I do not regret the things I've done, but those I did not do.

[affa1904]

At 53 years old
my memory is not as good as it used to be...I've talked with my relatives, etc. and put "some" thought into it. And I I've come to the conclusion that "kaethe" hits it on the head. The quote originated in the bible. What I need to know now is where in the Bible is it written.

[affa1904]

And who said it.

[affa1904]

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

Sydney Smith (Clergyman!!!)

Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been."
Kurt Vonnegut

[Demented_ideals]

i don't know if you've found the answer as to where its from, but if you haven't:

" The quote belongs to H. Jackson Brown’s mother. See page 13 in Brown’s 1991 book: P.S. I Love You: When Mom Wrote, She Always Saved the Best for Last. "

[mesolzhenitsy]

Yeah!
Turkey Soviet's new-in charge of teasing SOLZHENITSOF above-agent Demented***_ideals-in Mini Statistics Join Date11-22-2016 Last Activity Yesterday 10:51 PM...He/She is there and is to be entering the "Who Said That Box" to cut in on words against Islamic Terror!

Let's read now about The Turkey Soviet-the sworn enemy of The Liberal World:
AS A FIRST STEP IN ANSWERING THE QUESTION LET'S READ TWO RANDOMLY CHOSEN SAMPLES FROM THE PRO-DEMOCRACY POEMS OF MINE:

RUBAI FOR VULTURE

North Korea or/and Turkey Vulture-League of The Second Soviet
That
Don’t
Believe in the Unseen, GOD!

RUBAI TO CONDEMN RACIST ARMIES

Hey dirty green TURCO Islamic terrorists and red KEMALIST/Maoist fascists
Like Saddam or Milosevic
Establish worship, and recognize what GOD sent you;
Namely love the democracy led by-presence of The EU!

AS LONG AS THE VITAL IMPORTANCE NEW CONCEPT İN "GLOBAL SECURITY" IS PERCEIVED SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH THE MAGIC FORCE OF THE STRONG PENS WE UNDERSTAND THAT "GLOBAL SOVIET" COULD BE HARMFULL FOR EVERYBODY WALKING TOWARDS THE WELLFARE AND LIBERTY IN THOUGHTS AND BELIEF.

SO I'LL BE WRITING ABOUT NEW IRON CURTAINS OF RED AND BLACK FASCISM TO BUILD OPPRESSIONS UPON THE INNOCENT KURDISH PEOPLES WHO ARE RECENTLY SUFFERING FROM THE "Guns of Islamic State" IN SYRIA AND IN TURKEY!
SO LONG....
SOLZHI!
(SOLZHENITSYN0F)

[mesolzhenitsy]

Okay? Then here you are one of the most abominable bloody agent:
Fourhtyoz
Registered User
This nasty crook-FOURHTYOZ is an illegal child of a TURCO-Islamic terrorist family to occupy three thread boxes to cut in on the words of SOLZHENITSOF!

[nickfontaine]

This quote was written by Atsushi Nakajima in one of his stories. I can't remember which one, but I believe it is in the collection "The Moon over the Mountain" if you want to find it!

[mesolzhenitsy]

SEE THE TURCO-ISLAMIC TERRORISTS' ONE DAY OLD AGENT AS THE OTHERS WERE FROM THE POINT OF AGE!

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[Kate23]

It seems to me sometimes that these words exist for those who are looking for some kind of self-justification, I mean, you don't regret things you've done as long as you believe that everything that happens, happens for good. But then I start thinking of all the stuff I haven't done, and realize that I'd better do that and regret than think of the lost opportunities.

[Michellegirl900]

It's a quote from the novel "Light, wind and dreams" by Atsushi Nakajima

[missprintindia]

i think it is written by Anonymous

[ennison]

It is sensible to regret things. It helps us to learn.
That Anonymous ! All he did was sit about being aphoristic.