"The critical question about regret is whether experience led to growth and new learning. Some people seem to keep on making the same mistakes, while others at least make new ones. Regret and remorse can be either paralyzing or inspiring. [p. 199]"

-- Mary Catherine Bateson

#Regret Quotes #Mistake Quotes #People Quotes

“By taking the time to live life in the slow lane, we quickly experience a deeper, more profound experience of contentment.”

Source : Michael Neill (2006). “You Can Have What You Want”, p.18, Hay House, Inc
“Maybe I should drive a hybrid. I do have a shirt that says, 'Go Green.'”
“If I get good parts, if I get interesting roles that I can relate to and identify with and bring something to - then I'm happy.”
“Abundance is the natural state of the universe--of this there can be no doubt. Just as the number of stars in the heavens or drops of water in the ocean is beyond counting, so are the spiritual and material blessings that have been prepared for us.”

Source : Douglas Bloch (2015). “A Treasury of Spiritual Quotations, Poems and Prayers: Words of Love and Wisdom”, p.90, BookBaby
“Even though there's stuff that I really like that is just a retro sort of style or whatever, I feel like what I'm most excited by is new mixes of things.”
“There's no point in bragging in the good times. Your friends don't need to hear it and your enemies won't believe it anyway.”
“I have often been asked whether I am a women or an athlete. The question is absurd. Men are not asked that. I am an athlete. I am a women.”

Source : Billie Jean King, Frank Deford (1982). “Billie Jean”, Viking Pr
“When you turn out the light, I've got to hand it to me. Looks like it's you and me again tonight Rosie.”

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