#disappointment

I give and give, even when I get nothing back - and that sets me up for disappointment. ↗

— Angie Stone

#disappointment #even #get #give #i

I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the matter is, the longer I am president the less of a party man I seem to become. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#am #become #constant #disappointment #fact

[M]ost people go through life a wee bit disappointed in themselves. I think we all keep a memory of a moment when we missed someone or something, when we could have gone down another path, a happier or better or just a different path. Just because they're in the past doesn't mean you can't treasure the possibilities ... maybe we put down a marker for another time. And now's the time. Now we can do whatever we want to do. ↗

— James Robertson

#contentment #delayed-opportunities #disappointment #fulfillment #life

...words are so strong and I am so timid - my soul ignores warnings and I end up covered with your paint ... ↗

— John Geddes

#love #poetry #shy #soul #timid

...you disappoint me -I am the worst liar in the world - I can't hide my pain or my need so I make a bouquet of my sorrows and give them to you ... ↗

— John Geddes

#liar #lies #love #pain #poetry

Sir Gerald Moore: I was at dinner last evening, and halfway through the pudding, this four-year-old child came alone, dragging a little toy cart. And on the cart was a fresh turd. Her own, I suppose. The parents just shook their heads and smiled. I've made a big investment in you, Peter. Time and money, and it's not working. Now, I could just shake my head and smile. But in my house, when a turd appears, we throw it out. We dispose of it. We flush it away. We don't put it on the table and call it caviar. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#disappointment #mentor #mentors #wall-street #business

When your mother is made out of your dreams, anything real is bound to disappoint you. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#dream #real #dreams

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

Longed for him. Got him. Shit. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#marriage #marriage

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