Disappointed Quotes

• Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don't be disappointed when they are not; it helps them to keep trying.

  Mary Browne

  Spiritual, People, Trying

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• I know not anything more pleasant, or more instructive, than to compare experience with expectation, or to register from time to time the difference between idea and reality. It is by this kind of observation that we grow daily less liable to be disappointed.

  Samuel Johnson

  Running, Reality, Ideas

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1799). “Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales”, p.390

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• It's heartbreaking but we're trying to get over it. As disappointed as we were, I think that somehow you have to find a way to think that it happened for a reason.

  Caroline Dhavernas

  Thinking, Trying, Heartbreaking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm surprised and disappointed in American culture.

  Tabitha Soren

  Culture, American Culture

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• Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.

  Alexander Pope

  Blessed, Men, Expect Nothing

  Alexander Pope (1824). “The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others: To which Were Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks”, p.367

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• God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it.

  Steve Harvey

  Relationship, Success, Faith

  Interview with Dave Davis, www.chud.com. December 30, 2004.

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• I was slightly disappointed, but also encouraged, because I put myself in position to win a major, which is all even Tiger says he tries to do.

  Stuart Appleby

  Sports, Winning, Trying

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm just deeply disappointed that once again we may have to settle for the lesser of two evils.

  Howard Dean

  Two, Evil, May

  "Source: Clark to endorse Kerry". www.cnn.com. February 13, 2004.

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• I'm really disappointed at every event if I don't do less than what I wanted to do.

  Shaun White

  Events, Wanted, Ifs

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• I am extremely disappointed by the actions of the 9/11 commission.

  Curt Weldon

  Action

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• I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.

  J. P. Donleavy

  Too Much, Human Nature, Found

  J. P. Donleavy (2007). “A Fairy Tale of New York”, p.183, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman.

  Richard Donner

  Movie, Thinking, Actors

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• I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by those people.

  Jane Horrocks

  Thinking, Long, People

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• I don't think success arrives and you're suddenly happy. It's not like that. If people think that they'll be very disappointed.

  Michael Hutchence

  Thinking, People, Ifs

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I would be terribly disappointed if anything would get in the way of my being cast in something, or if performances were canceled. It was a fix that I obviously needed.

  Trevor Nunn

  Would Be, Way, Casts

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• When we win, I'm so happy I eat a lot. When we lose, I'm so depressed, I eat a lot. When we're rained out, I'm so disappointed I eat a lot.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Depressing, Winning, Loses

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• I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years.

  Jerry Harrison

  Thinking, Years, Done

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• I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.

  Norman Jewison

  Winning, Actors, Hurricanes

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• When you are coming out, you say it's for you. But when everybody says it's not OK, it becomes about that rather than about you. It disappointed me.

  Anne Heche

  Coming Out

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• Or he can work it out as a metrical and formal exercise, but he will be disappointed in its content. The New Year's prospect fairly chills his daunting breast.

  John Crowe Ransom

  New Year, Exercise, Years

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

  Thomas Fuller

  Life, Complaining, Cry

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• I was disappointed not to be able to interview Mr. Clinton. I met him two years ago. I was looking forward to talking with him about issues from Africa to terrorism.

  Jonathan Dimbleby

  Talking, Years, Two

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• Every time I show up to do something here it's considered a comeback. If I came into town and they didn't call it that, I'd be disappointed.

  Sheena Easton

  Towns, Comeback, Shows

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• Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

  Jane Austen

  Love, Motivational, Friendship

  Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.441, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• You'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be challenged and growing and having fun.

  Kirstie Alley

  Change, Fun, Eye

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