The world appears solid to most people. It is filled with their pain, their desires, their private ecstasies, their expectations. They are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you race merely for the tributes from others, you will be at the mercy of their expectations. — Scott Tinley Copy Share Image
That peculiar disease of intellectuals, that infatuation with ideas at the expense of experience, that compels experience to conform to bookish expectations. — Archibald MacLeish Copy Share Image
It is the curse of prosperity that it takes work away from us, and shuts that door to hope and health of… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
It is not what you think should be, but what is, that is interesting. When you have the expectation that something should… — Charlotte Selver Copy Share Image
Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Growing up, there was a lot of pressure to live up to certain expectations and money as if I was rich and… — Josie Canseco Copy Share Image
My life hasn't been what I expected it to be, but I'm here and I have friends and family! I have a… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
We all have an equal interest in stability and security throughout Europe. The years the OSCE has existed, and particularly this year,… — Boris Yeltsin Copy Share Image
If you aren't going to make your revenue plan, it's unlikely you'll make your EBITDA or Net Income plan. You don't even… — Brad Feld Copy Share Image
I have very high expectations of myself. I'm a very competitive person but competitive with myself. I want to be the best… — Wentworth Miller Copy Share Image
Kenneth Burke calls form the satisfaction of an expectation; The Man Who Loved Children is full of such satisfactions, but it has… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
Giving means extending one's love with no conditions, no expectations and no boundaries. . . Peace of minds occurs, therefore, when we… — Gerald Jampolsky Copy Share Image
When the doctor told me I had MS, I suddenly felt the weight of my own and everyone else's expectations lift off… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
For me, climbing is a form of exploration that inspires me to confront my own inner nature within nature. It’s a means… — Lynn Hill Copy Share Image
I feel like a lot of my fans hold high expectations of me when it comes to inside the Octagon - not… — Jon Jones Copy Share Image
All the keys to joy can be reduced to these two. Laugh but at no one's expense and love but without expectation. — Pat McBride Copy Share Image
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect than that… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I learnt early to have little expectation so I protected myself from ever feeling greatly disappointed. — Natalia Vodianova Copy Share Image
There is an expectation that we can talk about sins but no one must be identified as a sinner... — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
One reason that a lot of people see me as cheerful and optimistic is that my expectations are really rather low. — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
It is a lot easier to prove that you don't love someone than it is to prove that you do, but one… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
“Reality is never what you imagined it would be. Sometimes it’s better. Sometimes it’s worse. And sometimes it’s just different. It’s not… — Abby Rosmarin Copy Share Image
Compared to Alia, it's little more difficult for Shaheen, as she has a famous father and a famous sibling, too. So, I… — Soni Razdan Copy Share Image
She thought about how it was so simple with animals. They gave their hearts without question or fear. They had no expectations.… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
It's art that pushes against psychological and social expectations, that tries to transform decay into something generative, that is replicative in a… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
One of the things that's influenced me musically was my experience at Brown University. I was surrounded by musicians that I really… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
When Theodore Roosevelt was in the White House, he confessed that if he could be right 75 percent of the time, he… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Just look at the history of cinema. The most reproduced male character is probably the hero and the most reproduced female character… — Ruben Ostlund Copy Share Image
Nowadays everyone is trying to live up to the expectations of their surroundings, especially in the industry they work for, and I… — Vicky Krieps Copy Share Image
Department store Santas are apparently being trained to lower children's expectations about toys because of the recession. Yeah, it's weird when you… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
I think that people have expectations of themselves and other people that are based on these fictions that are presented to them… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I won't necessarily make new music because when you make a record there are these great expectations on the side of the… — Black Francis Copy Share Image
Globalization has enriched the planet beyond belief, leading to ever-increased demands of perfection. And thanks to 24/7 communications, we all instantaneously know… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
We strive to teach our children the importance of being caring and compassionate to others. This outpouring of emotion and effort by… — Jeff B. Davis Copy Share Image
Educating Lawyers succeeds admirably in describing the educational programs at virtually every American law school. The call for the integration of the… — Stephen Wizner Copy Share Image
I do believe we have to understand why reality turned out to be different than expectations and estimates. But you have more… — David Kay Copy Share Image
I have a complex feeling about genre. I love it, but I hate it at the same time. I have the urge… — Bong Joon-ho Copy Share Image
Living well has something to do with the spirituality of wholeheartedness, of seeing life more as a grace than as a penance,… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
