I hate holidays because one expects them to be perfect and so often they are not. There's the build-up, the looking forward… — Arlene Phillips Copy Share Image
My desire was no less than before, you understand, but I no longer identified with the desire. Perhaps that is why taking… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
We must distinguish between felicity and prosperity; for prosperity leads often to ambition, and ambition to disappointment; the course is then over,… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
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Just, whenever you can, get up and sing at a gig or jam. If you have a chance, take it and keep… — Sia Copy Share Image
Regardless of what happens, I want to be part of a successful England team and if I have to swallow my pride… — Jack Butland Copy Share Image
“Calgary Stampede, Alberta, July “Are you sure you can’t last a bit longer?” Travis looked away, but not before she’d spotted the… — Vivian Arend Copy Share Image
Obama wanted to offer his support to birth control activist Sandra Fluke. He wanted to express his disappointment that she has been… — Jay Carney Copy Share Image
Leaders must learn to discipline their disappointments. It's not what happens to us, it is what we choose to do about what… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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The problem with being a Tour de France winner is you always have that feeling of disappointment if you don't win again.… — Greg LeMond Copy Share Image
“Choose one: chronic disappointment or lowering your expectations to the point where nothing can disappoint you. But consider also that you might… — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
Don't be defined by your past, your past is the tutor of your present and is always preparing you for new experience.… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
No, I don't have any problems leaving disappointments behind. I've had lots of good days at golf and a few disappointments, so… — Lee Westwood Copy Share Image
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. [Like they say, 'Every cloud has a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I told graduates to not be afraid to fail, and I still believe that. But today I tell you that whether you… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Poland remains undzer heym, our home, no matter how bitter the memories, how filled with disappointment and betrayal. Amerike iz goles, America… — Irena Klepfisz Copy Share Image
I try not to have high expectations of people because it just sets you up for disappointment, but it's great to work… — Famke Janssen Copy Share Image
To depart from righteousness is to choose a life of crushing burdens, failures, and disappointments, a life caught in the toils of… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for the love… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
I wasn't really driven to be an actor or anything, but in college I decided to study acting, much to my parents'… — Roger Bart Copy Share Image
My first big disappointment is always, why don't I look like Julie Christie? Then I realise I don't look remotely like Julie… — Anne Reid Copy Share Image
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There are no guarantees in the music field. There's a lot of rejection, a lot of criticism and a lot of disappointment.… — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
The reaction from the fans has, quite possibly, been the most rewarding part of the journey thus far. I feel as though… — Tommaso Ciampa Copy Share Image
The important thing is to not to be bitter over life's disappointments. Learn to let go of the past, and recognize that… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
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My failure, during the first five or six years of my art training, to get set in the right direction, and the… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
There are certain lovers and friends, no matter what fights they get into, you know they're going to get back together because… — Michelle King Copy Share Image
When we say no, or when we follow our dreams or true callings - people might be disappointed in our choices. Allowing… — Christine Kane Copy Share Image
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A collection of strong-minded individuals who have learned how to dismiss mistakes, disappointments and problems in their personal life make up a… — Gary Neville Copy Share Image
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There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing. You listen to people who… — Ryan Giggs Copy Share Image
Don't let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think that the future is hopeless. When God closes… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
No soul can be really at rest until it has given up all dependence on everything else and has been forced to… — Hannah Whitall Smith Copy Share Image
“Expectations are those desires you believe you have the right to see fulfilled. Due to our own conditioning by numerous factors, we… — Om Swami Copy Share Image
![“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. [Like they say, 'Every cloud has a silver lining'...so if you are patient, expect, anticipate, look and work for some good to come from the cloud, you will be rewarded eventually!]” quote by Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0f2/henry-david-thoreau-20_anticipate_if-we-will-be-quiet-and-ready-enough-we_1470774.jpg)
