1,019 Quotes About Disappointment

Think in terms of opportunities and solutions instead of problems, disappointment, and failure.

Growing up, I learned I'd be praised and rewarded for my suffering, for my strong efforts to be good, but every year God smote.

E Hans compreendeu que, como todas as vidas, a sua vida não seria mais a sua própria vida, a que nele estava impaciente e latente, mas um misto de encontro e desencontro, de desejo cumprido e desejo fracassado, embora, em rigor, tudo fosse possível. E compreendeu que as suas grandes vitórias seriam as que não tinha desejado e que, por isso, nem sequer seriam vitórias.

In the midst of disappointment, it's easy for us to punctuate our pain with exclamation points. God, however, is very fond of commas, and our lives are continually unfolding in him, with all the unexpected twists and turns. Courage, dear one. The Lord is with you. May he strengthen you with hope for the next leg of the journey.

It could be disappointment, too, Tiger, and you need to prepare yourself for that. But if it's disappointing, it doesn't have to be devastating, does that make sense? Life has this, life has that, and then something else comes along again, like a wave. We ride the waves. You go down, you go up, you go down, sometimes you just drift.

After a few minutes, he decided that kissing wasn't that hard, really, although it certainly wasn't everything it was cracked up to be . . . He tried closing his eyes but it made him uncomfortable, like someone was going to sneak up behind him and plunge a knife into his back.

[N]ot getting what you want forces you to appreciate what you already have.

She'd been on the hunt for some badass dude who'd go down with her into whatever dark place she was trapped in, but instead she'd ended up with this lame-ass coward, a guy who's too fucked up to tell her to get lost, but also too scared to do what he said he would do.

At the time of last sentence, you will realize that disappointment with deprivation is so whopping.