Disappointment Quotes

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

"Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy – the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation."

Eric Hoffer

"Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it."

Eliza Tabor

"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy!"

Robert Burns

"Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck."

“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”

“Every day proves to me more and more that this American world was not made for me.”

“Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.”

Randy Pausch

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”

“What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it?”

The Bible (Isaiah 5:4)

“Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap.”

The Bible (Micah 6:15)