Expectations Quotes
1983 quotes by 1328 authors
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Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.
— Norman Vincent Peale
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And how could we endure to live and let time pass if we were always crying for one day or one year to come back--if…
— C.S. Lewis
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I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.
— Frederick Salomon Perls
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No one rises to low expectations
— Les Brown
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Years later he'd stood in the charred ruins of a library where blackened books lay in pools of water. Shelves tipped over. Some rage at…
— Cormac McCarthy
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There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails,…
— Jane Austen
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Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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If trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it.
— Cormac McCarthy
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It is not easy to convey a sense of wonder, let alone resurrection wonder, to another. It’s the very nature of wonder to catch us…
— Eugene H. Peterson
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You are actually pre-paving your future experiences constantly. ... You are continually projecting your expectations into your future experiences.
— Esther Hicks
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The heart will turn to a prune if love is always by the numbers. How will you know if someone really loves you if they…
— Robert Fulghum
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Globalization has enriched the planet beyond belief, leading to ever-increased demands of perfection. And thanks to 24/7 communications, we all instantaneously know when these expectations…
— Victor Davis Hanson
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Put your expectations on God, not on people.
— Joyce Meyer
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If you expect nothing from anybody, you’re never disappointed.
— Sylvia Plath
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Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.
— Paulo Coelho
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Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured…
— Leo Buscaglia
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Art is the concrete artifact of faith and expectation, the realization of a world that would otherwise be little more than a veil of pointless…
— Stephen King
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The imagination, backed by great expectations, can bring about almost any reality within the range of probalities.
— Jane Roberts
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When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.
— Patricia Briggs
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And I think now that fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. But somehow, when you lose something you love, faith takes over.…
— Amy Tan
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