Not making the baseball team at West Point was one of the greatest disappointments of my life, maybe my greatest. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
I'm not funny. People assume that because my books are funny, I'll be funny in real life. It's the inevitable disappointment of… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Every disappointment can be a learning curve and it's how you get the best out of that situation. — Aaron Ramsdale Copy Share Image
If life is full of disappointments, then there is only way around it, be full of life. — Ritu Copy Share Image
Through persistence numerous individuals win accomplishment out of what appeared bound to be sure disappointment. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
You cant lose something you never had. You can keep whats not yours. You cant hold on to something that doesnt want… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If I had ten bucks for each person that told me I need to kill myself, I'd have over a thousand dollars...Yea,… — Naquitta Faith Copy Share Image
Failing my driving test first time; that was a disappointment on a geological scale. — Richard Hammond Copy Share Image
My greatest disappointment is that I believe that those of us who went through the war and tried to write about it,… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“Though it pained me, I gave in. Why was it that I repeatedly succumbed to the first whisper of a promised maybe?… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I'd like to see much more understanding of emotional issues around hurt, abandonment, disappointment, longing, failure and shame, where they stem from… — Susie Orbach Copy Share Image
Life has taught me to live with no expectations, but with ambition, to love with no boundaries, but with full force and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You must never give up. You must remember that you have to take risks in order to achieve anything and sometimes you… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
A Pitiful person who is afraid of taking risks, will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps he won't suffer the way people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Critics say that America is a lie because its reality falls so far short of its ideals. They are wrong. America is… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a… — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
Its funny how you can be hurt so bad...from the person you least expected it from. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I always thought by 2013 we would have flying cars. Instead, we have blankets with sleeves. — Hussein Nishah Copy Share Image
Disappointment? No! You make me proud! I've been disappointed by just about everything else in this town, but you? Not once. Damn… — Hank Hill Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
My biggest emotion on Apollo 13 after the oxygen tank explosion was disappointment that we had lost the landing. — Fred Haise Copy Share Image
“The unmet expectation is a root of resentment that damages many lives day in and day out.” — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
When I run into disappointment - say, for example, not getting a role I'd hoped for - I just try not to… — Sasha Grey Copy Share Image
The Savior knows the difficulties of the way and can guide us through whatever sorrows and disappointments may come. — Carole M. Stephens Copy Share Image
When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in. — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
I keep telling myself I gotta find someone new but each time I tried to do so, I end up thinking of… — Joanne Lobedica Copy Share Image
... I never will allow myself to form an ideal of any person I desire to see, for disappointment never fails to ensue. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
Holidays in general breed unrealistic expectations. The minute you start wondering, 'is it going to be wonderful enough?,' it never will be. — Pepper Schwartz Copy Share Image
Man must be disappointed with the lesser things of life before he can comprehend the full value of the greater. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We met each other when we were young, before we knew enough about disappointment, and once we did we found we reminded… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
“Realism is the embrace of disappointment, in order no longer to be disappointed. 4 “So I came to the city, my friend,”… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinnertime. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Rina’s always claimed that I expect too little from life,” Standard said. “Then at least you’ll never be disappointed.” — James Sallis Copy Share Image
“With time, many people show who they really are, and some people show who they really are by what they say... Now… — Isabel Uria Copy Share Image
Do you have any sort of plan?” Jack asked. “Not really.” “Eh, just as well. It’ll be less of a disappointment when… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
No matter what we've done, no matter the disappointments and sullied blunders, today is the opportunity to do right by ourselves. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
Trust may be in short supply after years of disappointments. However, improvement could come in a bat of an eye! — Jon Jones Copy Share Image
“Trust, is the stone thrown into the sea, sinking deep in all its murkiness, unable to see what it once lived and… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
All that weak people learn from disappointment, is less confidence in future enterprise. — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
