Thursday, March 10, 2011

Good Disappointment Quotes

A mighty pain to love it is, and 'tis a pain that pain to miss; but of all the pains, the greatest pain is to love, but love in vain.
~Abraham Crowley



The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.
~ Thomas Hardy

Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.
~Evan Esar


The one major disappointment I have is that I didn't get a hundred against India in India. I got lots of runs against India in England including a double hundred I am very proud of.
~David Gower

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder storm is to the air
~Friedrich Von Schiller

There was a tremendous amount of disappointment in missing the World Cup finals in 1998, so they're getting excited about this one and I really think we could do well in the Far East.
~Robbie Keane


Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
~Henry Ward Beecher

One heartbreak is like a thousand lessons. Loving again is learning them.
~Sandra McKendry


Toddlers who don’t learn gradually about disappointment lose their resilience through lack of practice in give and take with other people’s needs. They can become self centered, demanding, and difficult to like or to be with.
~Alicia F Lieberman



The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be.
Fred G Gosman



Nobody ever gets what they want when it comes to love.
~ Scott Turow



I was a veritable Johnny Appleseed of grand expectations, and all I reaped for my trouble was a harvest of bitter fruit.
~ Elizabeth Gilbert



Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it supplies as many images to the mind, and as many topics to the tongue.
~Samuel Johnson

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