Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.
—Kurt Vonnegut
Destiny has two ways of crushing us—by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
—Henri Frederic Amiel
Beware of getting what you want. It’s bound to disappoint you.
—Jodi Picoult in Sing You Home
Everyone lets you down, it’s a fact of life. The key is to know when they’re doing it because they don’t care enough to try not to.
—Kelley York in Hushed
Disappointment is part of life. Just like change.
—Sarah Dessen in The Moon and More
Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.
—Bernard Baruch
If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.
—Thomas Fuller
If you look at history, even recent history, you see that there is indeed progress.… Over time, the cycle is clearly, generally upwards. And it doesn't happen by laws of nature. And it doesn't happen by social laws.… It happens as a result of hard work by dedicated people who are willing to look at problems honestly, to look at them without illusions, and to go to work chipping away at them, with no guarantee of success—in fact, with a need for a rather high tolerance for failure along the way, and plenty of disappointments.
—Noam Chomsky
My country tears of thee.
—Lawrence Ferlinghetti
There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
—Martin Luther King Jr.
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
—Henry David Thoreau
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
—Alexander Pope
How disappointing when people succumb to what is expected of them.
—Lauren Groff in Arcadia