Expecting Quotes · Page 6

I do not think that life has a suspense more sickening than that of expecting a letter which does not come.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

That was awesome. I wasn't expecting it and when I got the call I got nervous for a second. But I was…

— Charline Labonte

Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress.

— Judith Martin

Expecting from others is like hoping for rain in the desert. In the end you would end up being disappointed.

— Anurag Prakash Ray

“I take back my words and won’t ask you for anything, for I know that you will do the best.”

— Neelam Saxena Chandra

I feel like people are expecting me to fail; therefore, I expect myself to win.

— Lewis Hamilton

I blame myself for expecting more than I should have out of you.

— Anonymous

I beat myself up in the studio because I know that a lot of people are expecting me to fail.

— Jessica Simpson

Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you'll always win! live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for…

— Jerry Garcia

My parents were not pushy or anything like that. I think my mom was still expecting me to be an astronaut, but…

— Berenice Bejo

Entrepreneurs may be brutally honest, but fostering relationships with partners and building enduring communities requires empathy, self-sacrifice and a willingness to help…

— Ben Parr

Most persons have but a very moderate capacity of happiness. Expecting...in marriage a far greater degree of happiness than they commonly find,…

— John Stuart Mill

If expecting something in return is your reason for giving, you are really not giving- you're swapping. If you receive something in…

— David Cottrell

For now I stand as one upon a rock environed with a wilderness of sea, who marks the waxing tide grow wave…

— William Shakespeare

A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting -…

— Anne Sweeney

I am no stranger to working hard. I have done it all my life. As a result I have become accustomed to…

— Donald Trump

One time we stayed at a B&B, and there were a couple of hippies who had this nice little area and they…

— Rhys Darby

To be enthusiastic about doing much with human nature is a foolish business indeed; and, throwing himself into his work as he…

— James Anthony Froude

Toads are conservative animals, I think, and not much given to expecting the best from fortune. Some weeks ago, well before the…

— Henry Mitchell

I think people were not expecting us [with Robert Ben Garant] to, they were just like, "Well here come the writers," but…

— Thomas Lennon

[On Hollywood:] I had gone there expecting to see parties that reflected the stock-in-trade of the movies - glamour. Instead, I found…

— Elsa Maxwell

Those words are from Lynda Barry's novel 'Cruddy.' I've carried them with me for some time. There's a lot in my life…

— Jack Dorsey

[Some] people really expect the passion of love to fill and gratify every need of life, whereas nature only intended that it…

— Willa Cather

Seva, love and sacrifice are the basic prerequisites for human development. If you agree with this precept, nurture good will towards all…

— Asaram

I think the excitement of movies is discovering stuff you weren't expecting, and I hope to preserve that.

— Joseph Kosinski

In the comics, Supergirl is quite, um, buxom...so I hope people won't come to the film expecting that.

— Helen Slater

Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.

— Haruki Murakami

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.

— Leonardo da Vinci

[My father] had spent his own short time like a priest in charge of a relic, forever expecting the blessed blood to…

— Mavis Gallant

A Friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them…

— Henry David Thoreau

Don't expect anyone to give you anything. If you really believe in something, then fight for it...

— Damon Dash

Expecting too much will lead you to disappointment obviously. Thats why they say expect the unexpected.

— Anonymous

Most things don't work out as expected, but what happens instead often turns out to be the good stuff.

— Judi Dench

The great test of faith is to wait on God. . . not expecting to push a button and get whatever we want now.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

I think people were expecting me to be that kind of glamorous sexpot. So they were always, Wow you're not what I…

— Mariska Hargitay

I learned a long time ago life just isn't fair, so you better stop expecting it to be.

— Dana Reeve

I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with.

— Mayer Hawthorne

When you ask it is given - but at some point you have to stop asking and start expecting.

— Esther Hicks

“I still look up sometimes when I cross the front of the house, expecting to see her.”

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expecting to give-which is everything.

— Ray Charles