Expectations Quotes · Page 27

In his fairy dreams of war [Thaddeus] always made conquest the sure end of his battles.

— Jane Porter

When someone says expect the unexpected, slap them and say I bet you didn't expect that!

— Anonymous

I felt trapped and fabricated in the fifties living up to other people's expectations.

— Rosemary Clooney

People hear what they want and expect to hear, not what is said.

— Fay Weldon

The expectations were low for 'Castle;' people thought we'd be one season and done.

— Tamala Jones

To expect to be kissed having bad breath is the secret of a fool.

— Dejan Stojanovic

Expect the worst, and you won't be disappointed.

— Helen Clark MacInnes

One thing I always remember: Frustration is built by unmet expectations.

— Andrew McCutchen

Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.

— Jim Rohn

It starts with myself. I have to believe in myself and set expectations for myself, set goals for myself, and continue to…

— Saquon Barkley

I'm carrying all this luggage on my mind just wondering when I'll be done with these expectations but only lord knows when…

— Anonymous

Hmmm! Each moment of life expects you to act accordingly but still this is our will and your love that bends the…

— Sardar Hyder Abbas

People like to set the bar high. I like to put the bar on the ground and barely step over it. I…

— Kevin Smith

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyse your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can…

— Anonymous

The problem with being human is that there's far too much responsibility, too much pressure and too many expectations placed on you…

— Chloe Madeley

Can you let go of words and ideas, attitudes and expectations? If so, then the Tao will loom into view.

— Laozi

My agent pointed out one day that I had been quoted by a columnist in some American newspaper, and he noted with…

— Terry Pratchett

All interesting issues in natural history are questions of relative frequency, not single examples. Everything happens once amidst the richness of nature.…

— Stephen Jay Gould

When you don't have crazy ambitions, you're always happy just kind of getting by. Our expectations were always kept low. And so…

— Ty Burrell

The considerations upon which expectations of prospective yields are based are partly existing facts which we can assume to be known more…

— John Maynard Keynes

Nothing that you plan is going to work out. Everything is going to be totally different than the way you expected. And…

— Eckhart Tolle

As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more good things of…

— Etty Hillesum

Some people get certainty by working harder and saying I'm going to master something. Some people get certainty by lowering their expectations,…

— Tony Robbins

Sometimes, our expectations of being all-knowing is somewhat unrealistic. At the end of the day, there are people out there who mean…

— Jack Keane

But something magical happened to me when I went to Reardan. Overnight I became a good player. I suppose it had something…

— Sherman Alexie

Spiritually, no action is more important than surrender. Surrender is the tenderest impulse of the heart, acting out of love to give…

— Deepak Chopra

There's also an immediacy to everything that has changed everybody's expectations. Now if I can't get a hold of somebody on their…

— Adrian Tomine

“Life shows us all colours, some bright and some shades of grey, Some accept with a smile, while some frown in every…

— Mehek Bassi

The secret to living in the rush of the world with a minimum of pain is to get as many people as…

— Philip Roth

When we experience moments of ecstasy-in play, in art, in sex-they come not as an exception, an accident, but as a taste…

— Gabrielle Roth

What I mean is that those thoughts, they're human. And just because you turn out differently than everyone's imagined you would doesn't…

— Jodi Picoult

[Mikhail Bakunin] expectations were generally confirmed, including his prediction that some would seek to gain state power on the backs of popular…

— Noam Chomsky

Meeting the deadlines is not good enough, beating the deadlines is my expectation.

— Dhirubhai Ambani

In a gallery, there's an expectation of high prices and a somewhat elitist atmosphere.

— Will Cotton

Every child lives up to the expectation you have for him.

— Kevin Leman

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.

— Leo Buscaglia

Expectations in a relation always lead to disappointments.

— ShaisZ

I just have high expectations for myself anyway. I don't have anything less than that.

— Leighton Vander Esch

You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.

— Bette Davis

Expect nothing in life and you'll never be disappointed.

— Anonymous