Expectation Quotes

778 Expectation quotes by 556 unique authors

I know not anything more pleasant, or more instructive, than to compare experience with expectation, or to register from time to time the difference between… — Samuel Johnson
Although all of us desire happiness, few of us reach that goal because of the seemingly endless cycle of expectation and disappointment. — Tarthang Tulku
And if God has given you a lot of ability, I believe you should be held to a higher level of expectation. — Tony Dungy
I will not serve Allah like a laborer, in expectation of my wages. — Rabia Basri
We ourselves were well conversant with war, murder and everything evil, but all of us throughout the whole wide earth have traded in our weapons… — Justin Martyr
For we have built into all of us, old blueprints of expectation and response, old structures of oppression and these must be altered at the… — Audre Lorde
It strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that man can always solve his problems ... This is… — Kurt Vonnegut
Beware of clichés. Not just the clichés that Martin Amis is at war with. There are clichés of response as well as expression. There are… — Geoff Dyer
For every sacrifice, there is an expectation of reward. — Wes Fesler
A real friend is someone who does n0t give you expectation about delivering on some kind of peer group pressure. — Tony Orlando
Government, on their part, are much disposed to favor the establishment of these large companies, and to give them privileges to the detriment of their… — Antoine Destutt de Tracy
Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait… — Katharine Hepburn
The tendency of those committed to the theory of catastrophic man-made global warming to unquestioningly adopt the assumptions, at every stage, that maximise the expectation… — Peter Lilley
Give me the old familiar world, post-office and all, with this ever new self, with this infinite expectation and faith, which does not know when… — Henry David Thoreau
A realistic expectation also demands our acceptance that one's allotted time on earth must be limited to an allowance consistent with the continuity of our… — Sherwin B. Nuland
By multiplying the means of gratification, by promoting the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of human avarice and enterprise, it… — Alexander Hamilton
I had no expectation about getting a nomination, but I was watching nonetheless. My wife and my son got really excited. I was sort of… — Tobey Maguire
I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat, — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The mathematical expectation of the speculator is zero. — Louis Bachelier
I do a lot with characters' sense of identity. I also like challenging stereotypes, gender roles, things like that. Give me a stereotype or a… — Lynn Flewelling
A desert is a place without expectation. — Nadine Gordimer
Give away your love, freely and without expectation. Give it away, and soon your life will be filled with love, and you will have set… — John Robbins
Frustration is out of expectation; expectation is our projection. All kinds of love frustrate unless love is based in meditation. — Rajneesh
Any expectation, even the expectation of peace, brings restlessness. The tension has to go. As soon as this happens a divine peace sets in. — Rajneesh
Remember, frustration is out of expectation, and ego is always expecting. The ego is a beggar. — Rajneesh

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