Expecting Quotes

683 quotes by 567 authors

His love for her was a gift he gave her daily, expecting nothing in return. He walked at her side, his love for her a… — Margaret Weis
Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life… — Lewis Carroll
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get â€” only what you are expecting to give â€” which is everything. What… — Katharine Hepburn
But the reason I call myself by my childhood name is to remind myself that a scientist must also be absolutely like a child. If… — Douglas Adams
Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you'll always win! live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future! Somebody… — Jerry Garcia
The first building she reached appeared to be an old barn. Only one young guard stood before its bolted door, staring at her with wide… — Shannon Hale
Faith is like stepping off a cliff and expecting one of two outcomes- you will either land on solid ground or you will be taught… — Hillary Clinton
Most persons have but a very moderate capacity of happiness. Expecting...in marriage a far greater degree of happiness than they commonly find, and knowing not… — John Stuart Mill
She looked at me. "What? Is there something wrong with my idea?" "It's not very heroic," I said dismissively. "I was expecting something with a… — Patrick Rothfuss
His blue-black hair fell over his face when he moved, like tiny arrows pointing to pronounced cheeckbones. "Starting to think you were going to bail… — Melissa Marr
A Friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. — Henry David Thoreau
If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it. — H.G. Wells
To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall… — Madonna Ciccone
Keep growing quietly and seriously throughout your whole development; you cannot disturb it more rudely than by looking outward and expecting from outside replies to… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Hold on to that new, enlarge vision of victory that God has given you. Start expecting things to change in your favor. Dare to boldly… — Joel Osteen
The reward is in doing, but doing without expecting anything...doing unselfishly. — Brian Weiss
Statues are too much like dolls, and dolls are creepy. You keep expecting them to blink. And the ones that smile, like this?" Eve kept… — Nora Roberts
There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her. — Saadi
What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were. — Wendelin Van Draanen
We tend to think, 'Life should be fair because God is fair.' But God is not life. And if I confuse God with the physical… — Philip Yancey

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