We Expected Quotes

46 quotes by 42 authors

There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but… — Anatole Broyard
Instead of wanting to win, we expected to win. There's a lifetime between wanting something and expecting something. When you expect something, it means you've… — Red McCombs
In my view this is not democracy, but a zoo.... It was exactly what we expected, but not on that scale nor in that form.… — Alexander Lukashenko
What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the… — Viktor E. Frankl
We are upsetting the atmosphere upon which all life depends. In the late 80s when I began to take climate change seriously, we referred to… — David Suzuki
We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency. We expected to… — George Washington
True love does not consist in trying to correct others, but in feeling joy that things are better than we expected. — Paulo Coelho
We've all felt anger. It can come when things don't turn out the way we want. It might be a reaction to something which is… — Thomas S. Monson
The pain of loneliness is one way in which he wants to get our attention. We may be earnestly desiring to be obedient and holy.… — Elisabeth Elliot
The Bible is not a script for a funeral service, but it is the record of God always bringing life where we expected to find… — Eugene H. Peterson
We had to learn...that it did not really matter what we expected from life but rather what life expected from us. — Viktor E. Frankl
Looking back, I underestimated the risks. The planet and the atmosphere seem to be absorbing less carbon than we expected, and emissions are rising pretty… — Nicholas Stern
What am I, really? The beautiful thing...is nobody can tell us what we are. Nobody can really tell us. Not in a way that's going… — Adyashanti
We expected that people were just waiting for the collapse of the Soviet Union, or at least for its retreat, and they were going to… — Andrzej Wajda
What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do. — Elizabeth Lesser
If we expected self-reliance of family groups, if we expected hardiness and resilience and initiative on the part of individuals, and if we rewarded initiative… — Bernard Levin
It seems to me that we often, almost sulkily, reject the good that God offers us because, at that moment, we expected some other good. — C.S. Lewis
We expected, I expected to find actual usable, chemical or biological weapons after we entered Iraq. But I have to accept, as the months have… — Tony Blair
We expected, I expected to find actual usable, chemical or biological weapons after we entered Iraq. — Tony Blair
As we act in faith, we often find that the blessings from the Lord are different than we expected but much better than we imagined. — Neil L. Andersen

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