Quotes about disappoint
disappointment mind disappointing
As for disappointing them I should not so much mind; but I can't abide to disappoint myself. Oliver Goldsmith
disappointment ambition eye
Man little knows what calamities are beyond his patience to bear till he tries them; as in ascending the heights of ambition, which look bright from below, every step we rise shows us some new and gloomy prospect of hidden disappointment; so in our descent from the summits of pleasure, though the vale of misery below may appear, at first, dark and gloomy, yet the busy mind, still attentive to its own amusement, finds, as we descend, something to flatter and to please. Still as we approach, the darkest objects appear to brighten, and the mortal eye becomes adapted to its gloomy situation.
disappointment distance ambition
It is sometimes said that because of our past we, as a people, expect too much and set our sights too high. That is not the way I see it. Rather it seems to me that throughout my life in politics our ambitions have steadily shrunk. Our response to disappointment has not been to lengthen our stride but to shorten the distance to be covered. But with confidence in ourselves and in our future what a nation we could be! Margaret Thatcher
disappointment ducks office
There's an epigram tacked to my office bulletin board, pinched from a magazine -- "Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like pâté. Margaret Atwood
disappointment years two
I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: "Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together. Mark Twain
disappointment giving shadow
Life cheats us with shadows. We ask it for pleasure. It gives it to us with bitterness and disappointment in its train. Oscar Wilde
disappointment real successful
The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful. And that was the real disappointment of the time. You'd see great writer-directors in the '90s becoming part of a system where financiers and movie stars could change the material. I came along just before all that happened. Parker Posey
disappointment track steps
How disappointment tracks the steps of hope. Letitia Elizabeth Landon
disappointment good-day golf
No, I don't have any problems leaving disappointments behind. I've had lots of good days at golf and a few disappointments, so you never know what's around the corner. Lee Westwood
disappointment canada united-states
Yet there is disappointment in Washington and in the United States that Canada is not supporting us fully. Paul Cellucci
disappointment expectations looks
Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed. Patricia McCormick
disappointment pain wife
Life, for Colin, was one long brace against pain and disappointment, and everybody apart from his wife was an enemy until proven otherwise. J. K. Rowling
disappointment stress long
Starting a business isn't for everyone, and it's not what you should do if you aren't sure what else to do. It requires thick skin and the willingness to carry a great deal of stress, sometimes alone. It's more often a life of failure than a life of success, and the majority of successes came after a long road of disappointment, and often shame. Kathryn Minshew
disappointment age would-be
How much sweeter life would be if it all happened in reverse, if, after decades of disappointments, you finally arrived at an age when you had conceded nothing, when everything was possible. Karen Thompson Walker
disappointment interesting achievement
And that's a life, isn't it? Some achievements and some disappointments. It's been interesting to me, though I wouldn't complain or be amazed if others found it less so. Maybe, in a way, Adrian knew what he was doing. Not that I would have missed my own life for anything, you understand. [pp.60-61] Julian Barnes
disappointment bridges piers
A pier is a disappointed bridge; yet stare at it for long enough and you can dream it to the other side of the Channel.
disappointment believe book
Though I am not an avid reader but I like romantic books. Love is a good thing. At times in love, there are disappointments…one must not keep expectations. I like to be positive in love. I believe in happy endings. Katrina Kaif
disappointing feels candy
I feel like a human pinata. The disappointing thing is, no candy is going to spill out. Katie Couric
disappointment giving advice
I'm not in the business of becoming famous. And that's the advice I give to younger aspiring actors. Work onstage and do the little roles. In the end it's not important to be seen. It's important to do. There's a lot of disappointment in this business, but my family keeps me grounded Kristen Bell
disappointment destiny discovery
There is no greater discovery than seeing God as the author of your destiny. Ravi Zacharias
disappointment challenges stronger
If you so choose, the challenges can make you stronger. If you so choose, the disappointments can make you more determined.
disappointment people gold
If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I'm going to be happy. Michael Phelps
disappointment care reform
It's been a mystery to me and a disappointment why conversation about health care reform hasn't turned more attention to the subject of food. Michael Pollan
disappointment expectations giants
I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments. Michael Landon
disappointment heart mind
God makes appointments with us in our disappointments. To see the pattern we must take three steps involving the heart, the mind, and the cross
disappointment expectations promise
Never raise expectations in others that you cannot realize: promise is less pleasing than disappointment is vexatious. Norm MacDonald
disappointment people weak
All that weak people learn from disappointment, is less confidence in future enterprise.
disappointment expectations said
We are often less grieved at disappointments than at ourselves for having said much concerning the certainty of our expectations.
disappointment world want
Whatever you want, especially when you’re striving to be the best in the world at something, there’ll always be disappointments, and you can’t be emotionally tied to them, cos’ they’ll break your spirit. Mike Tyson
disappointment special-you space
If your ego starts out, 'I am important, I am big, I am special,' you're in for some disappointments when you look around at what we've discovered about the universe. No, you're not big. No, you're not. You're small in time and in space. And you have this frail vessel called the human body that's limited on Earth. Neil deGrasse Tyson
disappointment world gods-will
There is many a thing which the world calls disappointment; but there is no such thing in the dictionary of faith. What to others are disappointments are to believers intimations of the will of God. John Newton
disappointment kissing blow
Love is like a wind stirring the grass beneath trees on a black night,' he had said. 'You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life. If you try to be definite and sure about it and to live beneath the trees, where soft night winds blow, the long hot day of disappointment comes swiftly and the gritty dust from passing wagons gathers upon lips inflamed and made tender by kisses. Sherwood Anderson
disappointment giving trying
One of my biggest disappointments is watching the trailer for the second Lord of the Rings film and having Gandalf in it. Why? He died in the first one, why give it away in the trailer just to try and sell 1000 more seats? It's daft. Nick Frost