Expectations Quotes

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I'd rather play here in this small bar and just do a good show. Because it's fun and there's no expectations, it's encouragement to be… — Bill Kreutzmann
A lot of times the expectations of you are so high that no matter what you do you are never going to be able to… — John Elway
You can never meet everyone's expectations. It's hard enough to meet your own. — Andrea Jaeger
Many years ago a very wise man named Bernard Baruch took me aside and put his arm around my shoulder. "Harpo my boy," he said,… — Harpo Marx
Unlike us, cats never outgrow their delight in cat capacities, nor do they settle finally for limitations. Cats, I think, live out their lives fulfilling… — Irving Townsend
You should never, ever, let anyone tell you you're not good enough. You have a choice whether to meet others expectations of you, or strive… — Jennie Runk
I built the solenoid and with great expectations late one evening I pressed the switch which sent a current of 40 amperes through the coil.… — Nicholas Kurti
Self-discipline is a form of freedom. Freedom from laziness and lethargy, freedom from the expectations and demands of others, freedom from weakness and fear-and doubt.… — Harvey Dorfman
[About Francis Baily] The history of the astronomy of the nineteenth century will be incomplete without a catalogue of his labours. He was one of… — Augustus De Morgan
Balance suggests a perfect equilibrium. There is no such thing. That is a false expectation.... There are going to be priorities and dimensions of your… — Denise Morrison
Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations. — Stephen Covey
I know not anything more pleasant, or more instructive, than to compare experience with expectation, or to register from time to time the difference between… — Samuel Johnson
The love and peace of higher consciousness flow from just being - and enjoying it all. Anything you do will not be enough unless you… — Ken Keyes Jr.
Although all of us desire happiness, few of us reach that goal because of the seemingly endless cycle of expectation and disappointment. — Tarthang Tulku
There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us… — Michael Cunningham
And if God has given you a lot of ability, I believe you should be held to a higher level of expectation. — Tony Dungy
I will not serve Allah like a laborer, in expectation of my wages. — Rabia Basri
Every successful business (1) creates or provides something of value that (2) other people want or need (3) at a price they're willing to pay,… — Josh Kaufman
We ourselves were well conversant with war, murder and everything evil, but all of us throughout the whole wide earth have traded in our weapons… — Justin Martyr
For we have built into all of us, old blueprints of expectation and response, old structures of oppression and these must be altered at the… — Audre Lorde

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