Quotes by Disappointment I've seen high and lows. When things go well that doesn't make me feel like some genius. Nor will I allow the next disappointment to make me feel like a complete failure. Ben Affleck next genius disappointment A lot of the material is about the inevitable disappointment people feel as they move through life, and things don't feel the way they expect. No experience will ever match up to the idealized version in your mind. Ben Gibbard disappointment people moving That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to be always continued by those who, being able to add nothing to truth, hope for eminence from the heresies of paradox; or those who, being forced by disappointment upon consolatory expedients, are willing to hope from posterity what the present age refuses, and flatter themselves that the regard which is yet denied by envy will be at last bestowed by time. Ben Jonson envy disappointment truth I'm interested in the hope we invest in science, and the disappointment we can feel when science flattens, or 'explains,' the larger mysteries of religion. Ben Marcus mystery disappointment feels The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth. Benjamin Disraeli failure disappointment time Through persistence numerous individuals win accomplishment out of what appeared bound to be sure disappointment. Benjamin Disraeli persistence disappointment winning Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Benjamin Franklin sour disappointment ambition Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires. Benjamin Franklin disappointment ambition desire None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily bread. ... The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. Bernard Baruch disappointment lying art Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. Bernard Baruch keeping-promises freedom disappointment If we try and fail, we have temporary disappointments. But if we do not try at all, we have permanent regrets. Bernard Williams regret business disappointment Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success. Bette Davis success-and-failure inherent disappointment It is not easy to be the best. You must have the courage to bear pain, disappointment, and heartbreak. You must learn how to face danger and understand fear, yet not be afraid. You establish your goal, and no matter what deters you along the way, in your every waking moment you must say to yourself, "I could do it." Betty Skelton Erde pain disappointment goal It is a good thing to learn the truth one's self. To first believe with all your heart, and then not to believe, is good too. It fattens the emotions and makes them to stretch. Betty Smith disappointment teaching children I'm English and as such I crave disappointment. That's why I buy Kinder Surprise. Bill Bailey kinder surprise disappointment I'm English, and as such I crave disappointment. That's why I buy Kinder Surprise. Horrible chocolate; nasty little toy: a double-whammy of disillusionment! Sometimes I eat the toy out of sheer despair. Bill Bailey despair chocolate disappointment I often feel I'm a disappointment to people because they expect me to be the guy in the books. When I sit next to someone at a dinner party I can see they expect me to be quick and witty, and I'm not at all. Bill Bryson party disappointment witty America is a great disappointment to me. As I said in one of my books, other societies create civilisations; we build shopping malls. Bill Bryson shopping disappointment book I don't have a clue about the way to achievement, however the way to disappointment is attempting to please everyone. Bill Cosby achievement disappointment way Life's disappointments are harder to take when you don't know any swear words. Bill Watterson calvin-and-hobbes-friendship harder disappointment «1234567891011»