Once the ego is not there, there is no expectation, frustration, no desire, no despair. Suddenly one finds oneself falling into a… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The vast majority of things parents and kids get in conflict over are highly predictable. We're disagreeing about the same expectations the… — Ross W. Greene Copy Share Image
Good genre movies are a little bit like trying to write a haiku. There are certain things that you have to do… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Professional accountability is a good thing. Without it, excellence is merely a pipe dream and even average performance isn't a realistic expectation. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Linux has more than satisfied any small initial expectations I had. It's simply incredible how successful Linux has been, and how good… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
There are limits on what a president can achieve or do, but the expectations are so great. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Our lives are shaped not as much by our experiences as by our expectations. — George Bernard Shaw 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 think that we could be more careful about what we're saying to young women in terms of their expectations. It's unrealistic… — Emily Procter Copy Share Image
One of the most important of life´s lessons is to learn independance, to understand freedom. This means independence from attachments, from results,… — Brian Weiss Copy Share Image
We live in a really crazy time when there is information coming at you, and there are so many demands on your… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
If we're stuck with having expectations, there's a very good reason to embrace positive ones: It's that we often create what we… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
One of the hallmarks of an evolved person is the ability to tell the truth with no fear of punishment or expectation… — Gay Hendricks Copy Share Image
I will never my lower expectations. Being good at something is never enough. Being great is what we strive for. Adversity will… — Wendell V Copy Share Image
There are so many levels of understanding and experience when it comes to this thing we call love. In our human relationships,… — Michael Beckwith Copy Share Image
The experience of being in between-between the time we leave home and arrive at our destination; between the time we leave adolescence… — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
I think sometimes you have high expectations for people because you have high expectations for yourself. — Gisele Bundchen Copy Share Image
Don't expects too much from people, else you'll end up dissappointed cuz no one is capable to meet all expectations. — Blaze Olamiday Copy Share Image
In the back of your mind you always want it to be successful and you want things to happen, but I've learned… — Cody Johnson Copy Share Image
I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next thing so that I'm not… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
'Great Expectations', in short, is a more damning account of the mess Dickens himself had made of love than any denunciation on… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
For me personally, of course I dreamt about playing Glastonbury and sometimes I even allowed myself to dream about headlining Glastonbury. I… — Ellie Rowsell Copy Share Image
Americans are in serious intellectual trouble - in danger of losing our hard-won cultural capital to a virulent mixture of anti-intellectualism, anti-rationalism… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
It's better to not set your expectations high. And that's what happens when you have a long career - not every album… — Scott Weiland Copy Share Image
“With mindfulness, loving kindness, and self-compassion, we can begin to let go of our expectations about how life and those we love… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
The secret to happiness is to never expect anything from anyone,then you will never be disappointed. — Abhishek Tiwari Copy Share Image
What makes a date so dreadful is the weight of expectation attached to it. There is every chance that you may meet… — Guy Browning Copy Share Image
Nothing concentrates the mind like a firm deadline, and a little voice in the back of my mind reminding me that, "If… — Clarence Page Copy Share Image
I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If you want to be Mark Spitz then go for it. If you want to be Michael Phelps then you'll have to… — Mark Spitz Copy Share Image
Expectations externally mean nothing. They shouldn't mean anything to anybody. — Tyrese Haliburton Copy Share Image
“Feet away, Professor Dema stood, carrying a large gunlike weapon with both her hands and a snarl on her lips. This was… — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
Parents and educators need to establish a culture in which security and clarity of expectations are balanced with the encouragement of playfulness,… — Guy Claxton Copy Share Image
