Our Expectations Quotes

60 quotes by 59 authors

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations. — Edward de Bono
The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our action. — Jean-Baptiste Andre Godin
Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence. It cannot be compared to anything else: it is so sharp, precise, obvious, and direct. If we… — Chogyam Trungpa
The choice is ours: we can keep on craving what we don't have, and so perpetuate our unhappiness, or we can adjust our attitude toward… — Andrew Weil
Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations. — Richard DeVos
We must believe in ourselves as no one else will believe in us, we must match our expectations with the competence, courage and determination to… — Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
Instead of seeing all of this as God's extraordinary grace, we come to expect the comfort and joys that God gives us as the baseline,… — R. C. Sproul, Jr.
We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training. — Archilochus
As a scientist, objectivity is one of my most deeply held values. If we could just try harder, I once thought, surely we could each… — Daniel Everett
If our expectations, if our fondest prayers and dreams, are not realized then we should all bear in mind thatÂ the greatest glory of living… — Nelson Mandela
Frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values and priorities. — Stephen Covey
If we live in the here and now, each moment is a surprise, every instant a new wonder. But it often fails to work this… — Piero Ferrucci
We have to reduce our expectations of England and we have the players to do it — Steve McClaren
If people know we expect good things from them, they will in most cases go to great lengths to live up to our expectations. — Alan Loy McGinnis
Unhappiness lies in that gap between our talents and our expectations. — Sebastian Horsley
If God always met our expectations, He'd never be able to exceed them. — Steven Furtick
Networked, we are together, but so lessened are our expectations of each other that we can feel utterly alone. And there is the risk that… — Sherry Turkle
When feminism falls short of our expectations, we decide the problem is with feminism rather than with the flawed people who act in the name… — Roxane Gay
What a dull universe it would be if everything in it conformed to our expectations, if it held nothing to surprise or baffle us or… — Steven Pinker
As my friend Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe has argued persuasively, there is an element of positivity in the visible world, and in color particularly, that totally eludes… — Dave Hickey

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