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We are happy when people/things conform and unhappy when they don't. People and events don't disappo...

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The strength of a love is always misjudged if we evaluate it by its immediate cause and not the stre...

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Stefan ZweigThe Burning Secret and other stories

...she did remember on time when she got her period, sliding open the cupboard under the bathroom si...

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Disappointment was never a thing you looked for, but it had a wonderful way of clearing the mind.

The greatest of all human delusions is that there is a tangible goal, and not just direction towards...

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Stephen SpenderWorld Within World: The Autobiography of Stephen Spender

What is much harder to handle is the sense that you have to live up to the mark someone else has set...

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I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas, as if wha...

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Sadly for my wedding plans, I learned that Nestor is a bardash. I envy the men who enjoy his favors....

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Reality so often fails when it comes to small, satisfying details, she thought.

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never ...

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She had learned the lesson of renunciation and was as familiar with the wreck of each day's wishes a...

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Fundamental belief consoled him for superficial irony.

It may help us, in those times of trouble, to remember that love is not only about relationship, it ...

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Thomas MooreCare of the Soul: Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life

Disappointments in love, even betrayals and losses, serve the soul at the very moment they seem in l...

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Thomas MooreCare of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life

For many my behavior has been a major disappointment, my behavior has caused considerable worry to m...

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Sir Gerald Moore: I was at dinner last evening, and halfway through the pudding, this four-year-old ...

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It [Foucault's Pendulum] can be very comforting for people of my generation, who ate disappointment ...

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I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.

Meeting writers is always so disappointing. I got over wanting to meet live writers quite a long tim...

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I don't know why, but his reaction disappoints me.

He was not crying for the pain they had caused him, nor for the humiliation he had suffered when the...

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The peculiar predicament of the present-day self surely came to pass as a consequence of the disappo...

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Walker PercyLost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Sing of disappointments more repeated than the batter of the sea, of lives embittered by resentments...

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Maturity' really means: being very unsurprised by, and calm around, pain and disappointment.

One of the best protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on.

What kills us isn't one big thing, but thousands of tiny obligations we can't turn down for fear of ...

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It is the most ambitious and driven among us who are the most sorely in need of having our reckless ...

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Alain de BottonReligion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion

At the top of the slope on the perimeter of the site, overlooking six lanes of motorway, is a diner ...

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Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment... We are told that by its aid the sta...

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This was the great difference between disappointing him and disappointing somebody like my mother, o...

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Alice MunroLives of Girls and Women

If my attitude be on of fear, not faith, about the one who has disappointed me; if I say “Just what ...

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So this was where lust was satisfied. If I'd been an old-time miner I'd have asked for my gold nugge...

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Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.

The time to prepare for life’s disappointments and hurts is in advance.

Don’t let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think the future is hopeless. W...

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Learn from your disappointments and failures and with God’s help seek to overcome them. Ask yourself...

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Disappointments are part of life; we can’t always have our own way, and we need to learn to separate...

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I long to see [Jesus] face to face, to hear His voice and touch Him. In the day I go to be with Him,...

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Pride is associated with failure, not success. We hear a great deal about the inferiority complex, b...

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Repeated disappointment almost always triggers a series of other reactions: discouragement, anger, f...

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Don’t be bound by the past and its failures. But don’t forget its lessons either.

[While] disappointment and failure aren’t identical, they often occur together, and both can hold us...

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Disappointment and failure are not signs that God has forsaken you or stopped loving you. The devil ...

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If we who have the Holy Spirit living and working within us falter and fail, what hope is there for ...

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Many of the mysteries of God—the heartaches, trials, disappointments, tragedies, and the silence of ...

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The time to prepare for life’s disappointments and hurts is in advance.

Don’t let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think the future is hopeless. W...

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Learn from your disappointments and failures and with God’s help seek to overcome them. Ask yourself...

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Disappointments are part of life; we can’t always have our own way, and we need to learn to separate...

