Quotes About Disappointment

If you wish to be disappointed, look to others. If you wish to be downhearted, look to yourself. If you wish to be encouraged . . . look upon Jesus Christ. —ERICH SAUER (1898–1959), German theologian and writer

When was it ever heard that a child was scalded by the piece of yam its own mother put in its palm? What man would send his son with a potsherd to bring fire from a neighbor's hut and then unleash rain on him? Who ever sent his son up the palm to gather nuts and then took an axe and felled the tree?

Expectations are like hidden rocks in your path—all they do is trip you up.

I guess there's a lot we hope for that never happens.

She knew that most men desired her because she was attractive and she was smart, but also because she was a drunk and she was easy. This one? She hoped for his sake he wasn't as different as he seemed, because she always disappointed those men quickly or broke their hearts over time.

Every writer you meet, at least in Hollywood, is miserable.

I made my kids into Viking fans, so they will carry their misery with them, too. A little disappointment in life goes a long way.

I grew up in the 1970s, and my friends and I felt very keenly that we had missed the '60s. We were bummed out about it.

Rome rankles. It will always. I missed a certain medal.

There will be hits and misses; you can't take it to heart. Of course, you feel bad when something doesn't do as well as you expected it to, but it's a part of being in films.

When I put my head in my hands after missing a chance, that annoys the coaches a little.

I hate missing dunks.

If I even lose my glasses or make a mistake. I become really disappointed in myself.

I've been ghosted by all four members of Little Mix.

I have watched stuff like Mixed Martial Arts and boxing, and sometimes it's disappointing because the big fight is over like in 30 seconds or so.

Some of the songs I've made, I'm really disappointed in how I mixed them.

I was fired by 'America's Next Top Model' on my birthday.

If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.

But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment.

I've learned to think in terms of having a long career. Actors can have very long careers that last until the day we die, but there will be moments when you'll feel like you're a failure or when you're disappointed in yourself.

The funniest is the moms who get really angry with me, and they bring their kid who's dressed like Deadpool, and he's 9 years old, and they're scolding me that their little kid can't enjoy Deadpool.

I could not have known Colin Campbell would turn out to be the debased, cruel monster he turned out to be.

Growing up I was a Cleveland Browns fan and my mood would change based on how they were playing. If they were losing I wasn't as happy, I wasn't as excited, I was a little sad.

I'm very disappointed in my country right now, because I think we've kind of lost our moral compass.