Disappointed Hopes Quotes

I did not expect to encounter what has beset me since my elevation to the presidency. God knows, I have endeavored to fulfill what I considered to be an honest duty, but I have been mistaken; my motives have been misconstrued and my feelings grossly betrayed.

A big desire is not enough to meet the expectations of lost dreams.

The same sun which gilds all nature, and exhilarates the whole creation, does not shine upon disappointed ambition.

Peace was declared, but not all of us were drunk with joy or stricken blind.

Every time I bestow a vacant office I make a hundred discontented persons and one ingrate.

I dreamed of turning pro as an Olympic medallist but I ended up turning pro as the kid who failed to make the Olympics.

Milan offered me something. I was very interested by the project. It did not happen for many reasons.

When I was in the navy, I wanted to go to Paris and the Academie Julian. I never did. Mexico City took me instead.

The Board of Education met on Tuesday evening and shamefully disappointed the hopes of the public. Not a man was called a liar, not a spitoon was cast, there was never an inkstand flung. We would like to know what these men are for, if not to furnish their quota of city amusement and contribute to the sensational literature of the town?

The League of Nations could've been something really, really big... it wasn't. A lot of guys were frustrated about it in a way.

I wanted to be a dramatic actress. Life doesn't go the way you think it's going to go.

You've always got 20 per cent of a dressing room that won't be happy with their manager because they want to play more often. There are players who will have been moaning all year about not being in the team, but when they got their chance they failed to take it.

There is no way, believe me, despite my name being Winfield, and loving the game dearly. It wasn't in the cards. I didn't know what it was going to take to get here.

It wasn't in the cards to work out in football.

I did win my election, I just didn't get to have the job.

I am happy with what I do. I'd love to be the manager of the Atlanta Braves, but they hired somebody this week. So I'll just have to be inordinately happy with one of the best jobs on the planet.

I really, really thought that it was a no-brainer in terms of being a hit. And so it does surprise that that hasn't been the manifested reception of it so far.

I thought I was going to the NBA, but God knows, I'm not tall enough. I don't know what I was thinking.