Samuel Johnson Quotes

Never say of anything I have lost it, only say that I have given it back.

If I could undo what's been done, But I guess everyone is living, With water and bridges.

Now, there's no use crying over spoiled milk.

If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why not get good at the letting go, rather than the trying to have?

You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went, you can curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go.

Never say about anything, "I have lost it," but only "I have given it back." Is your child dead? It has been given back. Is your wife dead? She has been returned.

He cried that night for all that he had lost, but he would say it taught him a valuable lesson: that holding on to things "will only break your heart.

Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your losses for too long.

The present no matter what I brought couldn’t change the past. The Past was set and sealed.

There are no do overs and some things just aren't going to happen. It is a little sad but you just have to embrace what is

All the king's horses and all the king's men can't put the past together again. So let's remember: Don't try to saw sawdust.

I didn't mean I'd seen everything, John Grady said. I know you didn't. I just meant I'd seen some things I'd as soon not of. I know it. There's hard lessons in this world. What's the hardest? I dont know. Maybe it's just that when things are gone they're gone. They aint comin back. Yessir.

I don't care about losses anymore.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

I've had no contact with my daughter for years. That's her choice. Anyway, you move on. If people don't want to bother with me, fine. You know, God bless them, and move on.

For me, the past is dead. Can't go back.

Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.

People look to you to replace a part in their lives that they can't get back. You can't get the past back, you can't do it. We've all tried.

After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left.

I never have regrets! What's the point?

Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?

You can't break what's broken already.

Finally there was a moment when it just hit me. John wouldn't want me to sit on my butt for the rest of my life feeling sorry for myself or sorry for him. As cheesy as it sounds, he would have wanted us to go on.

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?

You can't make up for something you lost.