Disappointment Quote by Gamaliel Bailey Download Open image “The best enjoyment is half disappointment to what we intend or would have in this world.” — Gamaliel Bailey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Disappointment Enjoyment Half This world World
...all enjoyment is dependent upon the frailty of human life and human desires ... if we were to have all we want and to… — Ellen Swallow Richards Copy Share Image
The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Life would be very pleasant if it were not for its enjoyments. — Robert Smith Surtees Copy Share Image
If there is no enjoyment in this world, there would not be so much suffering. As suffering really is the frustration of our attempts… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond enjoyment. — Henry Home, Lord Kames Copy Share Image
There is nothing beyond God, and the sense enjoyments are simply something through which we are passing now in the hope of getting better… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
While we desire, we do not enjoy; and with enjoyment desire ceases. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united. — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity. — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its… — Gamaliel Bailey Copy Share Image
There is a large body of abolitionists in Clinton and Clark Counties in this state, and in Wayne County Indiana, that would undoubtedly support… — Gamaliel Bailey Copy Share Image
That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but… — Gamaliel Bailey Copy Share Image
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 be just like they were before. Damaged pieces reassembled with a golden bonding of patience and love will help form a person into an exquisite masterpiece. It is as if people have to be broken before… — Steve Goodier Copy Share
Disappointment contains an appointment for doing much better. High expectations mean your higher capacity and belief in abilities. — Tasneem Hameed Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is sometimes said that because of our past we, as a people, expect too much and set our sights too high. That is not the way I see it. Rather it seems to me that throughout my life in politics our ambitions have steadily shrunk. Our response to disappointment has not been to lengthen our stride but to shorten… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share
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 Copy Share Image