Expectations Quotes

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One possible sign of low self-esteem is suppressing parts of yourself so you can fill someone else's expectations of what you should be. You try… — Robin Meade
The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our action. — Jean-Baptiste Andre Godin
In times of shrinking expectations,... everyone feels like a victim and pushes away outsiders to defend his own corner. — Oscar Handlin
When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have — Stephen Hawking
Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence. The mounting of this illusion defines the purpose and… — Lewis H. Lapham
Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance. — John C. Bogle
The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings, the past and the future are not as real, but rather more… — Alan Watts
He did not mean to depress us, rather to free us from expectations which inspire bitterness. It is consoling, when love has let us down,… — Alain de Botton
To be brave is to love unconditionally without expecting anything in return. — Madonna Ciccone
So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure. — Gavin DeGraw
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon. — Denis Waitley
Ah, but if you have no expectations, You can never have a disappointment. — Stephen Sondheim
Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence. It cannot be compared to anything else: it is so sharp, precise, obvious, and direct. If we… — Chogyam Trungpa
He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect than that of producing a… — Samuel Johnson
Our mission statement about treating people with respect and dignity is not just words but a creed we live by every day. You can't expect… — Howard Schultz
Setting customer expectations at a level that is aligned with consistently deliverable levels of customer service requires that your whole staff, from product development to… — Richard Branson
The first step in exceeding your customer's expectations is to know those expectations. — Roy H. Williams
It's my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out. — Pat Summitt
The principal value of a garden is not understood. It is not to give the possessors vegetables and fruit (that can be better and cheaper… — Charles Dudley Warner
That small circle of earth became a second home to both of us. Gardening boring? Never! It has surprise, tragedy, startling developments - a soap… — Paul Fleischman

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