"We more often regret those things which we do not do than those which we do."

I don't know who said it, but it's my favorite quote (and philosophy)! HELP ME!!!

thanks,
alan

ps- i'm not sure of the word order, etc.

Is this the quote you meant?

"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable."
-Sydney J. Harris

Jasopower
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"Enjoy life; there's plenty of time to be dead."
-Oliver Wendel Holmes

no, i'm afraid that's not it... thanks though.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

--Mark Twain

that's very similar, but i'm fairly certain that it's quite a bit shorter than that. thanks though.

It is Randy Pausch...go on you tube and be inspired!!!

note from tn:
the video mentioned is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

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