We all experience moments of regret—things we wish we could have done differently, paths we wish we had taken, and words we wish we hadn’t said. But it’s important to remember that these moments still have a lot of beauty and value.
To help you reflect on your regrets, this article contains some of the most memorable anime quotes about regret. Dive in and find out how these characters are learning from their experiences!
Anime Quotes About Regret
1. No matter how hard you’ve agonized over your path, you’ll always regret something about it later. – Glenn Radars
2. I believe I am drunk. I will put myself to bed before I say anything else I regret. – Holo The Wise Wolf
3. Aki, you can’t lie when you confess to someone. I’m trying to comfort you, but I won’t confess to you if I just wanted to comfort you. I confessed to you like this because I really like you. But I do find it a little annoying how you fidget around like this, and I really hate you for blaming yourself and regretting your actions. — and I really hate you when you said that a girl, who summoned all her courage to confess to you, is lying. – Shimada Minami
4. Even if you put aside regret, you´ll feel it anyway. Right now, you need to make sure you grasp this good feeling and never forget it. – Ryunosuke Tanaka
5. Regretting the past forever won’t solve anything. – Shiho Fujimiya
6. That’s human nature. We have regrets and go on blaming ourselves forever.” – Kazuki Kuwanomi
7. Regret is a powerful poison. The more you harbor those thoughts, the harder it is to move on.” – Sakurako Amamiya
8. It may be better to go and regret it rather than staying here and regretting it. If you don’t move forward, you can’t gain anything. – Futaki Kanata
9. I’ll never show you my tears. These are the tears of those who died with regrets. If there’s a way to take away these regrets, I’ll make sure I’ll find it. – Black Star
10. Regrets are just a way for the foolish and the guilty to pass the time. – Cho Hakkai
11. I shall grieve, and I shall weep. But I shall never regret it. – Rider
12. The reason that I’m no good… Even though I can’t do anything well, I will attempt it anyways. Even though I decide not to try anymore, I regret it, and end up trying again. After all, I can’t do anything right; it’s better if I don’t try at all. I’m an idiot, aren’t I… – Miranda Lotto
13. There isn’t anyone who doesn’t feel regret or sadness. – Lavi Bookman
14. I don’t have any regrets. I’m glad I met you, Sousuke Sagara.– Kaname Chidori
15. Regret is a different beast when you live for centuries – Kurama
16. I’m prepared for it all. Even if my chest hurts, even if I’m ripped apart, I won’t let myself taste any regret. – Kakeru Kurosawa
17. But that’s why I can’t let myself be weighed down by fuckin’ regrets. A bitch lives as free as a bird that can never be caught.– Panty
18. Rather than not doing anything and regretting it, we should do something and regret it. – Yakumo Tsukamoto
19. I believe that “I could have done something” is the most frustrating regret of them all. – Kazuki Kazami
20. After you’ve gobbled him down, you’d be left alone to regret it while covered in blood and guts. That’s the hunger of a ghoul. That’s our destiny. – Touka Kirishima
21. What if that fruit you’ve worked so hard to nurture gets pulled off the branch the next morning? You’ll regret not choosing to harvest it the previous day instead of complaining. That regret really hurts. It’ll make you crawl through hell. – Ushiromiya Kyrie
22. If you don’t hold any regret in your choice, that means you must’ve made the right decision. – Yuzan Yoshida
23. If I follow my dream and it shatters – I can accept having to regret that. But I don’t want to regret not pursuing it in the first place. – Akito Takagi
24. Listen up! Youth doesn’t last all that long! These precious three years of your youth will zip by and you’ll be left with nothing but regrets if you spend them running away in delusions and fantasies, so you have to make it clear whether you like someone or not!” – Akira Fujieda
25. Crying is the same as pouring all your frustrations and regrets out of your body. You may use it as a weapon, but that’s just too easy. Whenever you feel like crying, smile instead. That’s what it means to be a man. You get it?” – Tatsumi Oga
