H. Jackson Brown Jr. Quotes

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

The only things you regret are the things you don't do.

I think you regret the things that you don't do more than the things you do.

Life is too short to be scared and not take risks. I'd rather be the person that's like, 'I messed up,' than, 'I wish I did that.'

The only regrets I have are things I didn't do.

I always think about opportunity and how you regret the things you don't do.

Will you look back on life and say, 'I wish I had,' or 'I’m glad I did'?

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

I'm of the mind that life is a risk, every time you leave your house it's a risk, and I see no reason to go through life with my hands tied behind my back for any reason. I'd be foolish to let something stop me from doing what I love to do.

I've gone out on limbs, flung far, and Forrest-Gumped my way into the center of the action.

When I have a difficult decision to make, I imagine myself as a 90-year-old guy looking back on his life. I imagine what I'll think about myself at that point in time, and it always makes it really easy to go for it. You're only going to regret that you wimped out.

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.

You can't afford to live your life with regrets.

No other fighter's doing what I'm doing, no other fighter is daring to do what I'm doing.

I have done a lot of crazy things in my life, and I do not regret anything.

Life is full of risks, and often, you have to take them. Just don't be scared of taking one.

There are moments in your life where you realize you could do nothing, but if you do, you'll probably regret it forever.

I never want to look back on life and say I wish I did something, and I don't want anybody else to do that.

Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything.

My mother raised me to be bold. If I do not go, I will spend the rest of my life wondering what might have happened if I had." "If you do go, the rest of your life may be too short for wondering. - Asha & Rodrick

Compared to the coward that never made the attempt, he is a hero.

I can say I made a lot of mistakes, but I don't regret things. Because at least I didn't spend a life standing outside, wondering what living would be like.

Don't be that guy that's laying in that hospital bed going, 'I wonder what would have happened if I tried it?' The worst thing that could happen is that it doesn't work.

Most of the reason we don’t do things is because we’re afraid to fail. I just made a decision one day that I was not not going to do things in my life because of fear.

Without courage we will simply accumulate a collection of good ideas and regrets.