Quotes About Disappointment

Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin,Unhousel'd, disappointed, unanel'd,No reckoning made, but sent to my accountWith all my imperfections on my head.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft thereWhere most it promises.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits.

People are no damn good.

He waited for their ritual goodnight kisses. They did not come. Alicia

When you bring an idealised relationship down to the level of an ordinary one it isn't necessarily the ordinary one that suffers'.

It isn't very pretty to have been made a fool of by one's own feelings,' he said. 'To take childish promises and build a--a castle out of them...

It turns out I was right. But nothing has come of it.

Things do not always happen as one plans. There are many disappointments in life. There is always the unexpected. You plan carefully, you decide on one step after another, and then...well, that is life. We are not God. So you see, one cannot afford to be weighed down by the unexpected. You will find that only determination will bring one through, sheer determination. And faith in God. Don't ever neglect your prayers....

Und du hast keinen würdigen Empfang für uns vorbereitet, mit Musik, Wein und halbnackten Sklavinnen, die uns zu Diensten sind?« fragte Bjorn tadelnd.

Expectations are pretty tough on relationships.

Quería eso, pero esperaba más. Sufre uno por aquello que espera, más que por lo que quiere. Aceptamos que los deseos puedan ser imposibles, pero jamás las expectativas, que son como las deudas del destino.

he who marries a beautiful woman in hopes of being happy with her knows not but that even she herself may be the cause of all his uneasinesses;

The death anxiety of many people is fueled ... by disappointment at never having fulfilled their potential. Many people are in despair because their dreams didn't come true, and they despair even more that they did not make them come true. A focus on this deep dissatisfaction is often the starting point in overcoming death anxiety.

Life feels like a game of Snakes and Ladders, but without any ladders.

I am not up to this. I am not capable. I thought I would be, but I'm not. Some part of me is missing, and I cannot do this.

it's rapidly becoming clear that the so-called best years of my life are never going to happen

And there it is again, the look. There's no doubt about it, if Sylvie had a receipt, she would have taken him back by now; this one's gone wrong. It's not what I wanted.

I am not up to this. I am not capable. I thought I would be, but I'm not. Some part of me is missing, and I cannot do this.

just to gloat at mum and dad's golden girl brought low. But

Recklessness, spontaneity didn't really suit her, she couldn't carry if off, the results were never what she hoped for.

Max, for some people there are no victories, just alternate forms of losing.

Kids now are so used to surround sound and the power in theater speakers, that the concert hall is a disappointment to them.

Often, these fantasies are barely based on reality and no longer involve an emotional attachment to others, since these young adults were so deeply disappointed in their parents. In effect, the young adult has given up hope of emotional support from the human community and has substituted grandiose fantasies of unlimited power or fame.