- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
Disappointment Quotes
Lines on the letdowns that stay with us.
One entry here comes from someone in biotech reflecting on how, despite genuine progress in the field, no single breakthrough has matched earlier hopes. Another looks back at engineering work from decades past, noting how much less reliable the tools once were compared to now. See related lines on the Hope quotes page.
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- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I made my kids into Viking fans, so they will carry their misery with them, too. A little disappointment in life goes a long way.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do whatever is necessary in order to maintain the equanimity we all need to withstand the disappointment and rejection that are the lot of every writer, no matter where we are in our careers.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The tea party movement sprung from plain old disenchantment, disappointment, and outright anger at being fleeced by a government who mistook their primary job as being 'spend cash mon-nay' rather than execute the Constitution.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love working for myself. I've grown to dislike the Hollywood machine. Too much bull, disappointment, and quite frankly, untalented, mindless, and hugely disrespectful people involved in the process. I'll take carrying the load on my back, all the way up Everest if needed, to be able to steer away from it.
- Expectations
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- Nov 07, 2020
Expectations are dangerous. I recommend not having any, if only to avoid disappointment.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
No, only disappointment in myself on those occasions I didn't manage to rise to the occasion as I felt I should've done. I can always see how to do it, and then the challenge is, Can I manage that each and every day?
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being on stage is a seductive lifestyle. My advice to aspiring actors is think twice. People sometimes go into acting for the wrong reasons - as a shortcut to fame and fortune. If these goals are not attained, they feel a bitter disappointment.
- Deep
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- Nov 07, 2020
My impressions of the Russian Revolution can be divided into two periods. The first period was when I showed deep sympathy. My second period is one of disappointment. This change was the result of close observation on the spot.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Disappointment is inevitable. But to become discouraged, there's a choice I make. God would never discourage me. He would always point me to himself to trust him. Therefore, my discouragement is from Satan. As you go through the emotions that we have, hostility is not from God, bitterness, unforgiveness, all of these are attacks from Satan.
- Losing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The joy of losing consists in this: Where there are no expectations, there is no disappointment.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
Brazil doesn't get a lot of gold medals, so whenever I get a chance, everybody expects me to win, and to get second is a big disappointment.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first biography written in '73 was not 'Journey To The Moon.' It was 'Return To Earth.' Because for me, that was the more difficult task - disappointment.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for the love our children feel for us.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing to me is unexpected. No disappointment is unexpected - whether it's movies or people or relationships. I'm always ready for the punch directly between the eyes. So I get hurt, but I never get hurt. Happens all the time.
- Stay
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- Nov 07, 2020