Quotes About Disappointment

The perfect borscht is what life should be but never is.

Most people who make movies are in real life a bitter disappointment. I, on the other hand, am so much better in real life.

With Epcot Center, the Disney corporation has accomplished something I didn't think possible in today's world. They have created a land of make-believe that's worse than regular life.

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

At sixty I look back on a life of deep disappointments, of withered hopes, of unlooked for suffering, of severe discipline.

If you ever expect life to be fair, you are in for a shocking disappointment. Life is what it is. Fair is something we made up.

Life was like a batch of biscuits without the baking powder: flat, flat, flat.

Life would be grand if it weren't for the people.

You can be defeated by life's unavoidable disappointments, or you can become stronger because of them.

There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

If you expect perfection from people your whole life is a series of disappointments, grumblings, and complaints.

In life your dreams may not come true, but sooner or later one of your nightmares will.

All that running and getting nowhere, he thought. Story of my life.

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

Don't forget: one of the saddest things in life is wasted talent.

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.

No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed.

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay. Tomorrow's falser than the former day.

Do not feel badly if your kindness is rewarded with ingratitude; it is better to fall from your dream clouds than from a third-story window.

A life directed chiefly toward the fulfillment of personal desires will sooner or later always lead to bitter disappointment.

This world has suns, but they are overcast;This world has sweets, but they're of ling'ring bloom;Life still expects, and empty falls at last;Warm Hope on tiptoe drops into the tomb.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

Kids do have to learn that life is a humiliating charade of endless disappointment and tragedy ultimately culminating in pain, decay, and death. My parents used to sing me to sleep with that one.