Expectations Quotes

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Without an expectation of success, one is rarely successful. — Deanna Raybourn
It was only after two years' work that it occurred to me that I was a writer. I had no particular expectation that the novel… — Don DeLillo
One of the most important of lifeÂ´s lessons is to learn independance, to understand freedom. This means independence from attachments, from results, from opinions, and… — Brian Weiss
What is trust, sidhe-seer, but expectation that another will behave in a certain fashion, consistent with prior actions? — Karen Marie Moning
...I don't have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine. — Francis Chan
If you expect nothing, you can never be disappointed. Apart from a few starry-eyed poets or monks living on a mountaintop somewhere, however, we all… — Tonya Hurley
Most of the time when I have met artists who have meant a lot to me, the experience has been well above expectation. People like… — Henry Rollins
Everything comes if a man will only wait. — Benjamin Disraeli
Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. — Amy Tan
I'm afraid to live any place but in expectation. I'm no life-risk. — Leonard Cohen
We weren't allowing our hopes to become expectations. Expectations are tempting, pleasant, maybe necessary. They are scary too, once you have had some experience. They… — Wendell Berry
So those who wished for some central cosmic purpose for us, or at least our world, or at least our solar system, or at least… — Carl Sagan
Perfect love casts out fear. Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that you make me… — Anthony de Mello
..that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself — Jane Austen
No marshmallows. "I don't believe this! I'm going to write the president of General Mills! Don't they have any quality control?" "I'm sure it's just… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
You who are in power have only the means that money produces â€” we who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts. — Alexandre Dumas
I mean, what if love isn't a yes-or-no question? It's not either you're in love or you're not. I mean, aren't there different levels? And… — David Levithan
A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other will do the… — Nicholas Sparks
I feel strangely free at such times. To behave properly is to be always courteous, always clever, and subtle and elegant. But now, when I… — Kij Johnson
Everyone is deceived in his hopes, cheated in his expectations. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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