Michael Caine Quotes

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

I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something.

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

I had grand visions of being in professional sports. But when reality set in, I went, 'Oh, OK. I'll just move to Hollywood and be an actor.' I didn't want to look back on my life and wonder, 'What if I had done this? Or I had done that?'

I don't have any regrets. When I quit college and moved to Los Angeles to become an actress, it was so that I would not look back and have any regrets.

You tend to regret the things you haven't done.

Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.

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

I just made the decision that I was going to try comedy, and if didn't work, then I knew it didn't work. Then I would go back and do whatever. But at least I wouldn't torture myself the rest of my life, wondering whatever would have happened.

I would hate to look back on my life and go, 'You know, I wanted to do a rock n' roll album. I should have, and I never did.'

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

I don't regret anything I haven't done.

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

I firmly believe that life is an 'and' proposition and not an 'or' one. If you really love something, you just have to try it. The worse that can happen is that you'll be told 'no.'

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

There are so many opportunities that I could've gotten before if I had just took a little more of a risk.

I stepped out on faith to follow my lifelong dream of being an author. I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.

I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth - I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace.

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.

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

If you don't take a risk, you will not be satisfied and happy. I think one must look at creating history.

The one thing Nikki and I always live by is 'No regrets.'

I've discovered people in my lifetime who are like, 'I always wanted to sing but... ' It's like, 'Well then, did you try?' My thing was always not caring about failure.

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.'

Ultimately, I have one life, and you always regret the things you don't do.