Only a few of us are going to be willing to break our own hearts by trading in the living beauty of… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
When we give ourselves in love we become our most vulnerable. We are never safe. We become open to disappointment and hurt. — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
I choose to live without hope to protect myself from disappointment. It's very effective! — Spencer Kayden Copy Share Image
Me? I had no dreams. No longings. Dreams only set you up for disappointment. Plus, you had to have a life to… — Julie Anne Peters Copy Share Image
If you don't encounter setbacks in your career, if you don't have doubts and disappointments , let me tell you, you're not… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
“But in her current mood, small affronts were bundled with larger disappointments and became a body of evidence.” — Katherine Boo 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
“I don’t mind a little disappointment now and then. It just means you’ve got high standards. I’d rather shoot high and be… — Priscilla Glenn Copy Share Image
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
Admonition never sinks so deeply on the heart as in the hour of trial; young, amiable as you are, life teems, I… — Regina Maria Roche Copy Share Image
Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. When there's a big disappointment, we don't know… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
We tend not to choose the unknown, which might be a shock or a disappointment or simply a little difficult to cope… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
When we meet with better fare than was expected, the disappointment is overlooked even by the unscrupulous. When we meet with worse… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
“I didn't ask you to give up anything for me," she told him, "but I would have given up everything for you."… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
Work is the vessel into which we pour so much of ourselves hope and disappointment, elation and rage, satisfaction and frustration. Yet… — Lisa Belkin Copy Share Image
“In the empty silence that follows failure, betrayal, or disappointment, do not dwell on what was lost or taken. Look for what… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
He had lunch with Cecilia that afternoon. They ate their corned beef on rye and cream cheese with lox in a diner… — Mary Gaitskill 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
At Wolves I just had all the experiences - disappointment and then obviously getting promoted and stuff like that, but then taking… — Matt Doherty Copy Share Image
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
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
“God the Grand Weaver seeks those with tender hearts so that he can put his imprint on them. Your hurts and your… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
The best thing about football, and sport in general, is that if you suffer a big disappointment, then there is no better… — Arjen Robben 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
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
For a while, I thought the great disappointment of my life was that I don't have a family of my own. Then… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
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 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
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
“I do not allow anybody to hurt me without my permission, because, I believe in no expectations, no disappointments, no hurting myself,… — Muhammad Usman Aman Copy Share Image
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
![“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/quotes/i/0f2/henry-david-thoreau-20_anticipate_if-we-will-be-quiet-and-ready-enough-we_1470774.jpg)
