Nora Roberts Quotes

He who will not when he may, may not when he will.

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing.

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

There must have been a moment, at the beginning, were we could have said -- no. But somehow we missed it.

That man made me miss my destiny.

When your future arrives, will you blame your past?

When you get older, it's not about what you did that you regret, it's what you didn't do.

… the King is mistaken. But it is natural that he should be frightened of taking the plunge. We have lost a great opportunity by not intervening at once. But later the King may change his mind, and it may be not too late.

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

You said to us once before," said Hermione quietly, "that there was time to turn back if we wanted to. We've had time, haven't we?

If I had a chance with him, I missed it. No, I didn't miss it. I threw it away.

It was my first big chance, but here I was, sitting back and letting it run through my fingers like so much water.

Remorse - Regret that one waited so long to do it.

We regret the things we don't do more than the things we do.

I'd rather be sorry for something I had done than for something I didn't do.

The time to begin most things is ten years ago.

I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn’t.

No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused

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

I thought that if the right time gets missed, if one has refused or been refused something for too long, it's too late, even if it is finally tackled with energy and received with joy. Or is there no such thing as "too late"? Is there only "late," and is "late" always better than "never"? I don't know.

It's the things you don't do, not the things you do, you feel most sorry for.

I've always had such wonderful opportunities, but I never made the effort, haven't put on the pressure. But I never took them.

Deliberando saepe perit occasio

Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by.

When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.