Expectation Quotes

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Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die... Still you wait and will not try - A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.

- A.A. Milne

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

- Oscar Wilde

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.

- William Congreve

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

- Henry David Thoreau

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different

- Charles Dudley Warner

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

- Charles F. Kettering

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

- Confucius

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian

- Dennis Wholey

The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations.

- Eli Khamarov

Anger always comes from frustrated expectations

- Elliott Larson

I do my thing and you do yours. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, then it is beautiful. If not, it can`t be helped.

- Frederick Perls

I am not in this world to live up to other people`s expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

- Fritz Perls

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don`t over-analyse your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.

- Leo F. Buscaglia

Don`t lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

- Ralph Marston