Nothing is perfect in love. If you expect it to be, better be ready for disappointment. These disappointment quotes draw inspiration from literary greats, scholarly thinkers, and memorable characters from various works. Have a look at these disappointment quotes in relationships that will help you get a deeper understanding of your relationship, and learn how to go forward. Let us know which resonated most with you in the comment section below.
1. “No one ever gets tired of loving. They just get tired of waiting, apologizing, getting disappointed, and being hurt.”
2. “Mrs. Lynde says, “Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.” L.M. Montgomery ”
3. “Sometimes you don’t need to hear their excuses or what they have to say for themselves because their actions already spoke the truth. ”
4. “Sometimes, just when I think I know people, they disappoint me in ways I never thought they could.”
5. “The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.” Thomas hardy”
6. “I’m tired of getting my hopes up for things that I know will never happen.”
7. “Like a mortal wound, getting over a disappointment will only make you stronger.”
8. “I’m sad, hurt, angry, mad, disappointed. But you know what? I’ll put on a happy face and move on. It will hurt but I will survive.”
9. “No expectations, no disappointments. ”
10. “Loving someone who loves another. ”
11. “Sometimes we love our children too much that we try protect them from all the hurts in the world, including disappointment. This is often a disappointment in itself.”
12. “PAINFUL THINGS: ”
13. “Disappointment is a tiny sign that leads you to an evil path.”
14. “Bringing back the feeling you’ve learned to forget. ”
15. “There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love. Martin Luther King Jr.”
16. “Beware of wallowing in disappointment for it is in this state that depression creeps from behind.”
17. “i don’t hate you, i’m just disappointed you turned into everything you said you’d never be. ”
18. “Once cannot feel true disappointment until the very end, and even then, it is only another beginning.”
19. “When you have no expectations, you’ll never have disappointments.”
20. “Only a few of us are going to be willing to break our own hearts by trading in the living beauty of imagination for the stark disappointment of words. Ann Patchett ”
21. “Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.”
22. “Stop asking why they keep doing it and start asking why you keep allowing it. ”
23. “The strongest people have a past filled with chaos, heartbreak and disappointment. Patre ”
24. “Expecting is my favorite crime & disappointment is always my punishment. ”
25. “We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. ”
26. “When you work so hard and get back so little is a soul crushing disappointment that must be shelved in order to make life go on.”
27. “We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.” –Jim Rohn
28. “One suffers from disappointment, which is to say like every pain, it may be cured.”
29. “Sometimes we expect more from others because we would be willing to do that much from them. ”
30. “When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in. ”
31. “In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder. ”
32. “”What ifs”. ”
33. “Only the fear of disappointment will keep one from following through their goals.”
34. “To couples: You’re not gonna promise to each other that you will not disappoint one another, because at some point you will. What is important is you don’t go away, you don’t escape, you don’t leave one another just because you were disappointed? That’s the meaning of fidelity.”
35. “”However awful the storm of my disappointment, its a response that belongs tome. Its my heart after all. My territory, my kingdom. And since I am the only one with the authority to surrender it, I can also take it back.” Helen Oyeyemi”
36. “Right love at the wrong time. ”
37. “Accepting that it was never meant to be. ”
38. “Disappointments Are just God’s way of Saving “I have Got Something better” Be Patient…. Have Faith. Trust God… ”
39. “Having a commitment with someone you know would not last. ”
40. “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 ”
41. “He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom. EP.G. Wodehouse ”
42. “Sometimes, when something you dreamed of doesn’t happen, a sigh of relief is in order rather than disappointment.”
43. “Don’t worry when I fight with you, worry when I stop because it means there’s nothing left for us to fight for. ”
44. “Disappointment is preferable to being kept in suspense for it is the start of healing.”
45. “Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed. Oscar Wilde ”
46. “Disappointment is a disease that starts with malaise in one’s heart and spreads to those around them.”
47. “Taking risk to fall in love again. ”
48. “I guess after a while of ignoring, we get tired of being angry, and instead we feel sad. We get reminded once in a while hy we’re not talking in the first place, but there comes a point where there’s no more anger, just disappointment. ”
49. “Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. Jane Austen ”
50. “Parents ought to teach children how to deal with disappointment and stress. I think the world would be better off full of dysfunctional happy people than those who become disruptive.”