1,019 Quotes About Disappointment

The importance we give our disappointment is what turns it into a tragedy.

Serena maintains today that as George grew older he also grew out of his mind. Many men do, in my experience. Life does not come up to their expectations: they grow older, and disappointed. At fifty they realise others have passed them by, made more money, won more respect. Their sexual drive fades and the self-esteem that goes with it. They take to litigation and shake their fists at other drivers.

There is no bigger disappointment than an inactive decision. It's like making a child cry.

Life after all is but a bundle of hints, each suggesting actual and positive development, but rarely reaching it.

What destroys the dream? What destroys it, eh?..........Disappointment. Disappointment. Disappointment.

There's nothing as disappointing as realizing you only dreamed a good thing.

The biggest disappointments in life come from having expectations that life will be a certain way and then finding out it isn’t.

I don't know where you've gone this timeBut if you don't come backYou're going to have to leave.

There's no law that says you have to be dissatisfied or disappointed with who you are.