Expectations Quotes

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The more people have, the less content they seem to be. In America, the cultural expectation that we're to be happy all the time and… — Andrew Weil
You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second. — Florence Welch
Children that have been petted and waited upon, always expect it; and if their expectations are not met, they are disappointed and discouraged. This same… — Ellen G. White
You can't base your life on other people's expectations. — Stevie Wonder
Luckily, unreasonable expectations go hand in hand with naive young scientists. The more naive the better - otherwise we would never have the audacity to… — Daniel H. Wilson
You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine. — Flip Wilson
High expectations weren't nurtured in my neck of nowhere back then - children weren't fawned over from an early age as 'gifted' and groomed for… — James Wolcott
Once you feel like you're being dictated by other people's expectations, it usually backfires. — Rob Zombie
I'm a textbook definition of that perfectionist girl who has huge expectations of herself. — Rachel Zoe
'Great Expectations' has been described as 'Dickens's harshest indictment of society.' Which it is. After all, it's about money. About not having enough money; about… — Felix Dennis
She felt detached from her family, and thought it strange how they had lavished so much attention on her, as a child, and then at… — John Irving
People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Can you join, ask sincerely for affection without sweaty hand of expectation, understanding and accepting if it never is given? — Viggo Mortensen
The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other peopleâ€™s expectations. — Julia Cameron
Keep your expectations tiny you'll go through life not so whiney. — Matt Groening
There is just this for consolation: an hour here or there, when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give… — Michael Cunningham
I see that the life of this place is always emerging beyond expectation or prediction or typicality, that it is unique, given to the world… — Wendell Berry
Learning to let go of expectations is a ticket to peace. It allows us to ride over every crisisâ€”small or large, brother-in-law or end-of-quarter office… — Martha Beck
It goes a long way back, some twenty years. All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to… — Ralph Ellison
Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead. — Kurt Vonnegut

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