Expectations Quote by Joan Didion

To assign unanswered letters their proper weight, to free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves--there lies the great,…

— Joan Didion

The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.

— Oscar Arias

To conquer the egoIs to gainBoundless freedom.

— Sri Chinmoy

Constantly measuring ourselves against others sours and shortens our lives, robbing us of the very things we think it will bring: prosperity, love, inner…

— Martha Beck

“We should not take our ‘Humanity’ for granted. We should love and respect things as if they were ourselves.”

— Sandranil Biswas

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.

— Adam Smith

“Society, rather than valuing us as full human beings and empowering us, socializes us to focus on attracting, giving to, and pleasing others.”

— Carolynn Hillman CSW

Our duty to ourselves, to posterity, and to mankind, call on us by every motive which is sacred or honorable, to watch over the…

— Thomas Jefferson

Above all, we value the dignity of every human life, protect the rights of every person, and share the hope of every soul to…

— Donald Trump

As our power over others increases, we become less free; for to retain it, we must make ourselves its servants.

— John Lancaster Spalding

“The reciprocity of respect accrues to us not only from those we respect but also from others who perceive that we respect ourselves.”

— Vincent Okay Nwachukwu

over time, offering loving kindness to all beings everywhere, including ourselves, unites us to one another so that we know that we can not…

— Sharon Salzberg