Expecting Quotes

683 quotes by 567 authors

Look for opportunities to help someone else, but don't give expecting something in return. Give knowing that if we give we receive. — David
Doing your best is taking the action because you love it, not because you're expecting a reward. Most people do the exact opposite: They only… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
In our own lives, having a mind-set of expecting to win increases our odds of winning. It helps us get better results. And better results… — Stephen Covey
Self-giving means that we have to understand the nature of giving. When most people give, they give expecting a return on their investment. — Frederick Lenz
Winston Churchill is always expecting rabbits to come out of an empty hat. — Evelyn Waugh
To be enthusiastic about doing much with human nature is a foolish business indeed; and, throwing himself into his work as he was doing, and… — James Anthony Froude
The idea is to keep reinventing yourself. Once you attain a certain status as an actor, your fans start expecting from you and you should… — Arjun Rampal
Comedy is harder than drama, because with comedy you're expecting a result..you make them laugh. [If] they ain't laughing then you're screwed. — Billy Bob Thornton
I believe in books that do not go to a ready-made public. I'm looking for readers I would like to make. To win them, to… — Carlos Fuentes
Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads… — Carlos Ghosn
But now it's kind of a given that a 15-year-old would have a record deal and sell a quarter of a million records. No one's… — Amy Grant
But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it's always when you're least expecting it. — Bear Grylls
My grandmother spoiled my father rotten, and he grew up expecting women to do whatever he wanted. When he married my beautiful mother, Elsa, he… — Joan Collins
I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book. — Macaulay Culkin
I will prove that a great conducting career is expecting me. — Placido Domingo
But considering that I walked in expecting no complexity at all, let alone the visual wonderments, 'Snow White and the Huntsman' is a considerable experience. — Roger Ebert
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. — Albert Einstein
I don't concern myself with thinking ahead to the finished product. I focus more specifically on what the character is experiencing. Once you relieve yourself… — Jesse Eisenberg
Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission. — Lion Feuchtwanger
Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else. — Conrad Hall

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