--- title: "9 Love Expectations Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Love Expectations quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Love Expectations sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/mark-galli-21107_discipleship_to-love-with-expectations-is-in-the-end_2562486.png" --- > [“To love with expectations is, in the end, an oppressive, driven thing, and people know it when they receive it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/to-love-with-expectations-is-in-the-end-an-oppressive-driven-thing/) [Mark Galli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-galli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/mark-galli-21107_discipleship_to-love-with-expectations-is-in-the-end_2562486.png) > [Love me with no expectations and I'll love you with no limitations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-me-with-no-expectations-and-i-ll-love-you-with-no-limitations/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/anonymous-1_being-in-love_love-me-with-no-expectations-and-i-ll-lo_2552140.jpg) > [Love one another without any expectations. Then, there is no need to go anywhere in search of heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mata-amritanandamayi/love-one-another-without-any-expectations-then-there-is-no-need-to-go/) [Mata Amritanandamayi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mata-amritanandamayi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/mata-amritanandamayi-1026_expectations_love-one-another-without-any-expectation_93231.png) > [Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/whenever-we-manage-to-love-without-expectations-calculations/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/rumi-56_expectations_whenever-we-manage-to-love-without-expec_874446.jpg) > [To love with expectations is, in the end, an oppressive, driven thing, and people know it when they receive it. To love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/to-love-with-expectations-is-in-the-end-an-oppressive-driven-thing-2/) [Mark Galli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-galli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/mark-galli-21107_driven_to-love-with-expectations-is-in-the-end_3102039.png) > [“It only hurts us to love when we do so with expectation. And that’s not really love, anyway. Love has no expectations,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-stabile/it-only-hurts-us-to-love-when-we-do-so-with-expectation-and-that-s/) [Scott Stabile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-stabile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/scott-stabile-1367_empowerment_it-only-hurts-us-to-love-when-we-do-so-w_2303632.jpg) > [It's about how whenever I fall in love, I have these expectations of the experience being a perfect dream, which, of course,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rufus-wainwright/it-s-about-how-whenever-i-fall-in-love-i-have-these-expectations-of/) [Rufus Wainwright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rufus-wainwright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/rufus-wainwright-2260_cab_it-s-about-how-whenever-i-fall-in-love-i_113863.png) > [“There is only one way to shift your consciousness from painful conditional attachments to peaceful unconditional love. You must create new love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iyanla-vanzant/there-is-only-one-way-to-shift-your-consciousness-from-painful/) [Iyanla Vanzant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iyanla-vanzant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/iyanla-vanzant-557_conditional-love_there-is-only-one-way-to-shift-your-cons_1017858.jpg) > [“As I learned how to change my perceptions of my marital partner, I saw that my happiness lay not in what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-grayson/as-i-learned-how-to-change-my-perceptions-of-my-marital-partner-i-saw/) [Henry Grayson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-grayson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dad/henry-grayson-64671_happiness_as-i-learned-how-to-change-my-perception_373206.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-expectations/#itemlist", "name": "Love Expectations Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To love with expectations is, in the end, an oppressive, driven thing, and people know it when they receive it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Galli" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/to-love-with-expectations-is-in-the-end-an-oppressive-driven-thing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/mark-galli-21107_discipleship_to-love-with-expectations-is-in-the-end_2562486.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/mark-galli-21107_discipleship_to-love-with-expectations-is-in-the-end_2562486.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/mark-galli-21107_discipleship_to-love-with-expectations-is-in-the-end_2562486.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To love with expectations is, in the end, an oppressive, driven thing, and people know it when they receive…” — Mark Galli", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love me with no expectations and I'll love you with no limitations.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-me-with-no-expectations-and-i-ll-love-you-with-no-limitations/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/anonymous-1_being-in-love_love-me-with-no-expectations-and-i-ll-lo_2552140.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/anonymous-1_being-in-love_love-me-with-no-expectations-and-i-ll-lo_2552140.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/anonymous-1_being-in-love_love-me-with-no-expectations-and-i-ll-lo_2552140.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love me with no expectations and I'll love you with no limitations.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love one another without any expectations. Then, there is no need to go anywhere in search of heaven.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mata Amritanandamayi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mata-amritanandamayi/love-one-another-without-any-expectations-then-there-is-no-need-to-go/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/mata-amritanandamayi-1026_expectations_love-one-another-without-any-expectation_93231.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/mata-amritanandamayi-1026_expectations_love-one-another-without-any-expectation_93231.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/mata-amritanandamayi-1026_expectations_love-one-another-without-any-expectation_93231.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love one another without any expectations. Then, there is no need to go anywhere in search of heaven.” — Mata Amritanandamayi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rumi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/whenever-we-manage-to-love-without-expectations-calculations/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/rumi-56_expectations_whenever-we-manage-to-love-without-expec_874446.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/rumi-56_expectations_whenever-we-manage-to-love-without-expec_874446.