Disappointments are unavoidable in life. If you’re currently coping with one, these disappointment quotes will make you feel better.
Whether it’s because someone you trusted betrayed you, something went wrong at work or in business, or your life isn’t where you want it to be just now, life has a way of striking us when we’re already down.
Disappointment is a difficult emotion to deal with, yet it is one that we all experience.
It is critical to overcome disappointment and get back on track in order to live a happy and fulfilled life.
So, to help you feel good again, here are the best quotations about disappointment and how to overcome it. Whatever brought you to this page will pass, and you will see better days ahead.
100+ Disappointment Quotes to Get you Back on Track
The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.___Thomas Hardy
Nobody likes being alone that much. I don’t go out of my way to make friends, that’s all. It just leads to disappointment. ― Haruki Murakami
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.― Alexander Pope
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.― William Blake
Disappointment is really just a term for our refusal to look on the bright side.___Richelle E. Goodrich
We’ve all experienced change for a moment, only to feel let down and disappointed in the end.__Tony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within
Evil lurks where disappointment lodges. – George Foreman
We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.___Jim Rohn
Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.― Oscar Wilde
Longed for him. Got him. Shit.― Margaret Atwood
Disenchantment, whether it is a minor disappointment or a major shock, is the signal that things are moving into transition in our lives.___William Throsby Bridges
Life is a long preparation for something that never happens. – W.B. Yeats
Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it.___Eliza Tabor
Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom.__Sir Boyle Roche
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.___Martin Luther King, Jr.
Assuming is the root of all disappointments. – Rogienel Reyes
Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy – the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.___Eric Hoffer
Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.___Kurt Vonnegut
Depression begins with disappointment. When disappointment festers in our soul, it leads to discouragement.___Joyce Meyer
Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it supplies as many images to the mind, and as many topics to the tongue.____Samuel Johnson
The cost of mediocrity is disappointment. – William Arthur Ward
But you know that disappointment is just the action of your brain readjusting itself to reality after discovering things are not the way you thought they were.___Brad Warner
Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.― Marilyn Monroe
Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.― W.B. Yeats
She wanted none of those days to end, and it was always with disappointment that she watched the darkness stride forward. ― Markus Zusak
Sometimes when you get disappointment it makes you stronger.___David Rushida
There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.___Martin Luther King, Jr.
Let’s face it: None of us are ever going to get to the place in life where we have no more disappointments. We can’t expect to be sheltered from every little thing. Disappointment is a fact of life–one that must be dealt with.___Joyce Meyer
Disappointments are a result of failed expectations. To have less disappointments, either expect less from other people or demand more from yourself.___Kevin Ngo
Overcoming Disappointment
To courageously straighten up again after our heads have been bowed by defeat, disappointment and suffering is a supreme test of character.___Wilferd Peterson
Forget yesterday and last month and last year, with their gloomy diary of failures and disappointments. All that is in the past.___Og Mandino, Og Mandino’s University of Success
When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.___Kristin Armstrong
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.___Henry David Thoreau
Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead.___Les Brown
Don’t let today’s disappointments cast a shadow on tomorrow’s dreams. – Unknown
The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.___Thomas S. Monson
Disappointment is inevitable. But to become discouraged, there’s a choice I make.___Charles Stanley
If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off.___Thomas Jefferson
There’s always failure. And there’s always disappointment. And there’s always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums.___Michael J. Fox
The simple solution for disappointment depression: Get up and get moving. Physically move. Do. Act. Get going.___Peter McWilliams
The best way to deal with disappointment is to acknowledge and work through the feelings it induces.___Noaman Kaysingwala, How to Handle Disappointment In Life
Nothing in life has happened to you. It’s happened for you. Every disappointment. Every wrong. Even every closed door has helped make you into who you are.___Joel Osteen
Every disappointment gives you opportunity to make another appointment. – B. A. Fajimi
As you work towards your goals, disappointments may slow you down, but they don’t have to keep you down.___Catherine Pulsifer
One’s best success comes after their greatest disappointments. – Henry Ward Beecher
Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm.___Murray Gell-Mann
What do you do when disappointment comes? When it weighs on you like a rock, you can either let it press you down until you become discouraged, even devastated, or you can use it as a stepping-stone to better things.___Joyce Meyer
Life is not always a celebration; so be ready to courageously face disappointments when they come, and be sure to grow stronger and wiser from them.___Edmond Mbiaka
See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan’s deflation is another’s inflation.___Jean Cocteau
One of the best protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on. – Alain de Botton
In the midst of my disappointment I am never defeated. Only given the opportunity to rise again willing to take on new challenges.___Eleesha
The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.___Robert Kiyosaki
Sometimes Good Things Fall Apart So Better Things Can Fall Together.___Marilyn Monroe
Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.___Ambroe Pierce
Anger is more constructive than despair.___Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Disappointment had to be postponed, hope kept alive as long as possible.– Graham Greene
Maturity’ really means: being very unsurprised by, and calm around, pain and disappointment.___Alain de Botton
Disappointment is nothing but an eye-opening learning process for your future endeavors. – Edmond Mbiaka
When You Find Your Path, You Must Not Be Afraid. You Need To Have Sufficient Courage To Make Mistakes. Disappointment, Defeat, And Despair Are The Tools God Uses To Show Us The Way.___Paulo Coelho
A scheme of which every part promises delight, can never be successful; and general disappointment is only warded off by the defense of some little peculiar vexation.___Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Suspense is worse than disappointment. – Robert Burns
If you’re betrayed, release disappointment at once. By that way, the bitterness has no time to take root.___Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.___Beverly Sills
God makes the life fertile by disappointments, as he makes the ground fertile by frosts.___Henry Ward Beecher
You have to learn to not let little disappointments get you down and to stay focused on the big picture.___Gillan Tans
Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air. – Friedrich Schiller
When you have no expectations, you’ll never have disappointments.____Unknown
Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.___Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper
If you think one day you will get it all done, and then you can relax, you are bound to be disappointed.___Christina Winsey-Rudd
Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.___Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Most things disappoint till you look deeper. – Graham Greene
If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life – that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment – that would be the perfect state.___Cate Blanchett
Disappointment has quite a penchant for taking one by surprise. – Pawan Mishra
Disappointment is a sticky one, because no one can steal contentment, joy, gratitude, or peace – we have to give it away.___Kristin Armstrong
Hope is tomorrow’s veneer over today’s disappointment.___Evan Esar
We are often less grieved at disappointments than at ourselves for having said much concerning the certainty of our expectations.___Norman Macdonald
It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.___Plautus
A pier is a disappointed bridge. – Julian Barnes
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.___Alexander Pope
Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction – only disappointment.___Ryan Holiday
I think childhood is, generally speaking, a preparation for disappointment.___Seamus Heaney
The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.___Conan O’Brien
How disappointment tracks the steps of hope. – Letitia Elizabeth Landon
He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.___P.G. Woodhouse
If you put in little effort and expect big returns, you will be deeply disappointed. You don’t get apples by planting lemon seeds.___Catherine Pulsifer
It is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder.___Oscar Wilde
Music is 10% exhilaration and 90% utter disappointment.____John Barrow
Hope is tomorrow’s veneer over today’s disappointment.___Evan Esar
Expectation is the only seed of disappointment. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence. It cannot be compared to anything else: it is so sharp, precise, obvious, and direct. If we can open, then we suddenly begin to see that our expectations are irrelevant compared with the reality of the situations we are facing.___Chogyam Trungpa
Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.___Benjamin Franklin
Life is all about setbacks. A life lived without disappointment is a life lived in a cocoon. People have recovered from far worse setbacks.___Tony Clark
I guess that’s what disappointment is — a sense of loss for something you never had.___Deb Caletti, The Nature of Jade
People and events don’t disappoint us, our models of reality do. It is my model of reality that determines my happiness or disappointments.___Stephan Zweig, Chess Story
The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be.___Fred G. Gosman
As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment. – Carl Jung
Disappointment is an endless wellspring of comedy inspiration.___Martin Freeman