The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment. . . . We are told that by its aid the stars… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“One thing I learned there on that beautiful front porch was if I wanted to be successful, if I wanted to do… — Chip Gaines Copy Share Image
One bulls-eye and you're rich and famous. The rich get more famous and the famous get rich. You're the talk of the… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment . . . . judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense; the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
We all think were going to be great and we feel a little bit robbed when our expectation aren't met, but sometimes… — Lawrence Clark Powell Copy Share Image
Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leaders is to pursue freedom ceaselessly,… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Today, for a Jew who writes in the German language, it is totally impossible to make a living. In no group do… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Any object of desire is bound to bring frustration. Any expectation is bound to turn into frustration. Expectation is the beginning of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The last four years under President Obama have been trying and troubling for this entire country. The tired big government policies of… — Reince Priebus Copy Share Image
“Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where… — Molière Copy Share Image
If you expect nothing, you can never be disappointed. Apart from a few starry-eyed poets or monks living on a mountaintop somewhere,… — Tonya Hurley Copy Share Image
It's not really possible to open 'The Casual Vacancy' without a lot of expectations both high and low crashing around in your… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
It is not on the pinnacle of success and ease where men and women grow most. It is often down in the… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Once you understand life isn't fair it will be less of a disappointment. This doesn't mean it won't be any less painful.… — Kaoru Copy Share Image
Disappointments that aren't a result of our own foolishness are a testing of our faith or a correction from heaven, and it… — William Penn Copy Share Image
When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going. Of course, some people never go… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
“People are already disappointed by their acquaintances, they can not handle anymore hate from stranger, so show some instantaneous kindness and forgiveness… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
We tend to think, 'Life should be fair because God is fair.' But God is not life. And if I confuse God… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long in disappointment and bitterness at the closed door… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
In truth, it's usually failure, disappointment, and frustration that motivate people to reexamine that which they've taken for granted. It's rare to… — Judith M Bardwick Copy Share Image
Life is still life. It’s still tough, complicated, and more than a little messy, with lessons to be learned, mistakes to be… — Alyson Noel Copy Share Image
“The words 'good' and 'love' have become so trivialized in our culture--not that our definitions were so accurate to begin with--that, in… — Ron Brackin Copy Share Image
Maybe you’ve invested a lot of time, effort, money, emotion, and energy in a relationship; you did your best to make it… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it.… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Failure is not always a bad thing. You just have to be smart while you're in the middle of it. You're in… — Pharrell Williams Copy Share Image
Napoleon Hill saw this law of transmutation as the seed of equivalent benefit: With every disappointment, heartbreak, or failure, there exists an… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
I'm thinking of how unexpected and yet oddly preordained life can be. Events are upon you in an instant, unforseen and without… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
The long series of disappointments you accumulate in a lifetime can stop you from moving forward into all the goodness God has… — Christine Caine Copy Share Image
Think of your mind, your emotions, and your spirit as the ultimate garden. The way to ensure a bountiful, nourishing harvest is… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Expectation is the reason why maybe someone is frustrated.. Or not at all, it's just the way how we carry the events… — Floime Conejos Copy Share Image
To discover depravity in those whom we have loved, is one of the most exquisite tortures to a virtuous mind, and the… — Ann Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I've seen high and lows. When things go well that doesn't make me feel like some genius. Nor will I allow the… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
“Melancholy isn’t always a disorder that needs to be cured. It can be a species of intelligent grief which arises when we… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
A scheme of which every part promises delight, can never be successful; and general disappointment is only warded off by the defence… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“All leaders have to live with disappointment at some point or another. If I have to learn that lesson early, I won't… — Joelle Charbonneau Copy Share Image
Cynicism stems from disappointment. Cynical and faithless people were not always like that. They were filled with possibilities and hope as kids.… — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
God has a purpose behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact, he depends more on circumstances to… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
“How easily such a thing can become a mania, how the most normal and sensible of women once this passion to be… — Kathryn Hurn Copy Share Image
I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed. But his promises gave way to disappointment and division. This… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
