disappointment

When you put yourself and your interest ahead of the people you intend to serve, it doesn't take long to find out that it's a recipe for disappointment.

For invented gods invariably disappoint those who worship them.

To have my hopes raised and dashed again, it's like cold steel twisting in my gut.

Some disappointments honor those who inspire them

Tried a lot,but can't find a companion like you my dear solitude. Let us shake our hands again.

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.

Betrayed and wronged in everything,I__l flee this bitter world where vice is king,And seek some spot unpeopled and apartWhere I__l be free to have an honest heart.

Never allow opinions of others to disturb your inner tranquillity.

Think of the Christmas presentof gashes you opened when, in an attempt to be Superman, you slid in stocking feet on a slippery wood floor and crashed half way through a window. Hopes of heroism dashed on the heels of no clear sighting of Santa.

... And I wondered if we had disappointed God so much, that he wrote us off as pets, just alive to entertain.

Though it pained me, I gave in. Why was it that I repeatedly succumbed to the first whisper of a promised maybe? How did the enticer, hope, always find my heart unguarded? There was no such thing as hope. Not for me. Why was it so hard to accept that?

You may think you've hit rock bottom in your life but guess what__here's more crud underneath those rocks.

God is our hope and strength. And hope never disappoints. (Romans 5:5). We can place our confidence in Him without fear.

There are people who are never content, never appeased, forever dissatisfied__ho continually look to what escapes them, convincing themselves that if only they could attain that one desire outside of reach they would be happy. _It seems almost pointless to give to these people because their eyes immediately shift from the gift to stare miserably at the portion held back. _Their wants, demands, expectations, appetites are never satiated, thus they refuse to be happy. _And you cannot make them so.

Do not dwell on your loss. Look forward with bright new hopes.

According to Sarah, who had gone two years ago, prom was famous for being an overpriced disappointment where most people had no fun.

As someone who has dealt with his fair share of disappointment, I__e learned the best way to cope with trouble is to approach every situation with eyes wide open; focused and determined.

They wouldn't beat him up. They wouldn't break his ribs. He knew that. But they had other ways of breaking him - with silence, with disappointment, with disapproval.