Kris Kristofferson Quotes

You know what happens when you don't take a risk? Nothing.

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

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

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

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.

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

I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that's not pulling the trigger.

Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.

Suppose you should fail. Is that so terrible? Not to have tried is a worse failure.

it is better to act and repent than not to act and regret.

Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.

Try, reach, want, and you may fall. But even if you do, you might be okay anyway. If you don't try, you save nothing, because you might as well be dead.

If you are afraid to take a chance, take one anyway. What you don't do can create the same regrets as the mistakes you make.

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

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

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

I regret what happened. I saw no other possibility to achieve my goal. It was not hooliganism.

If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved.

It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.

The more you turn down things, the more difficult it becomes to feel that the next one will be right.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.