Expecting Quotes

683 quotes by 567 authors

When we can do nothing else, we can still love, without expecting any reward or change or gratitude. — Paulo Coelho
The Somebody Else's Problem field is much simpler and more effective, and what's more can be run for over a hundred years on a single… — Douglas Adams
You frighten me, when you say there isn't time." "I don't see why. Christians have been expecting the imminent end of the world for millennia."… — Orson Scott Card
I never could bear the idea of anyone's expecting something from me. It always made me want to do just the opposite. — Jean-Paul Sartre
I wasnÂ´t expecting to come home to you, but now that youÂ´re here, I have no intention of letting you leave." Patch :D (p. 295) — Becca Fitzpatrick
You got a problem?" he drawled, obviously expecting me to pee my pants before falling to the ground and groveling like an unworthy subject of… — Jennifer Rardin
Everything takes time... and that's something that your generation find it a lot harder to adjust to. You have all grown up expecting things to… — Jojo Moyes
Jealousy, you know, is usually not an affair of causes. It is much more-how shall I say?-fundamental than that. Based on the knowledge that one's… — Agatha Christie
Sometimes the wind blows you places you weren't expecting: sometimes it blows you away from those places, too. — Gayle Forman
We have the Noble Desire to help others and benefit the world, without expecting any return or recognition. What makes us great is not our… — Ilchi Lee
When we create something, we always create it first in a thought form. If we are basically positive in attitude, expecting and envisioning pleasure, satisfaction… — Shakti Gawain
Those words are from Lynda Barry's novel 'Cruddy.' I've carried them with me for some time. There's a lot in my life I wasn't expecting.… — Jack Dorsey
When you did the job, you thought you were just trying to amuse your friends who are all on the job. I'm just trying to… — Bill Murray
Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes. — Seneca the Younger
Hardly any one is able to see what is before him, just as it is in itself. He comes expecting one thing, he finds another… — Arthur Symons
Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold. — Maurice Setters
There is a proper balance between not asking enough of oneself and asking or expecting too much. — May Sarton
I have failed many times, but I have never gone into a game expecting myself to fail. — Michael Jordan
Entrepreneurs may be brutally honest, but fostering relationships with partners and building enduring communities requires empathy, self-sacrifice and a willingness to help others without expecting… — Ben Parr
I am not expecting anyone to feel sorry for me, but when friends ask how it feels to be a debut novelist who has also… — Rachel Joyce

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