Expect Quotes

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People who expect deference resent mere civility. — Mason Cooley
We seldom call anybody lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some service. — Bernard de Mandeville
Some people expect the door of opportunity to be opened with an electric eye. — Howard G. Hendricks
Be light-hearted, light-footed. Be of light step. Don't carry religion like a burden. And don't expect religion to be a teaching; it is not. It… — Rajneesh
It is very natural for young men to be vehement, acrimonious and severe. For as they seldom comprehend at once all the consequences of a… — Samuel Johnson
Whatever men expect, they soon come to think they have a right to; the sense of disappointment can, with very little skill on our part,… — C.S. Lewis
Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow. — Solomon Ibn Gabirol
I cannot expect even my own art to provide all of the answers, only to hope it keeps asking the right questions. — Grace Hartigan
I expect some new phases of life this summer, and shall try to get the honey from each moment. — Lucy Stone
We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government. — William Howard Taft
There is nothing that Nature has made necessary which is more easy than death; we are longer a-coming into the world than going out of… — Seneca the Younger
We deceive ourselves when giving respect to the person for whom we have surrendered ourselves, when we respectively expect them to be as we would… — Friedrich Nietzsche
No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: 'But what would you replace it with?' When… — Thomas Sowell
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim tribute to… — George Washington
People who create things nowadays can expect to be prosecuted by highly moralistic people who are incapable of creating anything. There is no way to… — Joseph Sobran
I expect to see trade wars, foreign policy disasters, a few race riots, a decrease in personal liberty, higher taxes, higher inflation and probably, economic… — Charley Reese
To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour, is to expect… — Samuel Johnson
I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes… — Abraham Lincoln
Just where death is expecting you is something we cannot know; so, for your part, expect him everywhere. — Seneca the Younger
We find what we expect to find, and we receive what we ask for. — Elbert Hubbard

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