Sentence examples for rather than regretting from inspiring English sources

I believe that one regrets what one hasn't done rather than regretting what one has done.

Rather than regretting how the Republicans in Congress have behaved, Mr Obama should look harder at his own use of his presidential power.

What matters is to find and strengthen those things that are important to your family rather than regretting those things that have worked for other families in other times.

Rather than regretting to assert that a serious effort had failed, they enjoyed sticking it to a filmmaker who had made full use of something that they lacked: freedom.

But the consumerist economic system, rather than regretting this ignorance, takes it over willingly".

It makes all the difference to get equipped with great information upfront, rather than regretting your decision after signing on the dotted line.

Unfortunately, Ms Primarolo communicated complacency rather than regret.

A Suitable Boy "gouged out" his thirties, he says, with pride rather than regret.

"I look back in amazement rather than regret," says Hobsbawm, "that not only I but humanity have made it through the past hundred-odd years".

IFA Clifford Bird at Investwise says: "It might be better to bite the bullet rather than regret what you might have lost.

Both Shearer and Mandelson were pulled out of retirement (or Brussels), so it'll be an extra innings for them rather than regrets about going back.