#disappoint

When people change, I’m disappointed they’re not who I remember them being. And when people don’t change, I’m disappointed they still are who they were. All people do is disappoint, and I do mean all people.
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— Jarod Kintz

#disappointment #memory #people #remember #change

In this world, who can do a thing, will not; And who would do it, cannot, I perceive: Yet the will's somewhat — somewhat, too, the power — And thus we half-men struggle. ↗

— Robert Browning

#incapacity #power #will #men

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

— Thomas Jefferson

#disappointment #inspiration #inspirational

Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure. ↗

— Sidney Hook

#advance #assure #disappoint #doomed #failure

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. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#disillusionment #emotional #faith

I was 36, and I had decided to quit acting because it was so disappointing. ↗

— Phil Hartman

#because #decided #disappointing #had #i

I shall take all the troubles of the past, all the disappointments, all the headaches, and I shall pack them in a bag and throw them in the East River. ↗

— Trygve Lie

#disappointments #east #headaches #i #pack

I can't even explain to you how terrible that feels, that I equate dating a woman with punishment, shame, guilt, disappointment, reproach, reprimand, persecution. It's a nightmare. ↗

— John Mayer

#disappointment #equate #even #explain #feels

No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary. ↗

— Josh McDowell

#disappointments #how #matter #only #our

Astronomers are greatly disappointed when, having traveled halfway around the world to see an eclipse, clouds prevent a sight of it; and yet a sense of relief accompanies the disappointment. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#around #astronomers #clouds #disappointed #disappointment