People who expect too much are always disappointed. You would do well to remember that, my boy.
Charmian HusseyTag: disappointment expectations
The person you hurt the most in this world was the person that brought you into it.
Vannary RangTag: life truth sadness mistakes disappointment
What is much harder to handle is the sense that you have to live up to the mark someone else has set for you. The grades become too important, the competition too frantic, the fear of disappointing those who believe in you turns into an overwhelming nightmare. And it is desperately unfair to the boy. He cannot live his parents' life over again for them. He cannot make up for their own lacks, their own unfulfillments. He cannot carry their torch -- only his own.
Sydney J. HarrisTag: family parents children disappointment parenthood let-down
A marriage is a delicate thing, Maggie, a balance of two hearts and two hopes. Sometimes the weight's just too heavy on the one side, and the other can't lift to it.
Nora RobertsTag: marriage disappointment
Trust me." The words are a prayer, not a warranty. I understand that now.
Kyran PittmanTag: trust disappointment parenting
You may think you've hit rock bottom in your life but guess what—there's more crud underneath those rocks.
Richelle E. GoodrichTag: life disappointment defeat misfortune richelle difficulties upset discouragement setbacks richelle-goodrich
So She had to satisfy herself with the idea of love-loving the loving of things whose existence she didn't care at all about. Love itself became the object of her love. She loved herself in love, she loved loving love, as love loves loving, and was able, in that way, to reconcile herself with a world that fell so short of what she would have hoped for.
Jonathan Safran FoerTag: love hope disappointment
I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment - we are all defined by something we can’t change.
Simon Van BooyTag: fear happiness memory disappointment confession
Lajwanti made the cardinal mistake of trying to cross the dividing line that separates the existence of the rich from that of the poor. She made the fatal error of dreaming beyond her means. The bigger the dream, the bigger the disappointment.
Vikas SwarupTag: goals wealth dreams class-struggle disappointment poverty rich-and-poor
I think a person who wants too much is asking to be disappointed.... I'd like to be good at just one thing.
Alyson HagyTag: disappointment expertise
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