Expectations Quotes

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We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting. — Samuel Johnson
No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library. — Samuel Johnson
I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic… — Shawn Johnson
I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal. — Norah Jones
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. — Michael Jordan
I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through that, because that's… — Mindy Kaling
I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many ways.… — Mindy Kaling
There's a difference between expectations and aspirations. — Alex Kapranos
I think that people have expectations of themselves and other people that are based on these fictions that are presented to them as the way… — Charlie Kaufman
John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She encouraged us to… — Caroline Kennedy
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. — Charles Kettering
People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like… — Rodney King
I don't bring expectations to any of my books. I don't tell people what to do. I want to invite them in. — Barbara Kingsolver
The joy of losing consists in this: Where there are no expectations, there is no disappointment. — Charles Krauthammer
I've already exceeded my expectations for myself. I'm one of the most influential people! I mean come on! I wanted to be... I never thought… — Ashton Kutcher
When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens. — Anne Lamott
I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments. — Michael Landon
The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. — Fran Lebowitz
I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine. — Bruce Lee
The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high… — Jack Levine

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