Quotes by Disappointment The best enjoyment is half disappointment to what we intend or would have in this world. Gamaliel Bailey disappointmenthalfworld Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation. [However disappointment can always be removed if we remember it could have turned out worse.] Francois de La Rochefoucauld gratitudedisappointmentgiving Assuming that we have trained our imagination to denounce the past, we will not suffer much from unfulfilled wishes. Friedrich Nietzsche disappointmentimaginationpast Lack of love from parents often motivates their children to go searching for love in other relationships. This search is often misguided and leads to further disappointment. Gary Chapman parentdisappointmentchildren Kim Chinquee writes with remarkable heart and grace. Her wise capsulizings of love's devastations and of life's roil and disappointments come at you with a sorrowing precision that comforts even as it haunts. Gary Lutz disappointmentwiseheart I sometimes wonder if I might be a bit of a disappointment to people, because they are expecting all these '80s hits and what they get is a dark industrial wall of noise. Gary Numan walldisappointmentdark A collection of strong-minded individuals who have learned how to dismiss mistakes, disappointments and problems in their personal life make up a strong team. If the majority of the team have that then, as a unit, you are almost impossible to beat. Gary Neville strongdisappointmentmistake Perhaps it is even a good idea to stir up a rivalry between conceptual and imaginative activity. In any case, one will encounter nothing but disappointments if he intends to make them cooperate. The image can not provide matter for a concept. By giving stability to the image, the concept would stifle its life. Gaston Bachelard disappointmentgivingideas There’s a difference between losing something you knew you had and losing something you discovered you had. One is a disappointment. The other feels like losing a piece of yourself. Gayle Forman piecesdifferencesdisappointment I don't feel a lack of hope. It's just disappointment that after all these years we're still fighting meaningless wars for a handful of people. Geezer Butler fightingdisappointmentwar If you find something you are passionate about, you've got to try. Even if something doesn't quite work out, disappointment is a temporary thing. Regret lasts forever. Gemma Chan work-outregretdisappointment You are not Kaia the Disappointment. Do you hear me? That’s what I was trying to tell you earlier. You are Kaia the Mighty. How many Harpies out there do you think could have brought down the most badass Lord of the Underworld? The same Lord who also happens to be the strongest, sexiest and smartest. And by the way, in case there’s any doubt, I’m describing me. Gena Showalter badassdisappointmentthinking Disappointment mixed with bitter acceptance flashed in her eyes. "Maybe you are real," she said. "It would require a dark side I don't have to create someone like you." "You forgot to say 'no offense' before making that statement." "No, I didn't. I meant offense." Bold little human, wasn't she? -Annabelle and Zacharel Gena Showalter eyerealdisappointment Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. It can be argued that peace and happiness comes from the subjective internalised perspective of realizing things could be worse and being grateful they aren't. The alternative view that peace and happiness comes from the objective external perspective of having more and better things than at present, while important for growth, can be a never-ending source of jealousy, dissatisfaction and disappointment. A balance of the two, where people are grateful for what they have while striving for more seems the best blended perspective. Gautama Buddha gratitudegratefuldisappointment Not a sorrow, not a burden, not a temptation, not a bereavement, not a disappointment, not a care, not a groan or tear, but has its antidote in God's rich and inexhaustible resources. George C. Lorimer bereavementdisappointmentgod Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist. George Carlin humordisappointmentfunny How often do we sigh for opportunities for doing good, whilst we neglect the openings of Providence in little things, which would frequently lead to the accomplishment of most important usefulness. Good is done by degrees. However small in proportion the benefit which follows individual attempts to do good, a great deal may thus be accomplished by perseverance, even in the midst of discouragements and disappointments. George Crabbe perseverancedisappointmentopportunity Thrashing is not the most noticeably awful of disappointments. Not to have attempted is the genuine disappointment. George Edward Woodberry genuineawfuldisappointment Evil lurks where disappointment lodges. George Foreman lodgesdisappointmentevil We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, "Oh, nothing!" Pride helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our hurts— not to hurt others. George Eliot pridedisappointmenthurt«1415161718192021222324»
