A Quote by Charles Krauthammer

The joy of losing consists in this: Where there are no expectations, there is no disappointment.

Charles Krauthammer

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Charles Krauthammer
American - Journalist
March 13, 1950 - June 21, 2018

The definition of disappointment in life is expectations minus reality equals disappointment. The only two solutions you have to get over disappointment is to either alter your reality or alter your expectations.

Randy Carlson

There’s a difference between losing something you knew you had and losing something you discovered you had. One is a disappointment. The other feels like losing a piece of yourself.

Gayle Forman

I still work that expectation/disappointment cycle all the time. I think it is part of the human nature and I think the most important thing is not to judge it. We are human and we do have expectations and a lot of our expectations are often not met. It is a process of learning how to be kind and compassionate and loving to ourselves when we don't get the things we want when people, circumstances, and opportunities don't match our expectations.

Agapi Stassinopoulos

No expectations mean there is no risk of disappointment.

Jude Morgan

Ah, but if you have no expectations, You can never have a disappointment.

Stephen Sondheim

Disappointment proves that expectations were mistaken.

Mason Cooley

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

Ryan Reynolds

The disappointment of losing is huge.

Jack Youngblood

Cheerfulness consists in not regarding things as our own, but as entrusted to us by God for the benefit of our fellow-servants. It consists in scattering them abroad generously with joy and magnanimity, not reluctantly or under compulsion.

Symeon the New Theologian

When you create Hope in people, you create expectations. When you do not fulfill those expectations, when the change becomes more of the same old, same old, the Hope that was created can only turn to anger, frustration and bitter disappointment.

Vermin Supreme

Life delivers far less disappointment when your expectations are low.

Brad Meltzer

Expectations are dangerous. I recommend not having any, if only to avoid disappointment.

Conchita Wurst

That was my pride and joy - that I made it through all those years of minor hockey without losing any of my teeth; then, I ended up losing them in a car accident in New York when I was riding in a taxi. So, I end up losing my teeth, but not in the glamorous fashion I envisioned.