For every negative that is a disappointment, there is one…

Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.

— Ai Weiwei

Our joy, peace and happiness depend very much on our practice of recognizing and transforming habit energies. There are positive habit energies that we…

— Nhat Hanh

Sorrow and happiness are the heresies of virtue; joy and anger lead astray from TAO; love and hate cause loss of virtue. The heart…

— Zhuangzi

I'm talking to anyone who has been dumped - have not gotten the job you really wanted or have received those horrible rejection letters…

— Jill Abramson

It is sometimes said that because of our past we, as a people, expect too much and set our sights too high. That is…

— Margaret Thatcher

In all disappointments sympathy is a great balm.

— Elizabeth Gaskell

There are still many more days of failure ahead, whole seasons of failure, things will go terribly wrong, you will have huge disappointments ,…

— Anton Chekhov

Though there may be people in your life that support you and encourage you we have to realize that people are only human, and…

— Anurag Prakash Ray

In trying not to disappoint others; we disappoint ourselves.

— Geraldine Vermaak

The fear of not being good enough, the fear of disappointing other people and the fear of failure can really hurt one's personality and…

— Dr Anil Kr Sinha

The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“My earthly body has been a terrible disappointment to me.”

— Frédéric Chopin

Disappointment contains an appointment for doing much better. High expectations mean your higher capacity and belief in abilities.

— Tasneem Hameed

We're raising children who have little tolerance for disappointment

— Brené Brown

Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well, they won't…

— Steve Goodier