The joy that comes past hope and beyond expectation is like no other pleasure in extent. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed. — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
Don't be limited by the expectations of others. You can always be better and do more. — Bruce Oldfield Copy Share Image
I roll out of my couch every morning with the more agreeable expectations. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“I just want to live my own life instead of everyone else’s version of it.” — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
You don't have to live up to anyone's expectations, just be the best you can be — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Don't expect to get what you give in return not everyone has kindness in their heart. — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
“We bring to everything we read the expectations we have built up by a lifetime of reading.” — Richard Marius Copy Share Image
Society celebrates mediocrity so much that it does not take much to set yourself above the rest. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
Every person you meet, every single one, is looking for their story. There are no expectations. You become part of it by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Believe in yourself, believe in something higher than yourself, be selfless, exercise, have great expectations and execute day by day. — Eric Anthony Copy Share Image
“Forget forgetting. We seek to forget ourselves, to be surprised and to do something without knowing how or why. The way of… — Peter Rock Copy Share Image
“People are never going to act exactly like we want them to. So if we stop expecting things from others, we’ll find… — Ron Baratono Copy Share Image
“Great expectations can lead to inspiring and dramatic results if you're willing to take the next steps, trying to make a way… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
I think that for me, as far as audience expectations and how you manage your anxiety, it helps to keep things in… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
“Everyone wanted me to feed them that story—darkness to light, weakness to strength, broken to whole. I wanted it, too.” — John Green Copy Share Image
“Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is... we cannot expect things to be much better in this… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
I'm not entirely sure what a historical novel absolutely has to be, but you don't want a reader who loves a very… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
That power of the Gods which orders for the good things which are not uniform, and which happen contrary to expectation, is… — Sallust Copy Share Image
Let me rejoice in the light which Thou hast imparted; let me serve Thee with active zeal, humbled confidence, and wait with… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
We live in a really crazy time when there is information coming at you, and there are so many demands on your… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
“Even the ones who love you most will let you down. They are the ones who will disappoint you more because your… — Pinkie Numa Copy Share Image
We are all prisoners at one time or another in our lives, prisoners to ourselves or to the expectations of those around… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
If our expectations, if our fondest prayers and dreams, are not realized then we should all bear in mind that the greatest… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There's a certain amount of pressure that goes with writing superhero characters, especially characters that are beloved to audiences. You know that… — Mariko Tamaki Copy Share Image
I made lasagna for dinner," Tamsyn called out. "That work for you?" He continued to look at her, as if he'd drink… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
I'll never accept that I'm a sex symbol. That will mean that someone is a bit too fond of himself. If it… — Henry Cavill Copy Share Image
Most change initiatives either fail or fall far short of original expectations. More often than not, resistance is cultural in nature but… — Grant David McCracken Copy Share Image
Granted, we may try to help our own family members because they share our DNA. Or help someone else in expectation that… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Realizing who we are and what we may become assures us that with God nothing really is impossible. From the time we… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
The very hope of experimental philosophy, its expectation of constructing the sciences into a true philosophy of nature, is basedon induction, or,… — Chauncey Wright Copy Share Image
Before babies, I worked very hard to make sure I understood my surroundings and figured out where I fit in the world,… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
