Expectations Quotes

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We soon get through with nature. She excites an expectation which she cannot satisfy. — Henry David Thoreau
I learned what every dreaming child needs to know, that no horizon is so far you cannot get above it or beyond it. — Beryl Markham
When fortune surprises us by giving us some great office without having gradually led us to expect it, or without having raised our hopes, it… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Man can be stimulated by hope or driven by fear, but the hope and the fear must be vivid and immediate if they are to… — Bertrand Russell
Unto him who is able to keep us from falling, and lift us from the dark to the bright mountain of hope, from the midnight… — Martin Luther
The best part of our lives we pass in counting on what is to come. — William Hazlitt
Avarice often produces opposite results: there are an infinite number of persons who sacrifice their property to doubtful and distant expectations; others mistake great future… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Hope is the adrenalin of the soul. — Amy Tan
Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement. — William Penn
Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his banker. — Charles Caleb Colton
We dread life's termination as the close, not of enjoyment, but of hope. — William Hazlitt
A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams; a shadow annihilates them. — George Eliot
The old happiness is unreturning. Boy's griefs are not so grievous as youth's yearning. Boys have no sadness sadder than our hope. — Wilfred Owen
The expectation that every neurotic phenomenon can be cured may, I suspect, be derived from the layman's belief that the neuroses are something quite unnecessary… — Sigmund Freud
To listen is to continually give up all expectation and to give our attention, completely and freshly, to what is before us, not really knowing… — Mark Nepo
So, the next time you're out working on your game and they pass you the rock, don't just take it to the hole. Take it… — Michael Jordan
Life is largely a matter of expectation. — Horace
When your love is pure or spiritual, there is no demand, no expectation. There is only the sweetest feeling of spontaneous oneness with the human… — Sri Chinmoy
Like strength is felt from hope, and from despair. — Homer
We don't always know what makes us happy. We know, instead, what we think SHOULD. We are baffled and confused when our attempts at happiness… — Julia Cameron

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