Unmet Aspirations Quotes

We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn't it either. I'm going to be an American Citizen. First class.

Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

When you see somebody who's got a complaining personality, it usually means that they had some vision of what things could be, and they're constantly disappointed by that. I think that would be the camp that I would fall into - constantly horrified by the things people do.

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.

Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.

History is nothing if not an epic tale of missed opportunities.

I was almost expecting the Olympics to be the biggest thing ever, but it wasn't. It was just another race.

It's always bitterly disappointing to people to see how normally one can live.

Few progressives would take issue with the argument that, significant accomplishments notwithstanding, the Obama presidency has been a big disappointment.

My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.

I don't like to think of anyone waking up every morning amazed that things haven't gone their way in life.

When I was a kid, my father didn't really have much hope for me. He thought I was a dreamer; he didn't think I would amount to anything. My mother also.

We ceased to be a band the moment we made it. It left us with nothing. We felt like a failure although we had commercial success.

Think about how many dreams die with people - if you don't believe in yourself, whatever you're doing is for no reason.

People or stars Regard me sadly, I disappoint them.

Problems are the outward signs of unused inner possibilities.

I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.

I don't think any of us grew up into the world we were hoping for or expecting.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

I haven't accomplished everything that I want to yet in my career, that's why I'm still playing. I just know that I still have something left inside of me to accomplish, and I don't know exactly what that is. Hopefully, I'll know one day soon.

I haven't felt like I ever had a chance to blossom into the player and the person I want to be in Orlando. It's almost like I've been held down every time.

I was so frustrated with him. "I just want to be enough for you, but I never can be. This can never be enough for you. But this is all you get. You get me, and your family, and this world. This is your life. I'm sorry if it sucks. But you're not going to be the first man on Mars, and you're not going to be an NBA star, and you're not going to hunt Nazis.

My England captaincy was not the England captaincy I wanted, that's what will live with me for a long time.

I'm disappointed that success hasn't been a Himalayan feeling.