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title: "8 Told Expect Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [Eventually, I told myself not to expect anything from him, and as a result it has gotten easier for me to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/eventually-i-told-myself-not-to-expect-anything-from-him-and-as-a/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a48/jodi-picoult-45_easier_eventually-i-told-myself-not-to-expect-a_621547.jpg)

> [My coach told me I had to expect, you know, some long rallies and stuff. So, you know, I was ready for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-mauresmo/my-coach-told-me-i-had-to-expect-you-know-some-long-rallies-and-stuff/)

[Amelie Mauresmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-mauresmo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9a/amelie-mauresmo-24699_coaches_my-coach-told-me-i-had-to-expect-you-kno_908551.png)

> [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)

> [Growing up, I was told to expect the bare minimum - that I wasn't going to make anything of myself. I listened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darby-allin/growing-up-i-was-told-to-expect-the-bare-minimum-that-i-wasn-t-going/)

[Darby Allin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darby-allin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/darby-allin-6842_dying-inside_growing-up-i-was-told-to-expect-the-bare_1464685.jpg)

> [“You might be looking forward to working, falling in love, marrying, raising a family. You are told that you should expect to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tan/you-might-be-looking-forward-to-working-falling-in-love-marrying/)

[Adrian Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/adrian-tan-33122_falling-in-love_you-might-be-looking-forward-to-working_2133898.jpg)

> [If they tell u in life to expect the unexpected. This makes the unexpected expected, which means they told u to expect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/if-they-tell-u-in-life-to-expect-the-unexpected-this-makes-the/)

[Melchor Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melchor-lim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/melchor-lim-61_disappointment_if-they-tell-u-in-life-to-expect-the-une_2481036.jpg)

> [Look at what's in front of you, not what you've been told or what you expect or what you want to see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-bugliosi/look-at-what-s-in-front-of-you-not-what-you-ve-been-told-or-what-you/)

[Vincent Bugliosi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-bugliosi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b11/vincent-bugliosi-8709_expect_look-at-what-s-in-front-of-you-not-what_2628015.jpg)

> [You told me not to expect and then you became my world...you loved being that and now you are asking me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushbu/you-told-me-not-to-expect-and-then-you-became-my-world-you-loved/)

[Khushbu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushbu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/khushbu-253707_change_you-told-me-not-to-expect-and-then-you-b_3216776.jpg)

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