Don’t you know there’s another bubble as well? An expectations bubble. Bigger houses, private planes, yachts… stupid salaries and bonuses. People come to desire these things and expect them. But the expectations bubble will burst...

My expectations are sky low, because I’m standing on a mountaintop.

To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect

You get what you expect and you deserve what you tolerate.

It’s crazy what a heart blinded by love can lead you to believe.

La vie est belle …..La vie est loca!Sometimes up…Other times downBig smiles….WaterfallsMake the best of it…As no one knows It’s up to you how it goes

I want you.Eena thought the expression on his face—the look in his weary blue eyes—appeared strangely sincere. But there was one thing she had learned from all this: never trust a master of deceit.

It’s probably unfair to expect the world at large, or even most people, to see us for all we are. It is essential, however, that we see ourselves for all we are. (413)

He wanted to be so many people all at the same time. He feared to be a nobody.Only years later did he realize that all he knew was what he didn’t want to be –...

Sometimes your belief system is really your fears attached to rules.

Do good and be a good person because that’s just what the Lord expects. There just ain’t nothing special about being and doing good. It’s what the Lord expects…

Reality is never what you imagined it would be. Sometimes it’s better. Sometimes it’s worse. And sometimes it’s just different. It’s not worth wasting time and energy trying to predict how things are going to...

We usually expect too much from people. Often we judge them based on their actions even as we judge ourselves based on our intentions.

What makes the earth feel like Hell is our expectation that it ought to feel like Heaven.

The lower your expectation the easier and happier your life will be

Expect the unexpected like a chain smoking, hard drinking, monochrome world dwelling Noir Detective

Tell yourself often: I am going to tackle my aspirations head on with the passion and dedication necessary to exceed even my expectations.

You can’t give love when you haven’t experienced love.

I’d rather be pleasantly surprised than fatally disappointed.

Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to.

Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

Most of the time reason for unhappiness is, desiring for the things which are far from our expectations.

I believe in Spinoza’s God who reveals himself in the harmony of all that exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fate and the doings of mankind.

He expected too much from people, that was the problem, Ethan thought. He expected too much from life.

Should’ assumes that when either willingness or ability is lacking, it may be compensated for by an abundance of the other. This is simply not realistic.

There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil — improper influence! What old woman’s cackle is that?””Are you a young lady?””I am a thousand times better: I am an honest woman, and as...

Serving with love, a kind heart, and without expectations is happiness.

Expectations define achievement.

The curse that came before history has laid on us all a tendency to be weary of wonders. If we saw the sun for the first time it would be the most fearful and beautiful...

I used to dream of true love; now I’m open to false, but convincing….

Maybe my expectations for honesty are too high.

Nowadays, I dont have expectations, and this way she beats them all.

Ask any child who failed to live up to his parents’ idea of success, and you’ll likely hear that they never felt good enough, or that their parents had expectations that they could not live...

When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person’s life. And then they want the person to change. If...

There is no honor in seeking praise for doing that which is expected of you.

I loved this place. You could prop up the bar and watch the world go by; no one made you talk or expected anything of you

I want everyone to stop telling me to lower my expectations.

You can devise all the plans in the world, but if you don’t welcome spontaneity; you will just disappoint yourself.

On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], ‘Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?’ I am not able to rightly apprehend...

Men marry women hoping they’ll never change. Women marry men hoping they will.

If ever it’s necessary to ride the bandwagon, it’s done with one leg swinging out and eyes scoping the fields.

Earwax is nothing more than sound boogers. I’m too congested to hear anything but I love you. Not that I expect you to flick it at me lightly.

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

We form our impression not globally, by placing ourselves in the broadest possible context, but locally, by comparing ourselves to people in the same boat as ourselves.

There are times that the emotions we keep in our hearts, no matter how abundant, are better left unexpressed.

Don’t let the disappointments of today kill tomorrow’s blessings, destroy the negative flashes of pessimism, and focus on the mirror of optimism.

Does your reality match your expectations? If not it’s time to change either your expectations or your reality.

All this, sadly enough, is truer of the more educated, higher-income, professional families. It is here that the competition is the greatest, the expectations most elevated. If the boy would be happier as a telephone...

Our efforts and actions produce results. These results come unlabeled. WE label them as success or failure based on OUR expectations. Don’t forget that these labels are interchangeable if we allow ourselves to be free...

You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle.