Expectation Quotes

778 Expectation quotes by 556 unique authors

Any kind of expectation creates a problem. We should accept, but not expect. Whatever comes, accept it. Whatever goes, accept it. The immediate benefit is… — Swami Satchidananda
If attachment is the conditioning factor, then non-attachment will become the unconditioning factor. If expectation leads you in misery, then non-expectation will lead you into… — Rajneesh
No, it's not fair, but what makes Earth feel like Hell is our expectation that it should feel like Heaven. Earth is earth. Dead is… — Chuck Palahniuk
Abundance comes from within it comes from thought , intention, attention and expectation — Deepak Chopra
I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but… — Dalai Lama
Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life. — Henri Nouwen
When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result. — Byron Katie
You can Light Up the Whole World by Giving without any Expectation Back. — Wayne Dyer
If you accept full responsibility for yourself, you will be released forever from expectation, resentment, blame and guilt. — Leonard Jacobson
Excellence isn’t about meeting the spec, it’s about setting the spec. It defines what the consumer sees as quality right this minute, and tomorrow, if… — Seth Godin
About belief or lack of belief in an afterlife: Some of you may know that I am neither Christian nor Jewish nor Buddist, nor a… — Kurt Vonnegut
I think that one must approach the Logos Savior, not induced by the fear of punishment and not in the expectation of some kind of… — Clement of Alexandria
The fourth (of the four cardinal virtues) is supportiveness: this manifests as service to others without expectation of reward. (Paraphrased: Such service is not a… — Laozi
I started SpaceX with the expectation of failure. — Elon Musk
Work ethic must exceed the expectation level. — Tom Coughlin
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

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