Expectations Quotes

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When I first began doing TV pilots, my expectations were high. I didn't understand that world. So when 'Weeds' took off, I was so happy.… — Kevin Nealon
We tend to live up to our expectations. — Earl Nightingale
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man. — Friedrich Nietzsche
People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations. — Earl Nightingale
The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something… — Lyn Nofziger
When we have nothing to cling to as our own and cease thinking of ourselves as people who must defend privileges, we can open ourselves… — Henri Nouwen
If you align expectations with reality, you will never be disappointed. — Terrell Owens
I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next thing so that I'm not trying to please… — Chuck Palahniuk
I'd love to do well on a big weekend with people watching and cheering, of course. But it's not fair to create an expectation level… — Danica Patrick
I spent an awful lot of my life underestimating myself and, as a result, not exceeding my own expectations. — Jane Pauley
If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal. — Norman Vincent Peale
It's the weight of expectation that's the hardest to deal with, really, from my point of view. — Kevin Pietersen
Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest. — Alexander Pope
It's a reality that in this business there's an expectation of being thin. But having a baby is a reality too, and it's more important… — Emily Procter
Everyone has expectations. You just don't want to have them dashed, so you're quiet about them. — Josh Radnor
To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so… — Ramakrishna
Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations. — Paul Rand
When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment. — Ryan Reynolds
I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you… — Ann Richards

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