Albert Camus Quotes

I should have been smart enough to stay happy. But my ambition ruled my life.

If I had to do my life over, I would change every single thing I have done.

Everything I did and continue to do happens for a reason, and honestly, I don't regret much in my life.

A lot changed the moment I had kids; I had no idea of the perspective it would give me. It made making the right decisions a lot easier.

I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.

Once I faced the fact I was going to deal with illness for the rest of my life, I got on with what I really wanted to do.

Every choice leads you somewhere, but it might not be where you truly want to be if the decision is based on someone else. It could lead to regrets and what-ifs, but that doesn't mean you wouldn't still have valuable experiences.

Every man writes his manner. I just made poor decisions.

I don't regret the decisions that I've made. I really truly understand why I made them.

I now see that I spent most of my life in doing neither what I ought nor what I liked.

I know the mistake I am making. I see the exits in life.

I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

Regrets about the journey, maybe, but not the destination.

I don’t regret any of the decisions I’ve made in my life. Because with every choice I’ve made, I’ve learned something new.

There's nothing in the world so sad as talking to a man who never knew his life was his for making.

There comes a point in many people's lives when they can no longer play the role they have chosen for themselves. When that happens, we are like actors finding that someone has changed the play.

Hollywood infected my brain and I really valued the wrong things in life, but I changed dramatically.

Everyone must correct his own self; this is something more difficult to cope with, but it is not impossible.

There are many things that, if I have to relive, maybe I will do it another way. But I would not like to look back and think what I have not been able to.

I think if I ever stopped pushing myself, I would revert quickly to quite repetitive, restrictive behaviour. But in pushing myself and concentrating on what I can do, I think I can contribute to society. And that gives me the desire to keep pushing, to see what I'm capable of. The thing to do is not to stop.

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew.

I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.

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

We always may be what we might have been.

I always tell people I'm grateful for my cancer diagnosis because it was the greatest gift because it completely changed my life. I was able to stop and let my whole life and world just crash over me like a wave. And I stood there and went, 'Wow.' And for the first time, I stopped everything. I had to.