Awareness Quotes

"Be careful, the spirits will challenge you every step of the way."

- Grand Pabbie

"'Maybe Christmas,' he thought, 'doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas ... perhaps ... means a little bit more!'"

- Dr. Seuss

"During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The pre-eminent Christian holiday was Easter, not Christmas."

- Nancy Pearcey

"Not just beautiful, though ― the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they’re watching me."

- Haruki Murakami

"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night."

- Edgar Allan Poe

"We don’t have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here."

- Susan Taylor

"Nothing out there will ever satisfy you except temporarily and superficially, but you may need to experience many disillusionments before you realize that truth."

- Eckhart Tolle

"Assuming is the root of all disappointments."

- Rogienel Reyes

"Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons."

- Abigail Adams

"Most things disappoint till you look deeper."

- Graham Greene

"Disappointment is a sign that you had expectations; it’s a sign that something didn’t turn out the way you had hoped. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing."

- Mel Robbins

"Disappointment is just the initial shock of the universe reminding you that life doesn’t always go according to plan."

- Sarah Dessen

"We can’t expect to be sheltered from every little thing. Disappointment is a fact of life—one that must be dealt with."

- Joyce Meyer

"The ideal and the reality don’t always match up."

- Richard Preston

"The greater your expectations, the greater your disappointment."

- Sheryl Crow

"Behind every beautiful thing, there’s some kind of pain."

- Bob Dylan

"Expectation is the root of all heartache."

- William Shakespeare

"Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy – the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation."

- Eric Hoffer

"We are never disappointed with people we think little of, those who disappoint us are thus by definition of importance to us."

- Lamine Pearlheart

"Disappointment is just the action of your brain readjusting itself to reality after discovering things are not the way you thought they were."

- Brad Warner

"Expectation is the only seed of disappointment."

- Mokokoma Mokhonoana

"Disappointment proves that expectations were mistaken."

- Mason Cooley

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

- Ryan Reynolds

"I don’t have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments."

- Michael Landon

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

- Conchita Wurst

"When you depend on another’s perceptions to match your expectations, you’re setting yourself up for disappointment."

- David Cottrell

"Disappointment focuses on ‘what is not,’ and completely misses the far greater reality of ‘what now is.’"

- Craig D. Lounsbrough

"Trying to design the perfect plan is the perfect recipe for disappointment."

- Patrick Lencioni

"Sometimes we create our own heartbreaks through expectation."

- Unknown

"If your purpose is just discovery, never commit. This is a path that would lead to disappointment."