--- title: "12 Life Expecting Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Life Expecting quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Life Expecting sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/anonymous-1_expectations_don-t-live-life-expecting-anything-inste_2535628.jpg" --- > [Don't live life expecting anything; instead, give life expectations and meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/don-t-live-life-expecting-anything-instead-give-life-expectations-and/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/anonymous-1_expectations_don-t-live-life-expecting-anything-inste_2535628.jpg) > [Expecting & Accepting are 2 sides of life, where Expecting ends in Tears... Accepting makes you Cheers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/expecting-accepting-are-2-sides-of-life-where-expecting-ends-in-tears/) [Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/nishan-panwar-14_cute-friendship_expecting-accepting-are-2-sides-of-life_1878947.jpg) > [You can't be going through life expecting everything. You gotta have discipline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cam-ron/you-can-t-be-going-through-life-expecting-everything-you-gotta-have/) [Cam'ron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cam-ron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/cam-ron-5341_discipline_you-can-t-be-going-through-life-expectin_1419571.png) > [Live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/live-life-expecting-the-worst-hoping-for-the-best-and-living-for-the/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/jerry-garcia-2346_expecting_live-life-expecting-the-worst-hoping-for_2878767.jpg) > [“Since I will never know what the future holds, I choose to live my life expecting great things”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meena-sarine/since-i-will-never-know-what-the-future-holds-i-choose-to-live-my/) [Meena Sarine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meena-sarine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e7/meena-sarine-88213_attitude_since-i-will-never-know-what-the-future_413079.jpg) > [I live life expecting the worst news on my best day. Train yourself to think that way & nothing could surprise or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-live-life-expecting-the-worst-news-on-my-best-day-train-yourself-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ec/anonymous-1_best-day_i-live-life-expecting-the-worst-news-on_2975674.jpg) > [“I didn't say anything. But I could have pointed out that most life-changing says happen without your expecting them. I have spent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-didn-t-say-anything-but-i-could-have-pointed-out-that-most-life/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/805/nick-hornby-325_life_i-didn-t-say-anything-but-i-could-have-p_964907.png) > [Life's not about expecting, hoping and wishing. It's about doing, being and becoming. It's about t Learn from the mistakes of others.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-roosevelt/life-s-not-about-expecting-hoping-and-wishing-it-s-about-doing-being/) [Eleanor Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/eleanor-roosevelt-381_becoming_life-s-not-about-expecting-hoping-and-wi_714889.jpg) > [“I think you spend your life expecting to be disappointed, so when someone hurts you just a tiny bit, you can say:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liza-conrad/i-think-you-spend-your-life-expecting-to-be-disappointed-so-when/) [Liza Conrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liza-conrad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/960/liza-conrad-257326_life_i-think-you-spend-your-life-expecting-to_1687976.jpg) > [Facts of life : Expecting from the world to be good to you because you are good to them..is just ike expecting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldyna-threesya/facts-of-life-expecting-from-the-world-to-be-good-to-you-because-you/) [Aldyna Threesya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldyna-threesya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/aldyna-threesya-1616_facts-of-life_facts-of-life-expecting-from-the-world-t_3062726.jpg) > [My father told me once not to expect anything from anybody so I wouldn't be disappointed. If somebody was nice and did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-apfel/my-father-told-me-once-not-to-expect-anything-from-anybody-so-i/) [Iris Apfel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-apfel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/439/iris-apfel-2319_advice_my-father-told-me-once-not-to-expect-any_1331697.jpg) > [“Both used the typical argument—they had nothing more to expect from life. In both cases it was a question of getting them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-e-frankl/both-used-the-typical-argument-they-had-nothing-more-to-expect-from/) [Viktor E. Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-e-frankl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcb/viktor-e-frankl-668_children_both-used-the-typical-argument-they-had_2733842.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-expecting/#itemlist", "name": "Life Expecting Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't live life expecting anything; instead, give life expectations and meaning.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/don-t-live-life-expecting-anything-instead-give-life-expectations-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/anonymous-1_expectations_don-t-live-life-expecting-anything-inste_2535628.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/anonymous-1_expectations_don-t-live-life-expecting-anything-inste_2535628.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/anonymous-1_expectations_don-t-live-life-expecting-anything-inste_2535628.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Don't live life expecting anything; instead, give life expectations and meaning.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Expecting & Accepting are 2 sides of life, where Expecting ends in Tears... 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