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/rumi-56_expectations_whenever-we-manage-to-love-without-expec_874446.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven.” — Rumi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To love with expectations is, in the end, an oppressive, driven thing, and people know it when they receive it. To love as God loves us--in freedom and with no strings attached--is a way to grant others a liberating gift.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Galli" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/to-love-with-expectations-is-in-the-end-an-oppressive-driven-thing-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/mark-galli-21107_driven_to-love-with-expectations-is-in-the-end_3102039.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/mark-galli-21107_driven_to-love-with-expectations-is-in-the-end_3102039.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/mark-galli-21107_driven_to-love-with-expectations-is-in-the-end_3102039.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To love with expectations is, in the end, an oppressive, driven thing, and people know it when they receive…” — Mark Galli", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It only hurts us to love when we do so with expectation. And that’s not really love, anyway. Love has no expectations, no qualifiers, no conditions. Love is pure, untouched by our mind’s demands, untainted by our desperation and fear. Love can only be beautiful. It can only be divine. No, love doesn’t hurt, not when it’s real. Love empowers. It strengthens. It reminds us who we really are and why we’re really here. Love, more than anything else in this entire world, heals us.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Scott Stabile" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-stabile/it-only-hurts-us-to-love-when-we-do-so-with-expectation-and-that-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/scott-stabile-1367_empowerment_it-only-hurts-us-to-love-when-we-do-so-w_2303632.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/scott-stabile-1367_empowerment_it-only-hurts-us-to-love-when-we-do-so-w_2303632.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/scott-stabile-1367_empowerment_it-only-hurts-us-to-love-when-we-do-so-w_2303632.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It only hurts us to love when we do so with expectation. And that’s not really love, anyway. Love has no…” — Scott Stabile", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's about how whenever I fall in love, I have these expectations of the experience being a perfect dream, which, of course, ruins it. I imagine cradling my lover's head in my lap in a cab in the middle of the night, and drinking champagne in an elegant hotel suite. But life's rarely like that, and I usually end up walking home by myself in the rain.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rufus Wainwright" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rufus-wainwright/it-s-about-how-whenever-i-fall-in-love-i-have-these-expectations-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/rufus-wainwright-2260_cab_it-s-about-how-whenever-i-fall-in-love-i_113863.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/rufus-wainwright-2260_cab_it-s-about-how-whenever-i-fall-in-love-i_113863.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/rufus-wainwright-2260_cab_it-s-about-how-whenever-i-fall-in-love-i_113863.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's about how whenever I fall in love, I have these expectations of the experience being a perfect dream…” — Rufus Wainwright", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There is only one way to shift your consciousness from painful conditional attachments to peaceful unconditional love. You must create new love expectations based on honour, respect & support. Honour what you feel by believing you can have what you want. Respect where you are in your life, understanding that when you are ready to move forward you will. Support yourself by refusing to accept less than you want. This is your foundation.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Iyanla Vanzant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iyanla-vanzant/there-is-only-one-way-to-shift-your-consciousness-from-painful/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/iyanla-vanzant-557_conditional-love_there-is-only-one-way-to-shift-your-cons_1017858.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/iyanla-vanzant-557_conditional-love_there-is-only-one-way-to-shift-your-cons_1017858.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/iyanla-vanzant-557_conditional-love_there-is-only-one-way-to-shift-your-cons_1017858.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is only one way to shift your consciousness from painful conditional attachments to peaceful…” — Iyanla Vanzant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As I learned how to change my perceptions of my marital partner, I saw that my happiness lay not in what I could get from her, but in my choosing more often to love her without expectations of what I might get back. I learned that when I was able to love her without strings attached, she often became more loving, sometimes with her love wrapped in very different-colored packages than I was asking for, yet these new colors were often richer than what I was requesting. I also learned that when I did not do this consistently, I would instantly create pain for myself and often for her. And of great importance, I came to understand her not so much as a separate objective reality, but often as a mirror of my own attitudes, thoughts, and perceptions.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Grayson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-grayson/as-i-learned-how-to-change-my-perceptions-of-my-marital-partner-i-saw/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dad/henry-grayson-64671_happiness_as-i-learned-how-to-change-my-perception_373206.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dad/henry-grayson-64671_happiness_as-i-learned-how-to-change-my-perception_373206.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dad/henry-grayson-64671_happiness_as-i-learned-how-to-change-my-perception_373206.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As I learned how to change my perceptions of my marital partner, I saw that my happiness lay not in what I…” — Henry Grayson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-expectations/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-expectations/", "name": "Love Expectations Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-expectations/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/mark-galli-21107_discipleship_to-love-with-expectations-is-in-the-end_2562486.png" }, "description": "Browse 9 Love Expectations quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Love Expectations sayings and thoughts.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-expectations/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-expectations/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Love Expectations Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-expectations/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```