Expectations Quotes

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We have no honorable intentions in Vietnam. Our minimal expectation is to occupy it as an American colony and maintain social stability for our investments.… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I think there is also a certain degree of expectation that's set up by trailers, where even if you know what's going to happen in… — Duncan Jones
I'm Jewish, but my mom's Catholic, so the guilt area is covered. I have the highest expectations, along with the lowest. I tried to put… — Ben Stiller
There are just so many options that people have. But as a writer, you'll drive yourself crazy, if you worry about that too much. People… — Carlton Cuse
Expectations are an evil thing. — Skylar Grey
We strive to teach our children the importance of being caring and compassionate to others. This outpouring of emotion and effort by our children was… — Jeff B. Davis
The threshold is the place of expectation. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To extend our memories by monuments, whose death we daily pray for, and whose duration we cannot hope, without injury to our expectations in the… — Thomas Browne
Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of expectation. Performance is ever duller for his act; and, but in the… — William Shakespeare
prospect, n. An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden. — Ambrose Bierce
When the only bond between close friends is attachment, then even a minor issue may cause one's projections to change. As soon as our projections… — Dalai Lama
When you have the worst disaster in American history, you've got to be attuned to expectations,. — Charles Krauthammer
In the firm expectation that when London shall be a habitation of bitterns, when St. Paul and Westminster Abbey shall stand shapeless and nameless ruins… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
When creativity has become your habit; when you've learned to manage time, resources, expectations, and the demands of others; when you understand the value and… — Twyla Tharp
If you have the expectation that I have to be a certain way, then I feel the obligation to be that way. The truth is… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
In the track of fear we have so many conditions, expectations, and obligations that we create a lot of rules just to protect ourselves... when… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward... — Ramakrishna
Some people have an unrealistic expectation when it comes to getting published; the fact is most publishers will turn down your work which is why… — Judith Guest
From a slight, undetermined drawing, where the ideas of the composition and character are just touched upon, the imagination supplies more than the painter himself,… — Joshua Reynolds
Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of… — Alain de Botton

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