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Quotes About Disheartening

Mr. Obama would be a disheartening president even during a super boom, with his grim demeanor and empty rhetoric, as well as his obvious hatred of business bravado.
~ Paul Johnson
To hear the amount of hate that people have in the United States is disheartening. However, I still have hope that we have not reached the pinnacle.
~ Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business.
~ Mike McCready
During the lockdown, I saw many videos on social media which showed how COVID survivors were being attacked, doctors were being mistreated while they returned home, police officers were not welcome anywhere, I realized how disheartening it was!
~ Mimi Chakraborty
The backfire and continued influence effects should be disheartening to those who think that the first step in arguing with those who base their beliefs on misinformation should be to get their opponents to see what the facts are. Correcting errors may be pointless when dealing with some people.
~ Robert Carroll
PESSIMISM- philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.
~ Ambrose Bierce
It's disheartening that people think that Donald Sterling is the outlier and that he's the exception and not the rule.
~ Roxane Gay
I'm certainly grateful that there were projects that I did that people responded to. It would be a nightmare if it were the other way around. But it's sometimes a little disheartening.
~ Christian Slater
Pessimism n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.
~ Ambrose Bierce
I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
~ E. B. White
In music, you can use metaphors with ease - if a person doesn't understand the parable, they can still enjoy the melody of the music. If, however, a person reads a book and misses the meaning of its metaphors, this will be extremely disheartening for both the reader as well as the author.
~ Cat Stevens
Failure cuts both or two ways. That is to say, it has both good and bad effects. Yes! it can be disheartening sometimes. But, it can as well open up your eyes on how to improve on something, on your own self or on someone else. -Emeasoba George
~ Emeasoba George
When you think of what Americans accomplished, building these amazing cities and all the good it's done in the world, it's kind of disheartening to hear so much hatred of America, not just from abroad, but internally.
~ Frank Miller
The reminiscences, far too numerous, on which he dwelt produced a disheartening effect on him; he went no further with the work, and his mental vacuity redoubled.
~ Gustave Flaubert
Consider rereading, how risky it is, especially when the book is one that you loved. Always the chance that it won't hold up, that you might, for whatever reason, not love it as much. When this happens, and to me it happens all the time (and more and more as I get older), the effect is so disheartening that I now open old favorites warily.
~ Sigrid Nunez
I love watching reality TV, but being part of making it was just demoralizing.
~ Sia Furler
I find the most difficult part of writing is to get it down initially because what you have written is usually so terrible that it's disheartening; you don't want to go on. That's what I think is hard - the discouragement that comes from seeing what you have done.
~ James Salter
I love the art form, but working in film can be a disheartening experience.
~ Madonna Ciccone
When you think of what Americans accomplished, building these amazing cities and all the good it's done in the world, it's kind of disheartening to hear so much hatred of America, not just from abroad, but internally.
~ Frank Miller
It's the bedsit culture: people get a cat, and then, in a few months, when they move on or go travelling, they just throw the animal out. It's so discouraging.
~ Celia Hammond
We had never before seen a place where European influence had not contributed to smooth and soften the rough features of uncultivated nature. The prospect of Rangoon, as we approached, was quite disheartening.
~ Adoniram Judson
Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.
~ Willa Cather
There have been several movies that I've done over the years that have got a bad shake - 'Speed Racer' was one of them. I loved that movie, and the fact it got such a bad reception was disheartening.
~ Michael Giacchino
I was signed to a record label when I was younger. I was in a group, and I just wasn't - personally, I wasn't ready to get out there. I don't know. It was a pop group. Not like the Spice Girls, but when you don't have any control over anything, it's disheartening.
~ Tika Sumpter