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Frustration Quotes

For the days that test your patience.

This set gathers voices from sport, creative work, and public life who each describe reaching a breaking point after repeated setbacks. Continue reading with Anger quotes.

I actually share her view and understand her frustration when any government attempts to ban secular symbols like Santa Claus or Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer or Christmas lights.

Quotes by Steve Israel

I'm concerned with China growing at double or triple the rate of the West, that there will be tensions. One needs to do something to start addressing misunderstandings and frustration.

Quotes by Stephen A. Schwarzman

There is a great deal of sympathy amongst workers for the Occupy Wall Street movement. We understand their frustration.

Quotes by Sharan Burrow

Working in an underdeveloped land for two or three years, the volunteer will often find that his work is routine and full of frustration.

Quotes by Sargent Shriver

Music - not just the lyrics, but the music itself - expresses confused or illicit passions: rage, lust, envy, frustration, channeling these energies and creating an outlet for them.

Quotes by Sarah Churchwell

For me, there is a stigma attached to playing beautiful parts. They are often empty characters whom the action happens around. I'm more drawn to characters with a complex internal life, who have a burning frustration underneath that keeps them...

Quotes by Ruth Wilson

John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate that had accumulated in that region, in favour of a peaceful transition. This was, without doubt, something that changed European history.

Quotes by Rocco Buttiglione

The temptation to quit and start over infects every creative process I've ever been in. Frustration and boredom always fuel this self-doubt.

Quotes by Robert Lopez

Given the level of anti-Americanism in the world, given the level of frustration with the United States throughout the Muslim world, you've got a homegrown attack or you have a nuclear explosion in the air that is not a test...

Quotes by Robert D. Kaplan

I've built companies, I've created jobs, I know the frustration of small businesses with higher taxes.

Quotes by Rick Scott

For me, being upset is different than being frustrated. Frustration, it's a little more deep inside. Being upset, you can get over it the next day.

Quotes by Raphael Assuncao

There can be no halfway house, where Britain continues to be out of Europe in name but is still run by Europe. There can be no halfway house when it comes to rule-taking and law-making from the E.U., and there...

Quotes by Priti Patel

My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual.

Quotes by Phyllis Diller

Writing is frustration - it's daily frustration, not to mention humiliation. It's just like baseball: you fail two-thirds of the time.

Philip Roth

There was a point of frustration, where I thought I should just take a film, even though I didn't want to. I was impatient with being at home. But I hung on to the approach I've always had, which is...

Quotes by Peter Weir

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.

Quotes by Peter Shaffer

I would never wear anything with a logo. That I really find difficult. It's a frustration that I'll find a nice shirt or something and it's got 50 prints of the logo on it - why do they do this?

Quotes by Norman Foster

I enjoy a third act, and I like stories with ending. A lot of my frustration with serialized storytelling is a lot of shows don't have a third act. They have an endless second act, and then they find out...

Quotes by Nic Pizzolatto

Fundamentally, all writing is about the same thing; it's about dying, about the brief flicker of time we have here, and the frustration that it creates.

Quotes by Mordecai Richler

Golf is a game of endless failure and frustration.

Quotes by Mike Greenberg

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Frustration quotes page focus on?
It gathers honest admissions of frustration from sport, creative work, and everyday annoyances, showing the feeling in both big and small forms.
Why do people search for frustration quotes?
Naming a frustrating moment out loud, even through someone else's words, often makes the feeling easier to sit with.
Are all these quotes about major life setbacks?
No, one line is about something as small as a shirt covered in an unwanted logo, proving frustration is not reserved for big problems.
What broader feeling do people mention alongside frustration?
Several samples connect frustration to the sense that progress is happening more slowly than expected or promised.
What should I read next in a similar mood?
Try the Anger quotes page for a related but more intense emotional register.

Even small irritations make the list, proving frustration shows up in ordinary details as much as major disappointments. Pair this with Being or Feel quotes.