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I long to see [Jesus] face to face, to hear His voice and touch Him. In the day I go to be with Him,...

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Pride is associated with failure, not success. We hear a great deal about the inferiority complex, b...

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Repeated disappointment almost always triggers a series of other reactions: discouragement, anger, f...

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Don’t be bound by the past and its failures. But don’t forget its lessons either.

[While] disappointment and failure aren’t identical, they often occur together, and both can hold us...

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Disappointment and failure are not signs that God has forsaken you or stopped loving you. The devil ...

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If we who have the Holy Spirit living and working within us falter and fail, what hope is there for ...

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Many of the mysteries of God—the heartaches, trials, disappointments, tragedies, and the silence of ...

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The time to prepare for life’s disappointments and hurts is in advance.

Don’t let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think the future is hopeless. W...

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Learn from your disappointments and failures and with God’s help seek to overcome them. Ask yourself...

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Disappointments are part of life; we can’t always have our own way, and we need to learn to separate...

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I long to see [Jesus] face to face, to hear His voice and touch Him. In the day I go to be with Him,...

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Pride is associated with failure, not success. We hear a great deal about the inferiority complex, b...

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Repeated disappointment almost always triggers a series of other reactions: discouragement, anger, f...

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Don’t be bound by the past and its failures. But don’t forget its lessons either.

[While] disappointment and failure aren’t identical, they often occur together, and both can hold us...

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Disappointment and failure are not signs that God has forsaken you or stopped loving you. The devil ...

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If we who have the Holy Spirit living and working within us falter and fail, what hope is there for ...

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Many of the mysteries of God—the heartaches, trials, disappointments, tragedies, and the silence of ...

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The time to prepare for life’s disappointments and hurts is in advance.

Don’t let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think the future is hopeless. W...

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Learn from your disappointments and failures and with God’s help seek to overcome them. Ask yourself...

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Disappointments are part of life; we can’t always have our own way, and we need to learn to separate...

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I long to see [Jesus] face to face, to hear His voice and touch Him. In the day I go to be with Him,...

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Pride is associated with failure, not success. We hear a great deal about the inferiority complex, b...

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Repeated disappointment almost always triggers a series of other reactions: discouragement, anger, f...

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Don’t be bound by the past and its failures. But don’t forget its lessons either.

[While] disappointment and failure aren’t identical, they often occur together, and both can hold us...

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Disappointment and failure are not signs that God has forsaken you or stopped loving you. The devil ...

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If we who have the Holy Spirit living and working within us falter and fail, what hope is there for ...

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Many of the mysteries of God—the heartaches, trials, disappointments, tragedies, and the silence of ...

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The time to prepare for life’s disappointments and hurts is in advance.

Don’t let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think the future is hopeless. W...

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Learn from your disappointments and failures and with God’s help seek to overcome them. Ask yourself...

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Disappointments are part of life; we can’t always have our own way, and we need to learn to separate...

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I long to see [Jesus] face to face, to hear His voice and touch Him. In the day I go to be with Him,...

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Pride is associated with failure, not success. We hear a great deal about the inferiority complex, b...

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Repeated disappointment almost always triggers a series of other reactions: discouragement, anger, f...

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Don’t be bound by the past and its failures. But don’t forget its lessons either.

[While] disappointment and failure aren’t identical, they often occur together, and both can hold us...

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Disappointment and failure are not signs that God has forsaken you or stopped loving you. The devil ...

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If we who have the Holy Spirit living and working within us falter and fail, what hope is there for ...

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Many of the mysteries of God—the heartaches, trials, disappointments, tragedies, and the silence of ...

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The time to prepare for life’s disappointments and hurts is in advance.

Don’t let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think the future is hopeless. W...

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Learn from your disappointments and failures and with God’s help seek to overcome them. Ask yourself...

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Disappointments are part of life; we can’t always have our own way, and we need to learn to separate...

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I long to see [Jesus] face to face, to hear His voice and touch Him. In the day I go to be with Him,...

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