Expectations Quotes · Page 70

I mean, I'm 48 years old and I've been through a lot in my life - you know, loss, whether it be…

— Annie Lennox

Crackpot is an excellent job because the expectations are so low. No one ever tells crackpots that they should be doing more.

— Scott Adams

“Set the standard! Stop expecting others to show you love, acceptance, commitment, & respect when you don't even show that to yourself.”

— Steve Maraboli

It is an axiom of political life that you never raise expectations, whether in a political or military campaign, because your defeats…

— Charles Krauthammer

There is such a hype and a big build up to me, and it's very hard to meet those expectations. That's been…

— Shawn Mendes

Obviously, David [Shore] probably has pressure because House was such an amazing show. But I try not to go into these jobs,…

— Dean Winters

You can't control it once you turn it into the label, so there's the expectation that it'll leak a week before the…

— Lupe Fiasco

Fans feel they know me, so they want me to be on-the-spot funny, and it's hard to fulfil their expectations.

— Chris Lilley

If you're playing a good guy, you show some darkness. If you're playing a dark guy, you show something different, like humor,…

— Campbell Scott

Motherhood has never been an ambition. I don't think like that. I never have expectations like, 'When I'm 19 I'm going to…

— Renee Zellweger

Don't search for heaven and hell in the future. Both are now present. Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations,…

— Shams Tabrizi

The changing economic situation, the changing global market means it is understandable that employers are constantly raising the bar. It is challenging…

— Jim Knight

The measure of happiness is merely the difference between expectations and outcomes. It is not concerned with what one possesses – it…

— Cecilia Dart-Thornton

The most important part of aligning various expectations is to clearly describe the problem you are trying to solve and identify at…

— David Livermore

You are unhappy and negative because of how you think, but you can change the way you think. With a little work…

— Anonymous

I didn't have any expectations of what my family life would end up being like. But I've been very blessed in my…

— Josh Turner

After I won the Heisman Trophy, it just was OK, I’m supposed to go to the NFL and so that’s what I…

— Ricky Williams

Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it.

— Ellis Peters

Never sell tomorrow short. There's plenty to get excited about. Be filled with expectation, hope and confidence. Believe something good is going…

— Robert H. Schuller

I believe that this is not only the view of the people on both sides of the Strait. It is also the…

— Chen Shui-bian

People with Down syndrome can do anything. They just do it at their own pace. Give them a chance, and you will…

— Madeline Stuart

Shining outward qualities, although they may excite first-rate expectations, are not unusually found to be the companions of second-rate abilities.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones.

— Joyce Maynard

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change other, but by simply accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always…

— Anonymous

How much hope, expectation, and sheer hard work goes into the smallest success! There is no being sure of anything except that…

— May Sarton

Non-expectation and acceptance. Because expectation leads to resentment and depression, so I have no expectations.

— Anthony Hopkins

We are grateful, as artists, as individuals, that people have such big expectations of us, and we are ready to take on…

— Jisoo

I never had unrealistic expectations like loving someone who never fights. I want someone who after fighting will wipe away my tears…

— Hemantsmarty

Oh, it is a boon to have a lineage like mine. Of course there's additional responsibility, and I have to live up…

— Naga Chaitanya

If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address…

— Henry Cloud

One of the smartest things a person can do is dampen investment expectations, especially with Berkshire. That would be mature and responsible.…

— Charlie Munger

Lucas attended a conference on rational expectations at the University of Minnesota in the spring of 1973. The day after the conference,…

— Thomas J. Sargent

The old happiness is unreturning. Boy's griefs are not so grievous as youth's yearning. Boys have no sadness sadder than our hope.

— Wilfred Owen

I stood up. It was all too much. I could not even meet my own expectations, and to be asked to deal…

— Jeff Lindsay

The biggest problems come in when you have talent and expectations but you don't work hard. That's a big disappointment.

— Jerome Bettis

I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values - and follow my own moral compass…

— Michelle Obama

Expecting too much in life will only make the heart and soul thirst, expecting less can surprisingly give you enough of what…

— Ritu Ghatourey

In my view, the critical questions in this era of mass incarceration are: What disturbs us? What seems contrary to expectation? Who…

— Michelle Alexander

We cannot possibly take them all into this country [asylum seekers] - it is a completely unrealistic expectation.

— Michael Howard

There is no harm in anybody thinking that Christ is in bread. The harm is in the expectation of His presence in…

— John Ruskin