#disappointment

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

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

The biggest disappointment has been seeing the number of people in this business with very shortsighted views. ↗

— Greg Ginn

#biggest #business #disappointment #number #people

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

Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view. ↗

— Fridtjof Nansen

#always #another #beyond #blocks #disappointments

I've had disappointments and heartbreaks and setbacks and roles I didn't get, but something always came along that either made me better or was an even better role. ↗

— Lee Majors

#always #better #came #disappointments #either

There's a disappointment there because I still feel there's an emptiness in my career that just wasn't filled. ↗

— Alonzo Mourning

#career #disappointment #emptiness #feel #filled

Young alienation, disappointment and heartache is all a part of the first real growing up that we do. ↗

— Judd Nelson

#disappointment #first #growing #growing up #heartache

Of course there will be disappointments and the way will not always be as I expected it. But if it seemed easy, then that would be the time to worry that I am on the wrong path. ↗

— Anne Perry

#am #course #disappointments #easy #expected