Expectation Quotes

778 Expectation quotes by 556 unique authors

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. — Theodore Isaac Rubin
Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses. — Rosalind Russell
I think our people in Britain have a normative expectation of ethical conduct. — Jonathan Sacks
I think it's difficult to be No. 1. 'There's too much attention, too much expectation from other people. — Marat Safin
While a large segment of the art world has obsessed over a tiny number of stars and their prices, an aesthetic shift has been occurring.… — Jerry Saltz
The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity. — Dan Savage
The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous. — Dan Savage
Writing an acceptance speech gives you the expectation of winning, and you are therefore devastated or hurt if you didn't win. — William Shatner
I don't have high expectations anymore. Maybe they've just been beaten out of me. — Elisabeth Shue
A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children; we shed our houses in… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn. — Henry David Thoreau
People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true happiness by looking toward the future. — Eckhart Tolle
I learnt early to have little expectation so I protected myself from ever feeling greatly disappointed. — Natalia Vodianova
We never live; we are always in the expectation of living. — Voltaire
High expectations are the key to everything. — Sam Walton
The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different. — Charles Dudley Warner
I do worry about the expectation to look a certain way. — Emma Watson
The more people have, the less content they seem to be. In America, the cultural expectation that we're to be happy all the time and… — Andrew Weil
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. — Zig Ziglar
Can you join, ask sincerely for affection without sweaty hand of expectation, understanding and accepting if it never is given? — Viggo Mortensen
I see that the life of this place is always emerging beyond expectation or prediction or typicality, that it is unique, given to the world… — Wendell Berry
Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead. — Kurt Vonnegut
Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses. — Norman Vincent Peale
And how could we endure to live and let time pass if we were always crying for one day or one year to come back--if… — C.S. Lewis
I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine. — Frederick Salomon Perls

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