Recently, I’ve been reflecting on the times when I’ve felt disappointed in my business. I’m sure many of you can relate – there have been plenty of times where things haven’t gone as planned and we feel let down as a result. In today’s blog post, I wanted to share some quotes about disappointment that really resonated with me. Hopefully they will provide some encouragement if you’re experiencing disappointment in your own business journey.

The best disappointment quotes

1. Dashes and disappointments are not canonical Scripture. — Samuel Rutherford

2. If you are waiting for the perfect spouse, you are waiting for the perfect disappointment. — Matshona Dhliwayo

3. Expectation and disappointment are far from friends but they are close relations. — Rasheed Ogunlaru

4. Expectation and disappointment are far from friends but they are close relations. — Rasheed Ogunlaru

5. I don’t have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments. — Michael Landon

6. Enlightenment is your ego’s greatest disappointment. — Wayne Dyer

7. When I was a child I wanted to be Pope. My greatest disappointment is missing out on that. I also wanted to be a tap dancer but I never fulfilled that ambition either. — Peter Ackroyd

8. Fight the good fight of faith — ignore all callings of doubt regardless of how loud they sound. Arm yourself always against disappointments by planning and preparing very well.

9. Life, for Colin, was one long brace against pain and disappointment, and everybody apart from his wife was an enemy until proven otherwise. — J. K. Rowling

10. You live with life’s disappointments and learn from them. At seventy–eight, I know it all. — Rodney Dangerfield

11. First love is first love, first marriage is first marriage, disappointment is disappointment. — Maximilian Schell

12. It’s impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life. — Nicholas Sparks

13. A capacity for hating the object of desire is, perhaps, the best cure for love in cases of disappointment. — Norm Macdonald

14. But most of all, I learned that it’s possible for two people to fall in love all over again, even when there’s been a lifetime of disappointment between them. — Nicholas Sparks

15. We are often less grieved at disappointments than at ourselves for having said much concerning the certainty of our expectations. — Norm Macdonald

16. The main of life is composed of small incidents and petty occurrences; of wishes for objects not remote, and grief for disappointments of no fatal consequence. — Samuel Johnson

17. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way. — Paulo Coelho

18. Have a similar outlook as a monarch. A ruler is not reluctant to come up short. Disappointment is an alternate steppingstone to significance. — Oprah Winfrey

19. Don’t let the mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future. — Zig Ziglar

20. Meditation is the alchemist of the soul. It transforms disappointment into acceptance — betrayal into forgiveness

21. But I’m afraid that it would be all be a disappointment, so I prefer just to dream about it. — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

22. Sometimes I wake up with such an immense sense of disappointment that I can hardly breathe. — Scarlett Thomas, The End of Mr. Y

23. Don’t let the mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future. — Zig Ziglar

24. Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom. — Sir Boyle Roche

25. I sit up in bed slowly, feeling the disappointment trickle away like puddles after a rain shower. — Scarlett Thomas, The End of Mr. Y

26. She wanted none of those days to end, and it was always with disappointment that she watched the darkness stride forward. — Markus Zusak

27. He, who thought it necessary to maintain himself in her good graces, strove to console her under her disappointment by committing a little violence upon truth. — Matthew Lewis, The Monk

28. The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility. — Thomas S. Monson

29. When I was a child I wanted to be Pope. My greatest disappointment is missing out on that. I also wanted to be a tap dancer but I never fulfilled that ambition either. — Peter Ackroyd

30. …you are different from me, because you want to realize your dreams, I just want to dream…I’m afraid it will all be a disappointment, so I prefer just to dream… — Paulo Coelho

31. Suspense is worse than disappointment. — Robert Burns

32. When you expect something from your self and your own self disappoints you…. this is what i call a real disappointment . The worst disappointments comes from in–within. — Sameh Elsayed

33. Disappointment gives you Fear.Credence gives you Strength. — Mohith Agadi

34. But in the next world I shan’t be doing music, with all the striving and disappointments. I shall be being it. — Ralph Vaughan Williams

35. A man has no business to be depressed by a disappointment, anyway; he ought to make up his mind to get even. — Mark Twain

36. The main of life is composed of small incidents and petty occurrences; of wishes for objects not remote, and grief for disappointments of no fatal consequence. — Samuel Johnson

37. New York is the perfect town for getting over a disappointment, a loss, or a broken heart. — Shirley Maclaine

38. Never raise expectations in others that you cannot realize: promise is less pleasing than disappointment is vexatious. — Norm Macdonald

39. You go to conferences, and your fellow African intellectuals–and even heads of state–they all say: ‘Nigeria is a big disappointment. It is the shame of the African continent.’ — Wole Soyinka

40. Every one is special. Especially after the disappointment of last year, losing out on the last day, it is a great achievement by the lads. — Ryan Giggs

41. You’ll have less heartaches and disappointments if you stop seeking from others the things ONLY God and you can give yourself! — Yvonne Pierre, The Day My Soul Cried: A Memoir

42. Don’t let the disappointments of today kill tomorrow’s blessings, destroy the negative flashes of pessimism, and focus on the mirror of optimism. — Michael Bassey Johnson

43. If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it’s a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I’m going to be happy. — Michael Phelps

44. Learning how to endure your disappointment and frustration is part of the job o fa creative person…Frustration is not an interruption of your process — frustration is the process.

45. Then again, I had become a disappointment. It’s easier to find fault with a disappointment. — Matt Abrams, She’s Toxic

46. When we confuse the needs with the desires — all the struggles we take lead to failure and disappointment.

47. If you are waiting for the perfect spouse, you are waiting for the perfect disappointment. — Matshona Dhliwayo

48. Enlightenment is your ego’s greatest disappointment. — Wayne Dyer

49. I sit up in bed slowly, feeling the disappointment trickle away like puddles after a rain shower. — Scarlett Thomas, The End of Mr. Y

50. When I was a child I wanted to be Pope. My greatest disappointment is missing out on that. I also wanted to be a tap dancer but I never fulfilled that ambition either. — Peter Ackroyd

Conclusion

Life is full of disappointments, but if we stay positive and look for the lessons in each experience, we can come out stronger and more resilient on the other side. Remember, life is too short to be consumed by disappointment. Instead of focusing on the negative, choose to look for the positives and keep going. As the old saying goes, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”