John Adams Quotes

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid.

We all do the wrong thing. And then we have to wake up the next morning and live with the fact that we have done things that are wrong.

I'm a grown man. You know, I've been in a lot of scrapes, but I never felt like I got so - there are probably a lot of things I should have done that I didn't do.

I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.

I haven't always made the right decisions.

I have made mistakes.

I've made some bad mistakes in life.

It's easy to make mistakes. It's living with the consequences of them that's the hardest.

I've made mistakes in my life for sure.

I've made far too many mistakes. That's the way I feel.

Of course I have regrets; I'm not stupid.

I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions.

We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.

I guess none of us like to look back in our lives to a time when we made poor judgments and foolish mistakes.

Regrets? I think everyone has regrets, and people who say they haven't are either liars... or narcissists.

I've gone through that with my mother and father and here I was in a similar situation. I've wronged her and I've wronged the family. Because when these things happen, it doesn't just happen to you, it happens to the people around you and the family.

I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.

Certainly people make mistakes in their life. I'm no different, I've made mistakes. When people mess up, we forgive them. When I mess up, I ask for forgiveness.

I have made a lot of mistakes.

The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.

We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. And when the people raised their voices, we didn't hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition.

I'm sure there are a lot of things I should have done differently. But I don't think I've stepped on anyone along the way. If I have, I didn't mean to.

Looking back at all the people I have insulted, I am mildly surprised that I am still allowed to exist.

I've had my share of doing things that I really wish I hadn't done.