#disappointment

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

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#marriage #truth #marriage

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

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

— Patricia McCormick

#disappointment #expectations #hope #life #strategy

The snow began to fall again, drifting against the windows, politely begging entrance and then falling with disappointment to the ground ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#disappointment #snow #beauty

The last four years under President Obama have been trying and troubling for this entire country. The tired big government policies of the past have failed us. We can't afford more disappointments. We need a new direction. We need a new president. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#been #big #big government #country #direction

I think making mistakes is as inevitable as receiving disappointments. ↗

— Loretta Young

#i #i think #inevitable #making #making mistakes

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

— Fred G. Gosman

#devastating #disappointment #disappointments #every #future

We must return optimism to our parenting. To focus on the joys, not the hassles; the love, not the disappointments; the common sense, not the complexities. ↗

— Fred G. Gosman

#common sense #complexities #disappointments #focus #hassles

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

#am #disappointment #double #england #get