Expectations Quotes

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So top grade's O for 'Outstanding,'" Hermione was saying, "and then there's A-" "No, E," George corrected her, "E for 'Exceeds Expectations.' And I've always… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you… — Jodi Picoult
Value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing. — Barbara Kingsolver
Like love, the light or guidance of truth that influences us exists only in living form, not in principles or rules or expectations or advice,… — Alan Watts
Jane: Mr. Rochester, if ever I did a good deed in my life-if ever I thought a good thought-if ever I prayed a sincere and… — Charlotte Bronte
He returns years later, has no demands. He wants only one, most precious thing: To see, purely and simply, without name, Without expectations, fears, or… — Czeslaw Milosz
The miserable have no other medicine But only hope. — William Shakespeare
The measure of happiness is merely the difference between expectations and outcomes. It is not concerned with what one possesses â€“ it is concerned with… — Cecilia Dart-Thornton
...the basic stuff of the universe, at its core, is looking like a kind of pure energy that is malleable to human intention and expectation… — James Redfield
My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus. — Stephen Hawking
It is a foolish woman who expects her husband to be to her that which only Jesus Christ Himself can be: always ready to forgive,… — Ruth Graham
My young sisters, we have such hope for you. We have such great expectations for you. Don't settle for less than what the Lord wants… — Ezra Taft Benson
Everything. I have done everything you wanted...You asked that the child be taken. I took him. You cowered before me. I was frightening...I have reordered… — A.C.H. Smith
You're not going to be different ... you're going to be the same as you've always been; with doubts, everlasting dissatisfaction with yourself, vain efforts… — Leo Tolstoy
Accept the children the way we accept treesâ€”with gratitude, because they are a blessingâ€”but do not have expectations or desires. You donâ€™t expect trees to… — Isabel Allende
Girls have all the same parts, basically, and so much of how they look depends on the attitude, expectations, and obsessions of those who are… — Frank Portman
He who has never hoped can never despair — George Bernard Shaw
Most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction always forced us… — Azar Nafisi
We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got… — C.S. Lewis
If there's one thing I learned from Rodrick, it's to set people's expectations real low so you end up surprising them by practically doing nothing… — Jeff Kinney

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