37 Quotes About Disappointing Others

Anyone you speak to can probably tell you a story of disappointment and loss. There are many regrets we can carry from our past. Looking forward focusing on not making another mistake may seen discouraging. These quotes about disappointing others are a great example at capturing the courage needed to continued moving forward.

“All that weak people learn from disappointment, is less confidence in future enterprise.”

“Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead.”

“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”

“Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power – a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment.”

“Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it.”

“Disappointments usually occur when we attempt to do something great. If you want to avoid being disappointed, don’t attempt anything great.”

“Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.”

“Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm.”

“Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed.”

“He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.”

“If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off.”

“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.”

“If you’re betrayed, release disappointment at once. By that way, the bitterness has no time to take root.”

“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”

“It was one of those times you feel a sense of loss, even though you didn’t have something in the first place. I guess that’s what disappointment is- a sense of loss for something you never had.”

“It was one thing to make a mistake; it was another thing to keep making it. I knew what happened when you let yourself get close to someone, when you started to believe they loved you: you’d be disappointed.”

“Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.”

“Life is like photography, we develop from the negatives.”

“Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed.”

“Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.”

“Nobody ever gets what they want when it comes to love.”

“Nobody likes being alone that much. I don’t go out of my way to make friends, that’s all. It just leads to disappointment.”

“One’s best success comes after their greatest disappointments.”

“Rigid beliefs make disappointments seem unbearable, whereas realistic beliefs help us to accept disappointment and go on from there.”

“She wanted none of those days to end, and it was always with disappointment that she watched the darkness stride forward.”

“The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be.”

“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.”

“There are some things in this world you rely on, like a sure bet. And when they let you down, shifting from where you’ve carefully placed them, it shakes your faith, right where you stand.”

“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”

“We met each other when we were young, before we knew enough about disappointment, and once we did we found we reminded each other of it.”

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”

“We ruined each other by being together. We destroyed each other’s dreams.”

“When someone disappoints you, there is nothing that can be done but to accept it.”

“When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.”

“When you have no expectations, you’ll never have disappointments.”

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.”

“You really didn’t see the sadness or the longing unless you already knew it was there. But that was the trick, wasn’t it?”

There are many ways you can go about dealing with disappointment. It is a fact of life that disappointment will happen. Knowing how to move past it can help you quicken your recovery.