1,019 Quotes About Disappointment
- Author Stephen Spender
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The greatest of all human delusions is that there is a tangible goal, and not just direction towards an ideal aim. The idea that a goal can be attained perpetually frustrates human beings, who are disappointed at never getting there, never being able to stop.
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- Author Lemony Snicket
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The world is full of disappointment," I said."Yes," she said, "I heard him say that. And every creature is simply trying to get what it wants, and to make their way through a difficult world. Do you believe that?""No," I said. "There's more than that.""Like what?""Like good books," I said, "and good people. And good librarians, who are almost both at once.
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- Author Vikas Swarup
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Lajwanti made the cardinal mistake of trying to cross the dividing line that separates the existence of the rich from that of the poor. She made the fatal error of dreaming beyond her means. The bigger the dream, the bigger the disappointment.
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- Author Kate McGahan
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It's funny how much more a person grows when she doesn't get what she wants. When you disappoint me, it's like I have to look in the mirror of my history and see all the times I've been disappointed by someone -- and all the times I've disappointed myself -- and then deal with the feelings that come to me because of it.
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- Author Lailah Gifty Akita
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Every successful person had experience failure but they overcome with courage and adamant hope
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- Author Lailah Gifty Akita
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They torture us but could not kill our spirit. We have greater divine power, guiding and protecting us.
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- Author Lailah Gifty Akita
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Man may fail you. But God will never forsake you.
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- Author Lailah Gifty Akita
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Lost in time but now I am saved by grace.
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- Author Andrew Levkoff
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I advise, however, moderation in this task of setting goals, or else risk becoming tangled up in a Gordian knot of life’s many disappointments.
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