Andre Malraux Quotes

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

I think we should all live the moment. But you also have to think ahead. You have to think, 'Am I going to be happy with this five, ten years from now? Is it going to let me evolve and grow, or am I going to grow to one day wish I had never done it?' Sometimes you just have to think a little bit ahead.

The follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.

It's true that youth is wasted on the young and, if I had my life to live over again, I suppose I would pay more attention to my career. I would make better choices. But, in my defence, I would say that I have three wonderful children, and that's something I am very proud of.

The saddest thing in life is wasted talent and the choices you make will shape your life forever.

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

I don't regret what I've done but some of the things I didn't do.

In life you don't regret the things you do, you regret the things you don't do.

It's better to regret what you have done than what you haven't.

When you look at life retrospectively you rarely regret anything that you did, but you might regret things that you didn't do.

You have to choose your future regrets.

Business wise, I have always learned valuable lessons so I don't regret any decisions I have made.

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

There are moments in one's life where you look back and you say, 'Well, I wish I had done this differently.'

As we grow older I always think, why didn't I do more when I was young, why didn't I risk more?

As seemingly impossible as it may seem of having zero regrets, when I look at my life now and all the mistakes I've made, all the bad decisions I've made, all the things I could have done differently or done more in, I don't think I would have changed anything.

I was so envious of everyone who went to Sylvia Young Theatre School. I wanted to go, but my dad flat-out refused. He thought I'd become some tapdancing freak without qualifications. And he was right in a way. I'm glad I didn't go. That might have changed.

Knowing what I know now and what I have been through, would I do it the same? I look at the alternative - a very simple life. It would have been nice to have a simple life.

Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on, when I was younger I tended to overbook my life.

I was about to get a degree in economics when I accepted that I'd be a lousy businessman, and if I didn't give acting a try I'd regret it for the rest of my life.

I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, 'Well, what do I do? What's best for me?' I need to look into options for the future.

When families save, they can get through emergencies like a bad harvest or a medical emergency. But it's more than that. They can also plan for the future, gradually saving up for a small business or for their children's school tuition.

If I was starting off now, I would probably have taken one or two different turnings along the way.

If you don't take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it?

I definitely regret the surgeries that I have had over the years, I think I was so young and in such an unstable situation in my life with so much going on and so much pressure.