Quotes by Disappointment I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. I have fallen in love more times than I care to count with the highest potential of a man, rather than with the man himself, and I have hung on to the relationship for a long time (sometimes far too long) waiting for the man to ascend to his own greatness. Many times in romance I have been a victim of my own optimism. Elizabeth Gilbert greatnessdisappointmentlove You know the old adage: Plant an expectation, reap a disappointment. Elizabeth Gilbert plantdisappointmentexpectations In youth our most bitter disappointments, our brightest hopes and ambitions, are known only to ourselves. Even our friendship and love we never fully share with another; there is something of every passion, in every situation, we conceal. Elizabeth Cady Stanton passiondisappointmentambition I entered beauty pageants in much the same spirit most people enter politics - with high ideals and ambitions. Similarly, I had to make some adjustments here and there along the way. Elizabeth Ray disappointmentambitionpeople Women are capable of enduring a tremendous amount of disappointment and still have a good life. Elizabeth Gilbert enduregood-lifedisappointment I could not bear the deep freeze settling around my bones at the thought that yet another attempt to get out of my life alive would end in disappointment. Time became palpable and viscous. Every minute, every second, every nanosecond, wrapped around my spine so that my nerves tightened and ached. I faded into abstraction. A self-generated narcosis created a painful blank where my mind used to be. Elizabeth Wurtzel disappointmentselfmind Disappointment Can do a couple things. It can drop you into a giant sucking sinkhole of depression, a place you have to fight to climb out of. Or it can trigger an epic mania to overcome the odds and transform failure into success. Say you swing as high as the chains will take you because you seek the thrill of flight, and on the up- kick, you lose your seat. Injury is likely. But if you worry about falling down, and never chance "up," the sky will remain forever out of reach. Ellen Hopkins coupledisappointmentfall It is only by knowing how little life has in store for us that we are able to look on the bright side and avoid disappointment. Ellen Glasgow knowingdisappointmentlooks You'd be surprised to know how many heartaches, how many bitter disappointments, how many disasters that seem final when they come, we learn to survive and in time even to forget. Emilie Loring heartachesorrowdisappointment I'm still aspiring to be a better and better person, but I think that disappointments have made me gentler with other people and their disappointments, the stuff that they have to carry around and endure. Elizabeth Gilbert disappointmentpeoplethinking Maturity brings - among other things - the ability to sustain and survive enormous contradictions and disappointments. Elizabeth Gilbert contradictionmaturitydisappointment Marriage is - among other things - a study in contradiction and disappointment, and inside that reality there is space for us to truly learn how to love. Elizabeth Gilbert spacedisappointmentreality Recognizing that there is more heartbreak in continuous disappointment than a void. Emily Giffin recognizingvoiddisappointment Being a woman did not look enviable to me, even when it looked admirable. It looked like nonstop sacrifice and service. Because it was. Being a woman seemed vulnerable and sad. Even the strong women I knew - and they were all strong - had earned their strength through enduring huge disappointments and tremendous struggles. Elizabeth Gilbert strong-womendisappointmentstruggle Buried beneath disappointment and fear, anger and pride, I just might find it in my heart to forgive. Emily Giffin forgivenessdisappointmentheart To not make any resolutions. Whenever I make them, I wind up ultimately breaking them. I think a lot of people are that way, so I am going to try and avoid inevitable disappointment next year and just not make any. Emily Blunt disappointmentyearsthinking Courtesy demands that you, when you are a guest, shall show neither annoyance nor disappointment--no matter what happens. Emily Post demandguestsdisappointment Fear is the ultimate cause of failure and disappointment. Emmet Fox ultimatecausesdisappointment I've always been someone that sets achievable short-term goals. I've never been someone that's had a five-year plan, or a three-year plan. That just seems to lead to a lot of disappointment, and doesn't give you the chance to be flexible. So I've just always been someone that's sort of reassessed where I'm at, and set goals that are realistic. And luckily, I've had plenty of chances to recalibrate and adjust, and good fortune's come my way. Eric Bana disappointmentgoalgiving Few progressives would take issue with the argument that, significant accomplishments notwithstanding, the Obama presidency has been a big disappointment. Eric Alterman issuesaccomplishmentdisappointment«1112131415161718192021»
