Disappointment Quotes - Page 35

• A collection of strong-minded individuals who have learned how to dismiss mistakes, disappointments and problems in their personal life make up a strong team. If the majority of the team have that then, as a unit, you are almost impossible to beat.

  Gary Neville

  Strong, Mistake, Team

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• I'd like to see much more understanding of emotional issues around hurt, abandonment, disappointment, longing, failure and shame, where they stem from and how they drive people and policies brought into public discourse.

  Susie Orbach

  Hurt, Emotional, Issues

  "Britain's intellectuals: leading thinkers have their say" by Alain de Botton, AC Grayling, Susie Orbach, Paul Gilroy, Will Self, Mary Beard, Brian Cox, Lionel Shriver, James Lovelock and Lisa Jardine, www.theguardian.com. May 7, 2011.

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• It's easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it's easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Attitude, Grateful

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• I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.

  Al Pacino

  Opportunity, Thinking, Roles

  "New Again: Al Pacino". Interview with Julian Schnabel, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 25, 2012.

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• In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say 'we have a problem, let's go and get it'.

  Colin Powell

  Leader, Normal, Problem

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• When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Expectations, Settings, Setting

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• The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Love, Hate, Mistress

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• I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed. But his promises gave way to disappointment and division. This isn't something we have to accept. Now is the moment when we can do something. With your help we will do something.

  Mitt Romney

  America, Promise, Wish

  Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 30 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• If you believe the disappointments - if you believe the disappointments in the last few years are a detour and not our destiny, then I'm asking for your vote.

  Mitt Romney

  Believe, Destiny, Years

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• You cannot give up on the American dream. We cannot allow our fears and our disappointments to lead us into silence and into inaction.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Giving Up, Silence

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• To my great disappointment, it appears that the politics of division are making a big comeback. Many Americans share my disappointment - especially those who were filled with great hope a few years ago, when then-Senator Obama announced his candidacy in Springfield, Illinois.

  Paul Ryan

  Illinois, Years, Division

  "Saving the American Idea: Rejecting Fear, Envy, and the Politics of Division". Speech at The Heritage Foundation, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), www.heritage.org. November 15, 2011.

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• It is typical of women to fester and ferment over disappointments, slights, annoyances, angers, etc.

  Laura Schlessinger

  Typical, Etc, Annoyance

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• My career was full of struggles and dreams, disappointments and peaks and valleys. But there was no Twitter, no Facebook or TMZ. Young actors could make mistakes and not become the focus of tabloids.

  Ricky Schroder

  Dream, Mistake, Struggle

  "Ricky Schroder Stars in New Film While Musing About Politics". Interview with Tamar Abrams, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 4, 2011.

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• Our heavenly Father understands our disappointment, suffering, pain, fear, and doubt. He is always there to encourage our hearts and help us understand that He's sufficient for all of our needs. When I accepted this as an absolute truth in my life, I found that my worrying stopped.

  Charles Stanley

  Pain, Father, Heart

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• I don't know what to say to that, but I have to agree with Johnny that, yeah, we do touch upon things that most men would rather not admit: That we feel pain, we cry, get sad and sometimes don't deal well with disappointment.

  Peter Steele

  Pain, Sometimes, Cry

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• I want to talk to people that have been through big disappointments, big emotional crises, deep life struggles, and I will learn something from that.

  Shania Twain

  Struggle, Emotional, People

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

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• Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future.

  Blanka Vlasic

  Stay Strong, Stronger, Sometimes

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• I have always tried to move on from disappointments as fast as I can.

  Shane Warne

  Moving, I Can

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• Poor people and working people have not been the focus of the Obama administration. That for me is not just a disappointment but a kind of betrayal.

  Cornel West

  Betrayal, People, Focus

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• When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a degree of introspection. I see some element of disappointment; I see a sense of humour, but also something that is faintly ridiculous; and I see somebody who is frightened of being found out and thought lightweight.

  Robert Winston

  Mirrors, Self, Portraits

  "What I See in the Mirror: Robert Winston". www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2012.

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• For many my behavior has been a major disappointment, my behavior has caused considerable worry to my business partners, and everyone involved in my business, but most importantly to the young people we influence, I apologize.

  Tiger Woods

  People, Worry, Apologizing

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• I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children.

  Tiger Woods

  Hurt, Children, People

  "Tiger Woods' statement on taking a break from golf". www.cnn.com. December 11, 2009.

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• Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

  William Butler Yeats

  Life, Long, Preparation

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

  Loretta Young

  Mistake, Reality, Thinking

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• When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Gratitude, Focus, Tides

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