Such is the nature of novelty that where anything pleases it becomes doubly agreeable if new; but if it displeases, it is doubly displeasing on that very account.
Disappointment Quotes
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: “It might have been!”
Never burn your fingers to snuff another’s candle.
From a fallen tree, make kindling.
The best – laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley, an’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, for promis’d joy!
Man must be disappointed with the lesser things of life before he can comprehend the full value of the greater.
Suspense is worst than disappointment.
Disappointment should always be taken as a stimulant, and never viewed as a discouragement.
“There is only one sure means in life,” Deasy said, “of ensuring that you are not ground into paste by disappointment, futility, and disillusionment. And that is always to ensure, to the utmost of your ability, that you are doing it solely for the money.”
It’s not what you are but what you don’t become that hurts.
