Nick Woodman Quotes

I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't.

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

I learnt a lot about myself, I learnt a lot about other people and the problems they have. If I was lucky enough to live to a hundred, how I will feel about two per cent of my life being that way, I don't know.

I think it's natural as you get to the end of your twenties to start thinking about what you could have done differently - whether they went well or whether they went terribly.

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?'

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

When you're in your early 20s, you go ahead and do everything. And it's very hard to judge yourself.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

I don't regret any decisions I've made in my life.

I'd tell my teenage self he did the right thing never getting a proper job.

I don't regret any steps that I take in life.

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

It's so much worse to live in regret in your forties than it is to take a chance in your late twenties.

I never regret making a decision.

Most of the reason we don’t do things is because we’re afraid to fail. I just made a decision one day that I was not not going to do things in my life because of fear.

Your greatest regret at the end of your life will be the lions you didn't chase. You will look back longingly on risks not taken, opportunities not seized, and dreams not pursued. Stop running away from what scares you most and start chasing the God-ordained opportunities that cross your path.

For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell you what you should have done.

As seemingly impossible as it may seem of having zero regrets, when I look at my life now and all the mistakes I've made, all the bad decisions I've made, all the things I could have done differently or done more in, I don't think I would have changed anything.

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.

Regret is pointless. I never do anything without first deciding to do it based on facts and feelings, and if it doesn't work out how I hoped, oh well - there's another notch on my experience belt.

I think we should all live the moment. But you also have to think ahead. You have to think, 'Am I going to be happy with this five, ten years from now? Is it going to let me evolve and grow, or am I going to grow to one day wish I had never done it?' Sometimes you just have to think a little bit ahead.

If I had to do it over, I wouldn't change a thing.

I do not regret one moment of my life.

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

The follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.