Expectation Quotes

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You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation. — Bette Davis
You know what talent is? The curse of expectation. As a kid you have to deal with that, beat it somehow. If you can write,… — Stephen King
Everyone knew that if you divided reality by expectation, you got a happiness quotient. But when you invert the equation - expectation divided by reality… — Jodi Picoult
Is there a particular reason you keep biting vampires?" Will touched the dried blood on his wrists, and smiled. "They don't expect it." "Of course… — Cassandra Clare
I had no hope. Yet expectation lived on in me, the last thing she had left behind. What further consummations, mockeries, torments did I still… — Stanislaw Lem
Did you dream of me?" he asked. "Yes," she admitted grudgingly. She had. She'd dreamed of his hands caressing her, of his mouth devouring her.… — Gena Showalter
What interferes with this peaceful feeling is our expectation of reciprocity. — Richard Carlson
It isn't expectations that carry us forward, it's our desire to go on. — Paulo Coelho
The look of disbelief that ran across the boy's face was somehow more disturbing than the despair it had replaced. This creature had given up… — Brandon Sanderson
An expectation was there, mixed in with so many other emotions - excitement, resignation, hesitation, confusion, fear - that would well up then wither on… — Haruki Murakami
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return. — John Ortberg
People underestimate the importance of dilligence as a virtue. No doubt it has something to do with how supremely mundane it seems. It is defined… — Atul Gawande
I thought about the bigger picture of my life, and about the peopleâ€”and particularly the guysâ€”I would encounter during my lifetime. How would I ever… — Rachel Cohn
Living without expectations is hard but, when you can do it, good. Living without hope is harder, and that is bad. You have got to… — Wendell Berry
Peace begins When expectation ends. — Sri Chinmoy
How would I ever know when that moment was right, when expectation met anticipation and formed...connection? — Rachel Cohn
I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. I will never define myself in terms of anyone… — David Levithan
She was too muchâ€”for Zenith, Ohio. Sheâ€™d tried at times to make herself smaller, to fit neatly into the ordered lines of expectation. But somehow,… — Libba Bray
If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting. — Idries Shah
Breath by breath, let go of fear, expectation, anger, regret, cravings, frustration, fatigue. Let go of the need for approval. Let go of old judgments… — Surya Das

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