Frustration

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.
- Dorothea Brande

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr

Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.
- Rod Serling

What have we achieved in mowing down mountain ranges, harnessing the energy of mighty rivers, or moving whole populations about like chess pieces, if we ourselves remain the same restless, miserable, frustrated creatures we were before?
- Henry Miller, 1891 - 1980

Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.
- Sam Ewing