Abby Johnson Quotes

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

I always wished for this, but it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.

My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become.

So many times, I have a speech ready but no dice. Always a bridesmaid, never a mother.

I should have been deliriously happy. I had my dream come true. I'm a best-selling author. So why is everything in my life, including my writing, going bad?

I don't want to dream anymore, I want my life to be real!

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

I think that there were only two people in my high school that were comfortable there, and I think they are both pumping gas now.

I'm not always going to keep waiting for a fairytale ending.

Every day I realized I would not be a star.

I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied.

The trouble with most of the things that people want is that they get them.

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.

There are many people in the world who feel that if only they had a bigger car, a nicer house, better vacations, a more understanding boss, or a more interesting partner, then their life would work. We all go through that one. Slowly we wear out most of our 'if onlies.'

It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.

False expectations take away joy.

Waiting and hoping are the whole of life, and as soon as a dream is realized it is destroyed.

After you get what you want you don't want it.

Some people will always be disappointed.