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Disappointment

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Abraham Lincoln Political Leader
Disappointment

"Life may not always be a bed of roses. All of us are aware of this fact. There are numerous times in life when we have to face disappointments. These quotes and sayings surely do inspire and help us to look forward and enjoy the new pathways coming our way. These quotes also lend a different perspective to life, which makes moving forward not a very difficult task.I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause."

Country Moving Disappointment
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Elizabeth Gilbert Author, Memoirist
Disappointment

"I'm still aspiring to be a better and better person, but I think that disappointments have made me gentler with other people and their disappointments, the stuff that they have to carry around and endure."

People Thinking Disappointment
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Elizabeth Gilbert Author, Memoirist
Disappointment

"Being a woman did not look enviable to me, even when it looked admirable. It looked like nonstop sacrifice and service. Because it was. Being a woman seemed vulnerable and sad. Even the strong women I knew - and they were all strong - had earned their strength through enduring huge disappointments and tremendous struggles."

Struggle Disappointment Strong Women
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Ben Marcus Author
Disappointment

"I'm interested in the hope we invest in science, and the disappointment we can feel when science flattens, or 'explains,' the larger mysteries of religion."

Feels Disappointment Mystery
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Cornel West Philosopher
Disappointment

"Poor people and working people have not been the focus of the Obama administration. That for me is not just a disappointment but a kind of betrayal."

People Disappointment Betrayal
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Cornel West Philosopher
Disappointment

"When we think of globalization we are thinking in part of structures and institutions that have been developed over time and that have allowed us to become more interdependent and interrelated. But the development, the extraordinary development, of those structures and institutions has not fundamentally transformed our humanity. We are still those animals with fears and anxieties and insecurities in the face of death and dread and disappointment and disease."

Thinking Animal Disappointment
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Conan O'Brien Television Host, Comedian
Disappointment

"I told graduates to not be afraid to fail, and I still believe that. But today I tell you that whether you fear it or not, disappointment will come. The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality."

Believe Inspirational Disappointment
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Charlotte Bronte Novelist, Poet
Disappointment

"I was actually permitting myself to experience a sickening sense of disappointment: but rallying my wits, and recollecting my principles, I at once called my sensations to order; and it was wonderful how I got over the temporary blunder-how I cleared up the mistake of supposing Mr. Rochester's movements a matter in which I had any cause to take vital interest."

Order Mistake Disappointment
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Brené Brown Researcher, author, speaker
Disappointment

"Squandering our gifts brings distress to our lives. As it turns out, it's not merely benign or 'too bad' if we don't use the gifts that we've been given; we pay for it with our emotional and physical well-being. When we don't use our talents to cultivate meaningful work, we struggle. We feel disconnected and weighted down by feelings of emptiness, frustration, resentment, shame, disappointment, fear, and even grief."

Motivational Meaningful Disappointment
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Albert Einstein Physicist
Disappointment

"For the most part we humans live with the false impression of security and a feeling of being at home in a seemingly familiar and trustworthily physical and human environment. But when the expected course of everyday life is interrupted, we realize that we are like shipwrecked people trying to keep their balance on a miserable plank in the open sea, having forgotten where they came from and not knowing whether they are drifting. But once we fully accept this, life becomes easier and there is no longer any disappointment."

Home Sea Disappointment
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