Quotes About Disappointment

Hubo un tiempo en que yo también fui joven y en el que hice todo aquello que se espera que hagan los jóvenes: casarse, tener hijos, contraer deudas, decepcionarse y renunciar a los sueños y principios que uno siempre juró respetar.

A remények, akár szépek voltak, akár nem, ritkán váltak valóra az én világomban.

A sors megtanított rá, hogy sosem szabad feladni a reményt, ám túlzott mértékben hinni sem ajánlatos benne. A remény olykor kegyetlenül hiú és vak.

Some disappointments honor those who inspire them.

Once she told me she was sorry she'd been a disappointment to me. I asked her where she'd got that ridiculous idea. 'From your eyes, Father, from your eyes,' she said. Not once did it occur to me that perhaps I'd been an even greater disappointment to her. Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they're there to make our most absurd dreams come true.

Al encontrar la puerta con el cartel de CERRADO, empezó a golpear el cristal con los puños. Fermín y Daniel intercambiaron una mirada. - Para que luego digan que en este país la gente no tiene ganas de comprar libros.

Sé que alberga en su corazón grandes esperanzas, pero que ninguna de ellas se ha cumplido, y sé que eso, sin que usted se dé cuenta, le está matando un poco cada día que pasa.

and that the bridegroom had never made it to the church.

A veces nos creemos que las personas son décimos de lotería: que están ahí para hacer realidad nuestras ilusiones absurdas

A felnÅ'ttség a csalódás eredménye. Ahogy múlik az élet, az embernek le kell mondania ifjúsága reményeirÅ'l, álmairól, vágyairól, s egyre inkább úgy érzi, hogy áldozatul esett a világnak és a többieknek.

La política es a menudo refugio de artistas mediocres y fracasados.

Às vezes julgamos que as pessoas são décimos da lotaria:que estão ali para tornar realidade as nossas ilusões absurdas.

her face, less well-chiselled than it used to be, had that slightly defeated expression that comes with routine and disappointment.

Accursed be those whose dreams are made of paper and ink, for theirs will be the purgatory of vanity and disappointment.

Les feuilles d'oranger luisaient comme des larmes d'argent, et le chant de la fontaine serpentait sous les arcades. Je scrutai la cour d'un regard déjà chargé de déception et peut-être aussi d'un lâche soulagement. Elle était là. Sa silhouette se découpait devant la fontaine, assise sur un banc, les yeux tournés vers les arcades du cloître.

Scavy laughs. "It could have been worse," he says. "We could have grown old together. Got married. Had kids. Worked on the docks for shit pay." "Ewww…" Popcorn says.

I'm not the first or the last to stand on a hillock, watching the man she married prove to the world he's a total, utter, absolute, Grade A pillock. - Mrs Icarus

We don't have time now. We have to be home before dark. Yes! Saved! I thought. Then Ashley said, We'll do it tomorrow. Nooooo!

I was the breakable one. Women always are. It's not so much a question of one big disappointment, though. It's more like a thousand little disappointments raining down on top of each other. After a while it gets to seem like a flood, and the first thing you know you're drowning.

Honey, experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And every experience in life gets us ready for what's comin' at us in the future. So don't count it as wasted. Count it as a lesson learned and, next time around, learn from it and maybe you'll get what you wanted all along.

How did I fail my son so much that he'd betray what we believe? What great sin have I committed that I have to bear this burden?

Lily had two kids who'd disappointed her, but like Ophelia, she still loved them both—even if both of them had pulled some crazy stunts. A mother might not like her children at times, but she always loved them.

Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

I must have had a serious puppy-dog pout going