Quotes About Expectations And Disappointment

#1. Asking why had somehow led me to the thing that I loved - the feeling of moving over the earth, with the earth, the sensation of being in the present, free from chores and expectations and disappointment and worry.

Scott Jurek

#2. Rather than adjust his expectations in the face of disappointment, he (Jefferson) tended to bury them deeper inside himself and regard the disjunction between his ideals and the worldly imperfections as the world's problems rather than his own.

Joseph J. Ellis

#3. I couldn't afford to tangle myself up in other people's expectations and inevitable disappointment. It would be awful. An ever-expanding cycle of everyone feeling bad, like a bulimic serpent eating its own tail.

Alexis Hall

#4. Don't burden others with your expectations. Understanding their limitations can inspire compassion instead of disappointment, ensuring beneficial and workable relationships. Remember that you have only a short time together. Be grateful for each day you share.

Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

#5. I try not to have high expectations of people because it just sets you up for disappointment, but it's great to work with actors who are that talented and accomplished.

Famke Janssen

#6. And anyway, once you allowed yourself to picture such a scenario, it couldn't happen. That was just the way life went.

J. Courtney Sullivan

#7. If you truly dwell within Acceptance, you are wityout two things-Expectations and Disappointments.

Mary Summer Rain

#8. Disappointment is unmet expectations, and the more significant the expectations, the more significant the disappointment.

Brene Brown

#9. But in those moments when disappointment is washing over us and we're desperately trying to get our heads and hearts around what is or is not going to be, the death of our expectations can be painful beyond measure. The

Brene Brown

#10. And the disappointment you face when you can't live up to your own expectations is even more tedious than the frequency with which you let yourself down. So

John C. Parkin

#11. When we're confronted by reality that's less than our expectations, we go into a downward spiral of disappointment and frustration that can leave us even more stuck.

Joshua Freedman

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

Elizabeth Gilbert

#13. Youth, balancing itself upon hope, is forever in extremes: its expectations are continually aroused only to be baffled, and disappointment, like a summer shower, is violent in proportion to its brevity.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

#14. Yes, if we care enough and dare enough, we will experience disappointment. But in those moments when disappointment is washing over us and we're desperately trying to get our heads and hearts around what is or is not going to be, the death of our expectations can be painful beyond measure.

Brene Brown

#15. I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise.

Criss Jami

#16. Life will never meet all of our expectations. We must nonetheless accept all disappointments without becoming bitter and cynical. We must always remain mindful of the opportunity to extend kindness and work to improve our character.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#17. Unrealistic expectations often lead to disappointment, while simple unbiased attention and detachment to outcome often lead to pleasant surprises.

Gary Hopkins

#18. When you expect something from your self and your own self disappoints you ... this is what i call a real disappointment . The worst disappointments comes from in-within.

Sameh Elsayed

#19. A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment.

Douglas Adams

#20. The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety.

Alexandra David-Neel

#21. I took up space. I was a collection of cells and memories, awkward limbs and clumsy fashion crimes; I was the repository of my parents' expectations and evidence of their disappointments

Robin Wasserman

#22. Dreams and expectations also have the very dark flipside of disappointment, broken dreams.

James Franco

#23. Disappointment is the gap that exists between expectation and reality.

John C. Maxwell

#24. in loving relationships the absence of regularly reinforcing warm feelings automatically breeds disappointment and resentment as a by-product of frustrated expectations and desires.

John W. Jacobs

#25. Nothing causes more pain, frustration, and disappointment than unfulfilled expectations.

Laura Lee Guhrke

#26. She never wants to get to the point where she looks forward to hearing from someone. Once you look forward to something, you're inevitably let down and nothing can stay the same so she'd rather expect nothing at all and just be surprised that she was thought of at all.

Donna Lynn Hope

#27. The best use of history is as an inoculation against radical expectations, and hence against embittering disappointments.

George Will

#28. Let go of all expectations, and you shall never be disappointed. I find that rather disappointing to never be disappointed is very expected. Therefore let's only let go of those expectations we know will disappoint us and let's expect to be disappointed sometimes. Life is beautiful that way.

Nicole Haslam

#29. It's important to see your parents as individuals. As a son or as a daughter you don't stop and think that your parents might have their own expectations, dreams or disappointments.

Seth Rogen

#30. I've learned that I have to stop equating saying yes with being a good person. I think I am being good when I say yes to everything, but saying yes to something I cannot live up to leads to bitterness and disappointment.

Karin Rahbek

#31. No soul can be really at rest until it has given up all dependence on everything else and has been forced to depend on the Lord alone. As long as our expectation is from other things, nothing but disappointment awaits us.

Hannah Whitall Smith

#32. A youth is susceptible to the influence of idealist notions. As a person ages, they notice a gap between their expectations and reality and they grow more pessimistic about the world and their ability to live up to the lofty notions that inspired a younger self.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#33. Books required no interchanges of thoughts and feelings, no trading of expectations, no traffic of words, no menace of real loss. Reading books required far less energy than reading people; the pages seldom disappointed him and they never died.

Dan Groat

#34. Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed.

Laurence Overmire

#35. Disappointment, discouragement, and despair are nothing but the bitter fruit of an unfulfilled expectation allowed to live beyond its time.

Guy Finley

#36. Copywriting basically consists of taking something dreadful, putting it in a box with a shiny ribbon, and presenting it to someone. Any disappointment the recipient has upon opening the box is entirely due to their own high expectations and therefore their fault.

David Thorne