Expectations Quotes

1983 quotes by 1389 authors

She thought about how it was so simple with animals. They gave their hearts without question or fear. They had no expectations. They were so… — Elizabeth George
It isn't expectations that carry us forward, it's our desire to go on. — Paulo Coelho
The look of disbelief that ran across the boy's face was somehow more disturbing than the despair it had replaced. This creature had given up… — Brandon Sanderson
An expectation was there, mixed in with so many other emotions - excitement, resignation, hesitation, confusion, fear - that would well up then wither on… — Haruki Murakami
A person of â€œgood characterâ€ was one who acted in accordance with the expectations of his community — Sheena Iyengar
Real people had real agendas, real demands, real expectations about how other people should behave. — Nicholas Sparks
Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isnâ€™t you - all of the expectations, all of… — Rachel Naomi Remen
It's just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.' 'Right, it's primarily his hotness,' I said. 'It can be sort of… — John Green
Truth is always stranger than fiction. We craft fiction to match our sense of how things ought to be, but truth cannot be crafted. Truth… — Dean Koontz
I wasn't disappointed. My expectations had been met. — John Green
He was swimming in a sea of other peopleâ€™s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that. — Robert Jordan
Expectations should not always be taken as reality; because you never know when you will be disappointed. — Samuel P. Huntington
Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack. — Brandon Sanderson
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return. — John Ortberg
You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your perception...you see what is, where most people see what they expect. — Tsitsi Dangarembga
It seems almost oxymoronic to believe that this new idealism has led to a new pessimism about marriage, but that is exactly what has happened.… — Timothy Keller
Expectations are dangerous when they are both too high and unformed. — Lionel Shriver
Here is the vicious circle: if you feel separate from your organic life, you feel driven to survive; survival -going on living- thus becomes a… — Alan Watts
People underestimate the importance of dilligence as a virtue. No doubt it has something to do with how supremely mundane it seems. It is defined… — Atul Gawande
I am not dangerous. Only the stories are dangerous. Only the fictions we create, especially when they become expectations. — David Levithan

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