Expectation Quotes

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I've always lived to seize the moment, to squeeze every drop of expectation out of myself for whatever that moment gives you. — Greg Norman
Have an attitude of positive expectation. — Germany Kent
My expectation would be that if we can begin discussions soon, shortly after the Iranian elections, we should have a fairly good sense by the… — Barack Obama
The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something… — Lyn Nofziger
Sweet pliability of man's spirit, that can at once surrender itself to illusions, which cheat expectation and sorrow of their weary moments! - long -… — Laurence Sterne
Men have their virtues and their vices, their heroisms and their perversities; men are neither wholly good nor wholly bad, but possess and practice all… — Napoleon Bonaparte
The Lord's appearing, His coming back, is a warning, an encouragement, and an incentive to us; we should love His appearing and look forward to… — Witness Lee
RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have been done by… — Ambrose Bierce
. . . it is worth discussing radical changes, not in the expectation that they will be adopted promptly but for two other reasons. One… — Milton Friedman
The word 'christian' means different things to different people. To one person it means a stiff, upright, inflexible way of life, colorless and unbending. To… — Eugene H. Peterson
To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise. — Oliver Goldsmith
Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment. — Robert Fripp
There is an expectation that we can talk about sins but no one must be identified as a sinner... — Teju Cole
Excitement about things became a habit, a part of my personality, and the expectation that I should enjoy new experiences often engendered the enjoyment itself. — Doris Kearns Goodwin
You can't control it once you turn it into the label, so there's the expectation that it'll leak a week before the album comes out.… — Lupe Fiasco
All the keys to joy can be reduced to these two. Laugh but at no one's expense and love but without expectation. — Pat McBride
Advent is a time of waiting, of expectation, of silence. Waiting for our Lord to be born. A pregnant woman is so happy, so content.… — Dorothy Day
When my mother left me waiting for her, [she] established in me the habit of waiting and expectation which makes any present moment most significant… — Marilynne Robinson
What is there so fearful as the expectation of evil tidings delayed? ... Misery is a more welcome visitant when she comes in her darkest… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Give me the old familiar walk, postoffice and all, with this ever new self, with this infinite expectation and faith, which does not know when… — Henry David Thoreau

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