. I wanted to ask him what was the worst thing he'd ever done. His greatest sin. I wanted to ask him if there was any reason why the Catholic Church would consider him for sainthood. I wanted to open up his dictionary and find the definitions for faith, hope, goodness, sadness, tomato, son, mother, husband, virginity, Jesus, wood, sacrifice, pain, foot, wife, thumb, hand, bread, and sex. "Do you believe in God?" I asked my father. "God has lots of potential," he said. "When you pray," I asked him. "What do you pray about?" "That's none of your business," he said. We laughed. We waited for hours for somebody to help us. What is an Indian? I lifted my father and carried him across every border. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#dying #fathers #life #loss #regrets

What are we going to do, Ayden?" she whispered, glaring up at me. "I don't know," I confessed. "But how about we burn that bridge when we get there?" "I thought it was 'cross' that bridge?" I lightly poked her in the eye and she laughed. "No. We're burning bridges. Crossing is so overrated." I smiled and touched the corner of her eyes, captivated by the iridescent blues. "I think I like the sound of that," she whispered. "Yeah?" "Yeah. ↗

— Nadège Richards

#love #regrets #secrets #love

The heart fools the mind, where eyes went deaf to words, that fell on blinded ears to easy to fall in love. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#ears #eyes #foolish #heart #mind

At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#excuses #gratitude #inspirational #life #motivational

I did not regret any single thing I have done in my life in the past since the day I was already conscious of what I was and am doing, nor the things I have not done. Regretting is lame. I believe in myself, and so in God's mercy and forgiveness. ↗

— Rea Erika Paraz Ebate

#life #past #regret #regrets #forgiveness

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#common sense #creeping #die #discover #late

The only thing worse than regretting the things you've done is regretting the things you didn't do. ↗

— Samantha Leahy

#inspirational #inspirational-quotes #life #life-and-living #life-lessons

I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid. ↗

— Katharine Hepburn

#does #everyone #i #many #maybe

I have no regrets about my life. ↗

— Jane Badler

#i #life #my life #no regrets #regrets

I had a great tennis career. I have no regrets. But to find peace with yourself, and to finally be with your family - I'm probably the happiest guy in the world. ↗

— Bjorn Borg

#great #had #i #no regrets #regrets