Paulo Coelho Regret Quotations

Although I have been through all that I have, I do not regret the many hardships I met, because it was they who brought me to the place I wished to reach.

To say "no" is painful, but much better than a "yes" that brings regrets.

She wasn't afraid of difficulties, what frightened her was having to choose one particular path. Choosing a path meant missing out on others. She had a whole life to live and she was always thinking that, in the future, she might regret the choices she made now.

When you close that door to nowhere throw away the key, we have a tendency to look back and regret

I don't regret my painful times, i bare my scars as if they were medals. I know that freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a smile, even when that that smile dimmed by tears

A Warrior of the Light has no regrets, because regrets can kill.

I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals.

It's not my story anymore: whenever I speak about the past now, I feel as if I were talking about something that has nothing to do with me. All that remains in the present are the voice, the presence, and the importance of fulfilling my mission. I don't regret difficulties I experienced; I think they helped me to become the person I am today, I feel the way a warrior must feel after years of training; he doesn't remember the details of everything he learned, but he knows how to strike when the time is right.

How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.