An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.

The history of the astronomy of the nineteenth century will be incomplete without a catalogue of his labours. He was one of the founders of the Astronomical Society, and his attention to its affairs was...

Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.

But look behind you, Mary.’ She nodded towards the dais. ‘One of the musicians seems to be trying to attract your attention.’It was Peter. He was standing on the dais smiling across at me. My...

The expectation is that the NAPM numbers should continue to improve and that the manufacturing recession is hopefully going away.

The gravitational effect of the decapitation of the regime in Baghdad 24 hours ago has rippled right up here to the north, as was the hope and the expectation of allied coalition commanders.

Is God present or is he absent? Maybe we can say now that in the center of our sadness for his absence we can find the first signs of his presence. And that in the...

A leader has a great duty. You have to perform beyond the expectation of the people.

Desire is a great virtue, but expectation is an even greater vice.

The time frame is past due. The expectation had been that by the time we kicked off our fund-raising in Canada, we would have had the final costs and design. However, what the Jerusalem Foundation...

Trust is like a two-way mirror, transparent on one side, with a blind dimness unable to see through on the other side.

I expect nothing of man, and disown the race. The only folly is expecting what is never attained; man is most contemptible when compared with his own pretensions. It is better to laugh at man...

Demand is moving crude oil prices higher, and then there’s also supply constraints, … OPEC for all practical purposes has ruled out any production increase in the June meeting. The expectation was for OPEC to...

The 37.5-hour week is more of a minimum baseline these days. There is an expectation by many employers that you will give 5 to 10 percent above that to get the job done and to...

No expectation fails there,No pleasing habit ends,No man grows old, no girl grows cold,But friends walk by friends.

We will always tend to fulfill our own expectation of ourselves.

What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven.

We also think that the Street’s fourth quarter 2002 expectation of 17 cents in earnings per share is unreasonably high.

Trust and condemnation work hand in hand for both work on the concept of experience, of knowing it, observing it, realizing it, understanding it and finally accepting it in either of the two categories for...

Service and gratitude will fuel your relationship; entitlement and expectation will poison it.

The company beat our revenue expectation by $33 million, which is a huge upside surprise. All the financial metrics were extremely solid. Their balance sheet was spotless, and deferred revenue rose to $84.6 million from...

Don’t give a gift with the expectation to get,but if you have a gift, always try to give.

We tend to get what we expect.

A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups.

Like magic, she felt him getting nearer, felt it like a pull in the pit of her stomach. It felt like hunger but deeper, heavier. Like the best kind of expectation. Ice cream expectation. Chocolate...

These events continue to exceed expectation in terms of turnout. The organic nature of organization has been an important piece of these events being successful.

You get in life what you create. Expectation drives the creative process. What do you expect? You expect whatever it is you’re thinking about. Your thought process, the conversation in your head, is at the...

Don’t expect my hand to extend out of her vagina and accept the charity of strangers.

There’s a certain expectation, and I demand that things be done a certain way. Little things make a big difference.

I’m not worried about expectations. You want that. I know these are big shoes to fill. My expectation is we’ll keep the program along the lines it’s been going.

We need to keep on praying, keep on believing, keep on enduring and keep on trusting God. With God, all things are subject to change

The expectation is that you need to make the playoffs, and we didn’t live up to those expectations. I’ve seen it happen in other places. There’s never a good time for something like this, but...

We also think that the Street’s fourth-quarter 2002 expectation of 17 cents in earnings per share is unreasonably high,

It’s starting the process of being on the mend, but we’ve got a long way to go, … My expectation was that Jaguar would show sequential improvement in its business results, and so far it...

There is clearly an expectation of higher bond yields going forward. Negative sentiment towards Canadian fixed income did not shift significantly since the last survey, but then again, it would have been difficult to be...

We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which the so-called present moment is felt as nothing but an infintesimal hairline between an all-powerfully causative past and an absorbingly...

Not the action, but the expectation creates results.

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

The land of possibility is a better place to make your home than the realm of expectation will ever be

We know we are in a tough division. The three teams we’re competing with have the same expectation of winning the division. That’s our expectation.

People have been to the modern facilities. The expectation set is higher. And new technologies exist that weren’t available when we built our facility.

This is a perfectly good picture. And if I didn’t know you, I would be impressed and charmed. But I do know you.”He thought some more, wondering whether he dared say precisely what he felt,...

Many married women who have deliberately spurned the “hour” of childbearing are unhappy and frustrated. They never discovered the joys of marriage because they refused to surrender to the obligation of their state. In saving...

The future goal is the thing which produces character in the present.

I was no longer afraid. Not of important men, not of trustees and such; for knowing now that there was nothing which I could expect from them, there was no reason to be afraid.

You have to expect that if you cuss out the world, The world is going to cuss back.

Mara, that’s the life I want to give you. That’s what I’m offering you. I want to fill you life with color and warmth. I want to fill it with light. Give me a chance

The expectation was that first-quarter earnings and commentary would show us that conditions are bad, but with the exception of a few high-profile disappointments, the commentary has been mild to better.

I am more than what they say I am.

Life is XXX. Yesterday is Xperience, today is Xperiment and tomorrow is Xpectation.