#Frustration Quotes

“I can hardly forbear hurling things at him.”

“These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor; This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome.”

“A very little thief of occasion will rob you of a great deal of patience.”

“It was evident however that the lawyers would have to have their say....This also opened up a vista both lengthy and obscure.”

“How slowThis old moon wanes! she lingers my desires,Like to a stepdame, or a dowager,Long withering out a young man's revenue.”

“I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.”

“What the hell is wrong with him now?”

“Anger is a choice, as well as a habit. It is a learned reaction to frustration, in which you behave in ways that you would rather not. In fact, severe anger is a form of insanity. You are insane whenever you are not in control of your behavior. Therefore, when you are angry and out of control, you are temporarily insane.”

“One of the evils of democracy is, you have to put up with the man you elect whether you want him or not.”

“I think it is the most important subject facing this country, but I cannot get any of my ministers to take any notice.”

“What shall I do with this absurdity- O heart, O troubled heart-this caricature, Decrepit age that has been tied to me As to a dog's tail? Never had I more Excited, passionate, fantastical Imagination, nor an ear and eye That more expected the impossible.”

“I had this thought a while ago,"My darling cannot understandWhat I have done, or what would doIn this blind bitter land."And I grew weary of the sun”

“My curse on playsThat have to be set up in fifty ways,On the day's war with every knave and dolt,Theater business, management of men.”

“Your hooves have stamped at the black margin of the wood,Even where horrible green parrots call and swing.My works are all stamped down into the sultry mud.”

“Much more devastating than frustration is the emotion of disappointment.”

“Frustration is a very positive sign. It means that the solution to your problem is within range, but what you're currently doing isn't working, and you need to change your approach in order to achieve your goal.”

“All successful people learn that success is buried on the other side of frustration.”

“The message of frustration is an exciting signal. it means that your brain beleives you could be doing better than you currently are.”

“Often people talk about how they feel 'stuck' in a situation. You're never stuck! You may be a little frustrated, you may not have clear answers, but you're not stuck. The minute you represent the situation to yourself as being stuck, though, that's exactly how you'll feel. We must be very careful about the metaphors we allow ourselves to use.”

“All successful people learn that success is buried on the other side of frustration. Unfortunately, some people don't get to the other side... They allow frustration to keep them from taking the necessary actions that would support them in achieving their desire. You get through this roadblock by plowing through frustration, taking each setback as feedback you can learn from, and pushing ahead.”

“Understand that all emotions serve you. Those you once thought of as negative emotions are merely calls to action. For example, if you feel frustrated it means that you believe things could be better, and they're not. This is a call to action telling you there's something you must do to make this better now. This "negative" emotion is actually a gift if you use it effectively.”

“I resent the limitations of my own imagination.”

“Lord, how tired one gets of one's own writing.”

“All those emotions spanning from intense love, intense frustration, intense jealously, all those feelings are red.”

“You've had your share of secrets and I'm tired of being the last to know”

“One could say nothing to nobody. The urgency of the moment always missed its mark. Words fluttered sideways and struck the object inches too low. Then one gave it up; then the idea sunk back again; then one became like most middle-aged people, cautious, furtive, with wrinkles between the eyes and a look of perpetual apprehension. For how could one express in words these emotions of the body? express that emptiness there?”

“I am overwhelmed with things I ought to have written about and never found the proper words.”

“To want and not to have, sent all up her body a hardness, a hollowness, a strain. And then to want and not to have- to want and want- how that wrung the heart, and wrung it again and again!”

“I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THIS SOCIETY! First they try to murder me then they lie to me!”

“I'm tired of being a nice guy, I've been poor all my life, but don't know quite why.”

“I really want to sing, but my tone of voice is really too deep to do what I want.”

“There are times when you get frustrated, but the one thing you always focus on is treating people well. You just cannot storm off and freak out.”

“Fighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword and realizing there's no right answer”

“You know, I've got a plan that could rescue Apple. I can't say any more than that it's the perfect product and the perfect strategy for Apple. But nobody there will listen to me.”

“Every day, a little sadder, a little madder. Will someone get me a ladder?”

“Our toaster has two settings: too soon or too late.”

“I spoke to ears that refused to hear.”

“Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.”

“I have wished a bird would fly away,And not sing by my house all day.”

“Oh, why will parents always appear at the wrong time? Some extraordinary mistake in nature, I suppose.”

“There is nothing more frustrating than a good example.”

“Why was I born with such contemporaries?”

“There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will.”

“They usually have two tellers in my local bank, except when it's very busy, when they have one.”

“Never play peek-a-boo with a child on a long plane trip. There's no end to the game. Finally I grabbed him by the bib and said, "Look, it's always gonna be me!"”

“I have a hold limit that I've set for myself. I hold until I start to imagine myself killing the person on the other end. Then I hang up and regroup.”

“At the end of every year, I add up the time that I have spent on the phone on hold and subtract it from my age. I don't count that time as really living. I spend more and more time on hold each year. By the time I die, I'm going to be quite young.”

“I hate learning through experience. Just once I'd like to learn something because someone was nice enough to tell me in advance.”

“It is impossible to communicate with Schumann. The man is hopeless; he doesn't talk at all.”

“If you so choose, every mistake can lead to greater understanding and effectiveness. If you so choose, every frustration can help you to be more patient and more persistent.”