quotations about disappointment
As most of the unhappiness in the world arises rather from disappointed desires than from positive evil, it is of the utmost consequence to attain just notions of the laws and order of the universe, that we may not vex ourselves with fruitless wishes, or give way to groundless and unreasonable discontent.
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD
Tales
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
ALEXANDER POPE
letter to Mr. Gay, Oct. 6, 1727
God makes the life fertile by disappointments, as he makes the ground fertile by frosts.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit
Men's best successes come after their disappointments.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit
The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.
THOMAS HARDY
attributed, Thomas Hardy: A Literary Life
There can be no entire disappointment to a wise man, because he maketh it a cause of succeeding another time. A fool is so unreasonably raised by his hopes, that he is half-dead by a disappointment: his mistaken fancy draweth him so high, that when he falleth, he is sure to break his bones.
GEORGE SAVILE, MARQUESS OF HALIFAX
"Moral Thoughts and Reflections", Complete Works
Countdown, countdown
Countdown to the disappointment
I'm yours tonight
BOY KILL BOY
"Suzie", Civilian
In youth, what disappointments of our own making: in age, what disappointments from the nature of things.
EDWARD YOUNG, A Vindication of Providence
The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be.
FRED G. GOSMAN
How to Be a Happy Parent ... In Spite of Your Children
We will have difficult times, and we will experience many disappointments -- but all of this is transitory it leaves no permanent mark. And one day we will look back with pride and faith at the journey we have taken.
PAULO COELHO
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Norwegian Wood
Disappointment weighs heavy on the pride.
MIKE HOWERTON
Miles to Cross
I guess that's what disappointment is -- a sense of loss for something you never had.
DEB CALETTI
The Nature of Jade
Hope isn't destiny. Left passive its nothing more than disappointment deferred.
BILL WILLINGHAM
Fables
We may avoid much disappointment and bitterness of soul by learning to understand how little necessary to our joy and peace are the things the multitude most desire and seek.
JOHN LANCASTER SPALDING
Aphorisms and Reflections
If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
letter to John Page, Jul. 15, 1763
Disappointment or misfortune don't last long among us, the poor; we can't live if we brood on them the whole time.
VIRAMMA RACINE
Viramma: Life of an Untouchable
I will try to disappoint you
better than anyone else has.
STEPHEN DUNN
Different Hours
Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy -- the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.
ERIC HOFFER
The Passionate State of Mind
Everyone had their disappointment and their baggage; only, some people carried it in their inside pockets and not on their backs.
MAGGIE STIEFVATER
The Dream Thieves