I can't think of anything worse, really, than to try to live up to someone else's expectations of what you should be.… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I've gotten to a place where I am comfortable and I don't battle myself. I'm further ahead than I ever thought I'd… — George Lopez 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
I work fitfully, in hope rather than in expectation, invent methods which last a week, and fill notebooks with tiny, illegible writing… — Anthony Minghella Copy Share Image
Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's always pressure playing in the NHL. You want to play your best game every game. Expectations are always gonna be there;… — Carl Hagelin Copy Share Image
Be realistic with your expectations. I'd really like to cuddle a unicorn, but it aint going to happen. — India Knight Copy Share Image
We're starting to push the envelope in terms of the expectations, and you can also have your own style, personality and sense… — Lisa Guerrero Copy Share Image
The more work you put in, and the more you constantly and consistently give good performances against good opponents and constantly exceed… — Sami Zayn Copy Share Image
Meditation is your awakening. The moment you awake, sleep disappears and with it all the dreams, all the projections, all expectations, all… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I think there's always an expectation when you're a first generation, especially a first-generation Nigerian, of sort of being a doctor or… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
The hope that God has provided for you is not merely a wish. Neither is it dependent on other people, possessions, or… — John C. Broger Copy Share Image
I had no expectations about fatherhood, really, but it's definitely a journey I'm glad to be taking. Number one, it's a great… — Christopher Meloni Copy Share Image
Unless women have, from the moment of birth, socialization for, expectations of, and preparation for a viable significant alternative to motherhood .… — Wilma Scott Heide Copy Share Image
I think your expectations as a player are always high. No matter how high the expectations are from the outside, from media,… — Christian Yelich Copy Share Image
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. Set your expectation to a… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then 20th-century artist. — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
If you're pretty, you want to be ugly. If you're loud, you want to play quiet. You always want to challenge people's… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
Ennui, the demon, waited at the threshold of his noiseless refuge, and drove away the stirring hopes and enlivening expectations, which form… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
You got what you asked for dont be mad it wasn't what you thought it was…Next time don't have such great expectations. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed. — Patricia McCormick Copy Share Image
I'm a sports junkie, and I am interested in athletic will - how you exceed the expectations of your own performance when… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
Half the people might like me - the other half might not. But throughout my life, I have had high expectations for… — Dimitar Berbatov Copy Share Image
When you come into the league, and the expectations aren't met, you can be super fragile. I would ask, 'Am I worth… — Kelsey Plum Copy Share Image
“Water shrinks wool, urgency shrinks time. Shrinkage may be an advantage or the reverse, according to expectation.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
You can build up expectations for a song before you record it, and then it's like nothing's good enough in the studio. — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
There is the expectation that a younger generation has the opportunity to redeem the crimes and failings of their elders and would… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations. — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
Being open to the concept that globalisation is only 10-20% complete leaves room for some expectation that there might be more gains… — Pankaj Ghemawat Copy Share Image
The fun thing with the newer characters in the movie was that anything goes. The life they brought to it just exceeded… — Coley Sohn Copy Share Image
Never get to attached to anyone because attachment leads to expectations and expectations leads to disappointments. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I think if you play for Chelsea you have to deal with the pressure, everybody knows the expectations. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
We have high expectations at West Virginia University for success on and off the field and as Coach Holgorsen has acknowledged to… — Oliver Luck Copy Share Image
“May every sunrise make you more confident about the power of hope, expectations, patience and love.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
So many want me to do another 'Paruthiveeran'; others are fans of my 'Siruthai' avatar. Extreme expectations, but I have to strike… — Karthi Copy Share Image
Don't expect anything from someone because expectations leads to problems & fights and once you get into these than all really hurts — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
One of the things that gets me up in the morning is knowing that customer expectations are always rising, and I find… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
The easiest way to maintain happiness is to lower your expectations of other people and raise them of yourself! — Garrison Wynn Copy Share Image
