When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.

When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.

There was a lot of disappointment and rejection that came really early in my life, until I had to change my mindset and become even stronger.

I sometimes wonder if I might be a bit of a disappointment to people, because they are expecting all these '80s hits and what they get is a dark industrial wall of noise.

In any given project, there are a few moments where there is the usual disappointment, as it were, when you look in the mirror, and you realize you're not 23 and looking like Brad Pitt.

I've always been opinionated, unfortunately, to my mother's disappointment.

A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.

I hate Valentine's day. It is a day for nothing but disappointment.

Under-mature beef with no fat through the meat will be a dry and tasteless disappointment and you will get little yield from it.

When I run into disappointment - say, for example, not getting a role I'd hoped for - I just try not to take it personally.

I can't even explain to you how terrible that feels, that I equate dating a woman with punishment, shame, guilt, disappointment, reproach, reprimand, persecution. It's a nightmare.

Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't angry some days. But I really have worked hard to put a lot of the anger and disappointment in the past.

There will always be a sense of things you want to achieve, where you want to be, a sense of disappointment, a few regrets here and there. Those are always going to linger. How you cope with them and how you move on is what your life is about.

Well, as a player you try to learn how to win, and when you get exposed to success there's also disappointment that comes along the way. So it becomes about how you deal with the ups and downs.

There are no guarantees in the music field. There's a lot of rejection, a lot of criticism and a lot of disappointment. You have to be prepared for that. And after 1973, it just wasn't happening for me.

We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

You have to be able to bounce back and deal with disappointment, failure and weaknesses, and a lot of that happens behind the scenes for teams that are very successful.

My dad never told me that when you audition, you might not get the role. He wanted to wait until my first disappointment to tell me.

My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn't have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment.