Activity Quote by John Irving

Through persistence numerous individuals win accomplishment out of what appeared bound to be sure disappointment.

— Benjamin Disraeli

People, he thought, were as hungry for a sight of joy as he had always been--for a moment's relief from that gray load of…

— Ayn Rand

“One who would really like to know himself would have to be a restless, fanatical collector of disappointments, and seeking disappointing experiences must be…

— Pascal Mercier

Disappointment often focuses on the failure of our own agenda rather than on God's long-term purposes for us, which may use stress and struggle…

— Luci Shaw

“Alas, he himself was a man too easily encouraged, too completely seduced by hope, only to be devastated by disappointment. He’d been born to…

— Richard Russo

“A principled person’s greatest disappointment will always be his or her own failures to respond to setbacks in a dynamic and positive way.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Exceptions A permanent source of disappointment”

— Ahsan Zahid

I gather that the dopaminergic system in the reward centres of the brain respond even more vigorously to the expectation of reward than to…

— Semir Zeki

“Slowed down by a sense of hopelessness in all his decisions and movements, he suffered from bitter sadness, and his incapacity solidified into a…

— Robert Musil

Large portions of life's disappointments are individuals who did not understand that they were so near achievement when they surrendered.

— Thomas A. Edison

In life we have many disappointments. Those who go on to greater things dwell on the disappointments briefly and then move on

— Zig Ziglar

Desire and determination must overcome disappointment.

— Walter Alston