Expectations Quotes · Page 29

I expect a lot from people maybe that's why I get HURT a lot

— CheEkKuUu

“A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect.”

— Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The platform Miss Universe has given me has exceeded my wildest expectations.

— Zozibini Tunzi

Don't shrink to meet the expectations of others, grow to become the person you want to be.

— Kris Carr

Look, the key for me is to keep expectations low.

— George W. Bush

Some people expect you to fail... Do not succumb to anyone's negative expectations of you.

— Folashade Ayanwale

People are far more important than rigid rules and demanding expectations.

— Charles R. Swindoll

As the Internet has sped up the consumer experience, customer expectations are higher.

— Greg Gianforte

“The truth is that people usually live up to your expectations, whether those expectations are high or low.”

— Laszlo Bock

I think Valentine's Day is one of those holidays like New Year's where people develop such high expectations that even if it's…

— Brett Young

I didn't have any expectations with 'Traveller' - I don't think anybody did. That's how I prefer the process to be.

— Chris Stapleton

Mankind's expectations have to be greater than ourselves and that the further out there we go, the more we find out that…

— Jonathan Nolan

A gift isn't a gift unless it has meaning. Just giving things to people, especially children, create the expectation of more things.

— Oprah Winfrey

Work hard and always expect the best, but make your expectations so small such that it can be easily satisfied.

— Terry Mark

“My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus." [ The Science of Second-Guessing…

— Stephen W. Hawking

We made a mistake, then we Man up and accept the consequences. Thats how real men should live. We accept it, we…

— Anonymous

I think the President himself is a remarkably intelligent, decent, ethical man. I think he did very well, but I think the…

— Lloyd Cutler

Leaders do not motivate per se. They create conditions for people to motivate themselves. They do it by communicating clearly, setting clear…

— John Baldoni

There is always going to be pressure, especially when you're number one and so expectations are high, but I wouldn't say these…

— Iga Swiatek

I know so many who have married in the full expectation and confidence of some one particular advantage in the connection, or…

— Jane Austen

we do know now, all of us, that the most appalling cruelties are committed by apparently virtuous governments in expectation of a…

— Katherine Anne Porter

No expectations, no tension between goals and performance, no outrage, resolve or intention, no action, no results. There's only one way to…

— Donella Meadows

I always feel happy. You know why? because I don't expect anything from anyone. Expectations always hurt. Life is short... So love…

— Anonymous

. . . this life is a perpetual chequer-work of good and evil, pleasure and pain. When in possession of what we…

— Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne

I do not believe that our relationship to the earth is liable to change for the better until it gets catastrophically worse.…

— Joseph Sittler

“Why can’t you just be yourself?” Stella asked once. “Maybe I don’t know who that is,” her daughter shot back. And Stella…

— Brit Bennett

Every wild apple shrub excites our expectation thus, somewhat as every wild child. It is, perhaps, a prince in disguise. What a…

— Henry David Thoreau

What struck me most was the silence. It was a great silence, unlike any I have encountered on Earth, so vast and…

— Alexey Leonov

She realized how many of her beliefs were either unrealistic or belonged to her deceased parents and her ex-husband. She also realized…

— Salle Merrill Redfield

“I believe we must do things in our lives for the right reasons, because we enjoy doing them, with no expectation of…

— Terry Tempest Williams

Digital technologies are setting down the new grooves of how people live, how we do business, how we do everything--and they're doing…

— Jaron Lanier

There's probably more of a struggle to get material and narratives published that really speak to black culture. And that has a…

— Jerry Pinkney

How can you let me down when I have such low expectations. Asshole.

— Anonymous

I am afraid I shall disappoint people's expectations dreadfully.

— Jude Morgan

I wish people had low expectations of me...life would be so much easier.

— Anonymous

Who else can give you great expectations when you are down in the valley? Nobody but our God.

— Anonymous

Don't have too high of expectations, or else you are going to get hurt.

— Anonymous

What interferes with this peaceful feeling is our expectation of reciprocity.

— Richard Carlson

Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going.

— Norton Juster

It's not the punch you expect that knocks you down.

— Linda Grant