![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.]](/assets/img/quote-photos/our-desires-always-disappoint-us-for-though-we-meet-with-something-that-gives-us.jpg)
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gratitude circles fire
Envy, if surrounded on all sides by the brightness of another's prosperity, like the scorpion confined within a circle of fire, will sting itself to death. Charles Caleb Colton
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The benevolent have the advantage of the envious, even in this present life; for the envious man is tormented not only by all the ill that befalls himself, but by all the good that happens to another; whereas the benevolent man is the better prepared to bear his own calamities unruffled, from the complacency and serenity he has secured from contemplating the prosperity of all around him.
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It is not until we have passed through the furnace that we are made to know how much dross there is in our composition.
gratitude revenge punctual
Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude
gratitude revenge games
An act by which we make one friend and one enemy is a losing game; because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitude
gratitude powerful yield
There are three kinds of praise, that which we yield, that which we lend, and that which we pay. We yield it to the powerful from fear, we lend it to the weak from interest, and we pay it to the deserving from gratitude.
gratitude revenge adversity
The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity, would seem to be this: the friends of a great man were made by his fortune, his enemies by himself, and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude.
gratitude grateful language
No metaphysician ever felt the deficiency of language so much as the grateful.
gratitude appreciation attitude
True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.
disappointment victory advancement
There is but one pursuit in life which it is in the power of all to follow, and of all to attain. It is subject to no disappointments, since he that perseveres, makes every difficulty an advancement, and every contest a victory; and this is the pursuit of virtue.
disappointment choices discouragement
Disappointments will come and go, but discouragement is a choice that you make. Charles Stanley
disappointment choices discouraged
Nobody else can make us discouraged; it is a choice that we alone make when facing disappointments.
disappointment optimistic choices
Disappointments are inevitable; discouragement is a choice.
disappointment opportunity thinking
I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience. Al Pacino
disappointment believe confusion
A world of confusion and disappointment results from trying to believe without obeying. Aiden Wilson Tozer
disappointment reality expectations
Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence. It cannot be compared to anything else: it is so sharp, precise, obvious, and direct. If we can open, then we suddenly begin to see that our expectations are irrelevant compared with the reality of the situations we are facing. Chogyam Trungpa
disappointment illusion results
Disappointment results from the removal of illusion.
disappointment rejection actors
When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard. David Morrissey
expectations ugly helping
Moths, and all sorts of ugly creatures, hover about a lighted candle. Can the candle help it? Charles Dickens
expectations shining quality
Shining outward qualities, although they may excite first-rate expectations, are not unusually found to be the companions of second-rate abilities.
expectations done defying
I am hellbent on defying your expectations, at every turn, and even if you don't like what's being done, I dare you to find it uninteresting. Alan Rickman
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With a sacred expectation, I look for God in ALL of the circumstances of my day.
expectations goodness
Always God’s goodness is the ground of our expectation.
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If you read the novel, you have expectations. And, if you've seen something first, it's just hard to do. Chloe Grace Moretz
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If your expectations aren't to be the best, then... you know, nobody rises to low expectations. Chip Kelly
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All work flows from some underlying assumptions, and the content of that faith can dramatically change our expectations for our work. David Kim
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When you're young, you try to meet that expectation that people have of you. It can be very stressful. But with time it's become less of problem. Catherine Deneuve