Gail Simmons Quotes

You don't get many do-overs in life.

You don't get any second chances.

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.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

I can't take it back. I can't take anything back. So I don't regret it.

There are moments in one's life where you look back and you say, 'Well, I wish I had done this differently.'

One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves.

People who make mistakes but try their best, other people will support. But people who make mistakes because they're lazy, nobody supports.

I think it's sad to me that I had to make a decision to not play the game that I feel like I'm best at and that I love. But if it was just about the game itself, I'd be there in a heartbeat. But that's not how the real world works.

In life you get one take, and it's perfect. It's strange, afterwards you might think I shouldn't have reacted that way, but that's the way you reacted. That's your take; that's all you get.

I think there is choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice.

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

We all have choices we have to make, and with those choices come certain sacrifices.

You have to make your choice and live with your choice.

So many roads. So many detours. So many choices. So many mistakes.

Rock bottom for some people is death. Some people never learn from their mistakes. They don't learn from other people's mistakes.

Bury your mistakes.

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.

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

It was our fault, and our very great fault — and now we must turn it to use. We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

Presidents don’t get to do do-overs!

The statesman must weigh the rewards of success against the penalties of failure. And he is permitted only one guess.

If I missed once, I might never catch up again.

To admit error and cut losses is rare among individuals, unknown among states.

The failures of the past will mean more sacrifices.