Quotes by Disappointment As the end of the what is called the 'sexual life' the only love which has lasted is the love which has everything, every disappointment, every failure and every betrayal, which has accepted even the sad fact that in the end there is no desire so deep as the simple desire for companionship. Graham Greene betrayaldisappointmentsimple The biggest disappointment has been seeing the number of people in this business with very shortsighted views. Greg Ginn disappointmentviewsnumbers Grief and disappointment are like hate: they make men ugly with self-pity and bitterness. And how selfish they make us too. Graham Greene selfishhatedisappointment The problem with being a Tour de France winner is you always have that feeling of disappointment if you don't win again. That's the curse of the Tour de France. Greg LeMond disappointmentwinningfeelings In terms of you happiness, in terms of the matters that make you proud or sad, nothing-I repeat, nothing-will have so profound an effect on you as the way your children turn out. You will either rejoice and boast of their accomplishments or you will weep, head in hands, bereft and forlorn, if they become a disappointment or an embarrassment to you. Gordon B. Hinckley parentingdisappointmentchildren What have we all got to expect that we allow ourselves to be so lined with disappointment? Graham Greene disappointment You have to dream, you have to have a vision, and you have to set a goal for yourself that might even scare you a little because sometimes that seems far beyond your reach. Then I think you have to develop a kind of resistance to rejection, and to the disappointments that are sure to come your way. Gregory Peck disappointmentdreamthinking While there may be thorns and disappointments, while there may be heartache, even heartbreak, there can be peace and comfort and strength from the Lord for those who follow Him. Gordon B. Hinckley heartachedisappointmentcomfort With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist. Gunther Blumentritt disappointmentmilitarywar What is the best way to go beyond self-interest and obsession Gurumayi Chidvilasananda disappointmentselfneeds I had often thought that if I managed to live through the war I wouldn't expect too much of life. How could one resent disappointment in love if life itself was continuously in doubt? Since Belgorod, terror had overturned all my preconceptions, and the pace of life had been so intense one no longer knew what elements of ordinary life to abandon in order to maintain some semblance of balance. I was still unresigned to the idea of death, but I had already sworn to myself during moments of intense fear that I would exchange anything - fortune, love, even a limb - if I could simply survive. Guy Sajer disappointmentlovewar Disappointment, discouragement, and despair are nothing but the bitter fruit of an unfulfilled expectation allowed to live beyond its time. Guy Finley despairdisappointmentexpectations When children feel understood, their loneliness and hurt diminish. When children are understood, their love for their parent is deepened. A parent's sympathy serves as emotional first aid for bruised feelings. When we genuinely acknowledge a child's plight and voice her disappointment, she often gathers the strength to face reality. Haim Ginott disappointmenthurtchildren My dad never told me that when you audition, you might not get the role. He wanted to wait until my first disappointment to tell me. Haley Joel Osment daddisappointmentwaiting Be grateful for your challenges, setbacks, adversity and disappointments. Be grateful for your opportunity to overcome every single one, because doing so contributes to your growth & your ability to help others overcome theirs. Hal Elrod gratitudegratefuldisappointment If you are angry, why not try this. Write a letter. Pour out all of your feelings, describe your anger and disappointment. Don't hold anything back. Then put the letter in a drawer. After two days, take it out and read it. Do you still want to send it? I've found that anger and pie crusts soften after two days. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. disappointmentwritingtwo ... when the struggle seems to be drifting definitely towards a world social democracy, there may still be very great delays and disappointments before it becomes an efficient and beneficent world system. Countless people ... will hate the New World Order and will die protesting against it. When we attempt to evaluate its promise, we have to bear in mind the distress of a generation or so of malcontents, many of them quite gallant and graceful-looking people. H. G. Wells moneyhatedisappointment No soul can be really at rest until it has given up all dependence on everything else and has been forced to depend on the Lord alone. As long as our expectation is from other things, nothing but disappointment awaits us. Hannah Whitall Smith disappointmentexpectationslong We evolved the ability to communicate disappointment to teach those around us good manners Hannibal good-mandisappointmentmanners After the pain of this disappointment her heart once more stood empty, and the succession of identical days began again. Gustave Flaubert paindisappointmentheart«1617181920212223242526»
