Lowering expectations might spare your feelings, but it…

I never set any limits on my results.

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

“Have faith that positive actions lead to positive outcomes.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

If we are going to compete in this world we're in today, there is no possible way we can do it with lowering expectations…

— Jeb Bush

The fact is that I'm interested in getting on with my job of holding the Government to account and I think that the Government…

— Tony Abbott

“Choose one: chronic disappointment or lowering your expectations to the point where nothing can disappoint you. But consider also that you might miss feeling…

— Sarah Manguso

“We keep people down by lowering our expectations of them and then forcing them to live down to them.”

— Debby Irving

Good therapy, gently but firmly, moves people out of denial and compartmentalization. It helps clients to develop richer inner lives and greater self-knowledge. It…

— Mary Pipher

“If “ship early, ship often” is interpreted as the willingness to expose not-quite-feature-complete but well-tested products to the healthy pressures of real users, everybody…

— Peter Lucas

I don't see any reason to be lowering my expectations or my goals.

— Stefanos Tsitsipas

“Somehow we've come to believe that greatness is only for the chosen few, for the superstars.The truth is, greatness is for us all. This…

— Nike

“Some things are just worth the wait. That is, if they end up happening as you imagined them to.”

— Carol Vorvain

“Supplication is to implore God for mercy and compassion, to have pity upon you or to grant you the request given and expect that…

— Robin Bertram

“Any expectation always needs to be clarified in detail.”

— Steven Redhead

“Expectation has brought me disappointment. Disappointment has brought me wisdom. Acceptance, gratitude and appreciation have brought me joy and fulfilment.”

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Result won’t come if we don’t provide the reason for it to come.”

— Sunday Adelaja