She understood that Simon was a disappointed man if he needed, at ths age, to tell her he had pitied her for years.

I learned long ago to never be disappointed by people. Especially politicians.

Choose the truth or facts rather than choosing sides. Those who want you to side with them , manipulate information to push their narrative. When you choose sides you will be disappointed by the results, because the truth always comes out somehow, someway.

"We are all scared , all terrified and all wondering what will this year bring. As we go to 2021. We don't know what this year holds for us all, because we were disappointed by 2020, But one thing I know. We need to prepare our faith, prepare our prayer, prepare our minds, prepare our qualifications, prepare our education, prepare our experiences, prepare our skills, prepare our CV's and trust that the Lord will provide.

You lost all interest in this world. You were disappointed and discouraged, and lost interest in everything. So you abandoned your physical body. You went to a world apart and you're living a different kind of life there. In a world that's inside you.

Take responsibility for your own happiness, do not expect people or things to bring you happiness, or you could be disappointed.

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

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the princess in the fairy tale 'til its appropriate liberator comes to set it free.

One billion b-balls dribbling simultaneously throughout the galaxy. One trillion b-balls being slam dunked through a hoop throughout the cosmos. I can feel every single b-ball that has ever existed at my fingertips, I can feel their collective knowledge channeling through my veins. Every jumpshot, every rebound and three-pointer, every layup, dunk, and free throw. I am there.

No man is as wise as Mother Earth. She has witnessed every human day, every human struggle, every human pain, and every human joy. For maladies of both body and spirit, the wise ones of old pointed man to the hills. For man too is of the dust and Mother Earth stands ready to nurture and heal her children.

If you look around to find meaning in everything that happens, you will end up disappointed. Sometimes there aren't reasons behind the terrible things that go on. I ask myself, If I knew all the answers, would it help? I lie awake and wonder why I don't have parents and wonder what will become of my brother and me. But when the morning comes, I realize that there's nothing to be done about what has already happened. I can only get up and do my chores and push through the day and find the good in it.

Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.

After all, a homeless man has reason to cry, everything in the world is pointed against him.

The Dimwit's Guide to the Female Mind might assist your efforts in understanding human females. But it must be pointed out that this subject can be a dangerous adventure and should be undertaken with extreme caution. After all, human males have been trying to understand their females for generations, and most of the time they come away from these encounters looking like someone stuck their tails into an electric socket.

So those who wished for some central cosmic purpose for us, or at least our world, or at least our solar system, or at least our galaxy, have been disappointed, progressively disappointed. The universe is not responsive to our ambitious expectations.

Just beyond the ticket booth Father had painted on a wall in bright red letters the question: DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE ZOO? An arrow pointed to a small curtain. There were so many eager, curious hands that pulled at the curtain that we had to replace it regularly. Behind it was a mirror.

All cynics are disappointed idealists. The more stars in the eyes, the harder the fall.

I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in.

Do everything with a good heart and expect nothing in return, and you will never be disappointed.

Don't give up when you're disappointed, good things could still happen.

I am reminded that the children we birth do not belong to us. They belong to God. We are simply the vessel through which they arrive on this earth. We are appointed to care for and guide them; however, we must recognize when the time comes for them to govern their own lives.

One of the biggest favors that you can do for yourself is to accept your loved ones for who they are, and not be constantly disappointed because they are not who you think they should be.

Even though the Bible is an ancient document, every person in every situation in every society that's ever existed can find in this book things that endure forever. Here's a book that never needs another edition. It never needs to be edited, never has to be updated, is never out of date or obsolete. It speaks to us as pointedly and directly as it ever has to anyone in any century since it was written. It's so pure that it lasts forever.

Cynicism places the cynic at the center seat of judgement with the self appointed authority to criticize and condemn.