Never raise expectations in others that you cannot realize: promise is less pleasing than disappointment is vexatious. — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
A big lesson that we must learn in life is that though things do not always go our way, if we are… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
I've long believed that one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
What I have since realized is that if people expect you to be brave, sometimes you pretend that you are, even when… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
Wonder... and not any expectation of advantage from its discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of Philosophy,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“It is just as if you were expecting one million dollars and suddenly you come across a ten dollar note. You fall… — Osho Copy Share Image
I still work that expectation/disappointment cycle all the time. I think it is part of the human nature and I think the… — Agapi Stassinopoulos Copy Share Image
The problem with idealizing love is that it causes us to develop unrealistic expectations about what love actually is and what it… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Expectations and hopes are totally different. Expecting something to happen is like betting on it, either you win a great deal or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I learned what every dreaming child needs to know, that no horizon is so far you cannot get above it or beyond… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
When meditating, do not expect something to happen. Otherwise, you are meditating on your expectation, and you are not doing the Meditation… — Choa Kok Sui Copy Share Image
The combat environment has the effect of flattening out civilian identities. If you're young or old, or a graduate from Harvard or… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want to do is satisfy the expectations of… — Joel Coen Copy Share Image
I think where genre is limiting is that in the marketplace, you have to put things in a box to create expectations… — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
Expectations always lead to frustrations. Expectations are the seeds, and frustration is the crop that sooner or later you will have to… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
So top grade's O for 'Outstanding,'" Hermione was saying, "and then there's A-" "No, E," George corrected her, "E for 'Exceeds Expectations.'… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Excellence Can Be Achieved If You . . . Risk More Than Others Think Is Safe, love More Than Others Think Is… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Living up to people's expectations is one thing but it was even harder to live up to my own expectations. — Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden Copy Share Image
People keep asking me if I feel pressure. But I don't feel pressure. I realize there's a lot on my plate, a… — Trae Young Copy Share Image
She was in a difficult position being the widow of a great American hero, a role that carried high expectations but she… — Morris Dees Copy Share Image
We want to change the way people think about England teams. At the men's tournaments, we haven't exceeded expectations, and it's the… — Lucy Bronze 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
