Expectations Quotes · Page 58

Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments

— Confucius

“Expectations are the shackles that will not permit something to be what it actually is.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“After 25 the only thing you’ll be precocious at is death.”

— Patricia L. Steffy

You can't expect everyone to have the same dedication as you.

— Jeff Kinney

Don't live life expecting anything; instead, give life expectations and meaning.

— Anonymous

Expecting too much can lead to so much disappointment.

— Anonymous

“We applaud patience, but prefer it to be a virtue that others possess.”

— N.T. Wright

Society imposes low expectations of those who have disabilities”

— Erik Weihenmayer

Remember theres a PURPOSE to every FAILED relationship. The purpose isn't to encourage you to lower your expectations, but to raise your…

— Anonymous

When you make a film like this, you must have the highest expectations of your audience. Having worked in situations where we…

— Atom Egoyan

Robots have gotten steadily more capable, but humans' expectations that robots should have minds keeps biting robot developers.

— David Hanson

“The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience…

— Sharon Salzberg

Love. Help with no expectations. Destroy selfishness, self... At the end of our lives, I believe the soul will be asked, "What…

— Misty Upham

There’s nothing more haunting than the cry of a child that cannot be returned with food — the most fundamental expectation of…

— Josette Sheeran

It would be foolish, in forming our expectations, to attach great weight to matters which are very uncertain.

— John Maynard Keynes

I am not dangerous. Only the stories are dangerous. Only the fictions we create, especially when they become expectations.

— David Levithan

I know some women's rights activists have seen so much abuse that they can't stand men, but I have a sense of…

— Deeyah Khan

“I shall expect my husband to have no pleasures but what he shares with me; and if his greatest pleasure of all…

— Anne Brontë

“We don’t like death. We’d rather produce seeds another way. But death to ourselves, our agendas, our expectations, our hopes is necessary…

— Mary E. DeMuth

“Phoebe doesn't quite believe in fate the way I do. She says you have to chase your destiny, and she always expects…

— Lauren Morrill

I love people who expect me to wear great, feathery costumes- and I do it. It's like an actor getting into his…

— Elton John

The task of the mind is to produce future, as the poet Paul Valery once put it. A mind is fundamentally an…

— Daniel Dennett

Loneliness is the penalty of leadership, but the man who has to make the decisions is assisted greatly if he feels that…

— Ernest Shackleton

You'll never know everything about the person you've chosen to marry. But the more information you have before entering into this commitment,…

— Jerry Hardin

It is a burden that people have expectations about me.

— Paulo Dybala

Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment.

— Robert Fripp

Base your happiness on being real, not on illusions and expectations.

— Deepak Chopra

I've always said my expectations are higher than what anyone else could put on me.

— Mikaela Shiffrin

The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.

— Dan Savage

Never get discouraged when things go beyond your expectation. Always remember that the greatest glory in life is not winning, but rising…

— Nishan Panwar

There's nothing wrong in showing your care for someone, whats wrong is expecting them to do the same.

— Anonymous

“To halve the number of times that other people hurt you: halve the number of expectations that you have from other people.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

So to some extent he [Barack Obama] is a victim of the expectations and the high hopes that we experienced.

— Michael Fullilove

No expectations, no disappointments! I'm an optimistic...but sometimes it's just better not to expect anything at all...just wait and see!

— Anonymous

Dont expect from other people. If you expect from other people you will be disappointed at some time.

— Senoraroy

“You'll have less heartaches and disappointments if you stop seeking from others the things ONLY God and you can give yourself!”

— Yvonne Pierre

A mere 7% of employees today fully understand their company's business strategies and what's expected of them in order to help achieve…

— Robert S. Kaplan

When I write, I write for myself, and I have high expectations... so I'm just trying to meet those. I'm not going…

— Hannah Kent

I think since 'Aladdin' my expectations for things releasing and what they're going to do in my career, I've had to really…

— Mena Massoud

While some rules are necessary and good for us, living a life based on others' rules, needs, and expectations can stifle your…

— Lauren Mackler