Disillusionment

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

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One of the most devastating experiences in human life is disillusionment. Of course there are some illusions the disillusionment of which is healthy. It takes two things to bowl over a tree a heavy wind outside and decay inside. Much of the moral wreckage is caused by inner cynicism a disgust with life's futility, an inability to see sense in it. A person in that mood is an easy mark for the next high wind.

- Art Sisson Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

So what are we given We're also given, my generation, the disillusionment of our parents.

- Jewel Kilcher Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Nagging questions remain Where is the line between making the most of one's potential and reaching for the unattainable Where is the line between education as a tool and education as a kind of magic The line is blurred and that is why when education fails, disillusionment is so bitter.

- Henry Grunwald Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

There's a certain degree of disillusionment and disenchantment with how things stand today, but there's still a great love of the concept.

- John Danilovich Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Public respect for political parties has plummeted, and democratic government discredited, ... The massive fall in voters can only be attributed to voter disillusionment in their governments -- successive governments.

- Malcolm Fraser Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment.

- Bryant McGill Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

LOOKING-GLASS, n. A vitreous plane upon which to display a fleeting show for man's disillusion given.

- Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I have already mentioned that recent years have brought with them much disillusionment concerning what has so far been achieved by humanity.

- Hjalmar Branting Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

There's disillusionment with the euro, the yen - and the dollar. Gold is a form of currency that's been around for 5,000 years.

- Peter Boockvar Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

The Great War was a progressive revelation and disillusionment.

- Ralph A. Cram Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

PREDILECTION, n. The preparatory stage of disillusion.

- Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

The modern fairy tale ending is the reverse of the traditional one A woman does not wait for Prince Charming to bring her happiness she lives happily ever after only by refusing to wait for him -- or by actually rejecting him. It is those who persist in hoping for a Prince Charming who are setting themselves up for disillusionment and unhappiness.

- Susan Faludi Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I related to his disillusionment. Thinking that he was going for this big dream. Then he kind of saw through it all at one point and went back home. Then he started a bender, which I can relate to of course.

- Woody Harrelson Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.

- Sidonie Colette Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes