When we believe that God expects us to try hard to become who Jesus wants us to be, we will live in that blurry, frustrating land of Should Be rather than trust in The One...

[J]ust the sight of this book, even though it was of no authority, made me wonder how it happened that so many different men – and learned men among them – have been and are...

I never expect appreciation. I always set a deadline for the things I have to do to be a successful person, when I complete them, I give myself a piece of candy, a glass of...

… but he did not tell her, for he realised how petty it would appear to her, and how different from what she had expected, less sensational and less touching; he was afraid, too, lest,...

Loving you is no more a beautiful memory, but now just a pain,I cry and weep every time I walk down the memory lane,Your love always completed me in every sense as a whole,But now...

Never before in history had societies thought that such a set of high expectations about marriage was either realistic or desirable. Although many Europeans and Americans found tremendous joy in building their relationships around these...

Expectations should not always be taken as reality; because you never know when you will be disappointed.

The speed felt tremendous. And the bottom of the ravine was treacherous. She ought to control her mount somehow – slow it; steer it to safer footing. Of course. And while she was at it,...

Issues arise not from expecting too much from people, but too little.

If you can’t please yourself some of the time, how do you expect to please people all the time? Not everyone is going to appreciate you for your efforts and deeds.

Often expecting immediate returns for goodness in this world is a sign of a normal human being

People tend to want to live up to their friends’ high regard.

Here’s a tip for new parents: Start lowering those expectations early, it’s going to pay off later.

It was what Aunty Ifeoma did to my cousins, I realized then, setting higher and higher jumps for them in the way she talked to them, in what she expected of them. She did it...

The man who said, “Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed,” put the eulogy quite inadequately and even falsely. The truth “Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall...

The secret self knows the anguish of our attachments and assures us that letting go of what we think we must have to be happy is the same as letting go of our unhappiness.

A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect.

She was becoming sad. There is no joy involved in following others’ expectations of yourself

To halve the number of times that other people hurt you: halve the number of expectations that you have from other people.

After 25 the only thing you’ll be precocious at is death.

An element of wisdom is knowing that life experiences are blood brothers with climate change, whether you have the resources to detect weather changes, it can still surprise you anytime.

Every time you invite a candidate to interview, you should expect to be interviewed, too.

I don’t expect congratulations for successful beginning, what I want is the applaud at successful ending.

…and to-morrow looked in my face more steadily than I could look at it

[The purpose of flight research] is to separate the real from the imagined problems and to make known the overlooked and the unexpected.

It was one of those pictures that children are supposed to like but don’t. Full of endearing little animals doing endearing things, you know?

History fondly remembers those who meet expectations but is written by a few who exceed them.

Elijah is inexplicably moved by the broken columns and fragmented floors. He cannot help but find a meaning and a message in their poverty of stature. This is what remains, he thinks. It seems a...

I think we often hold heroines to an absurd standard. Be brave! Be wise! Always know what’s in your heart and speak the truth of it! No and no and no. We fight to be...

Fortunately, I read (the books) without knowing what I was in for, and the best thing that can ever happen to a reader happened to me: I loved something that, by conviction (or by my...

I think it’s weird how vanilla people just jump into a bed and fuck and don’t ever relish the moment, don’t talk to each other about what works and what doesn’t. So many people just...

Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it.

Disappointment doesn’t stem from expectations. It stems from unrealistic or unreasonable expectations.

Next, PleaseAlways too eager for the future, wePick up bad habits of expectancy.Something is always approaching; every dayTill then we say,Watching from a bluff the tiny, clear,Sparkling armada of promises draw near.How slow they are!...

When what you value and dream about doesn’t match the life you are living, you have pain.

Happy are those who expect nothing; they won’t be disappointed

Our identities are tremendously warped and distorted by yesterday’s trauma and tomorrow’s expectations.

I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations.

Keep your standards even when everyone around you is losing theirs.

Sometimes I wonder if I’m nothing more than the sum of who [my parents] were. Even worse, I worry that I don’t add up nearly so well, that I’m just a shadowed reflection of them....

Change rarely happens in doses large enough to choke you. Everyday you swallow a little more and expect a little less.

If you expect others to think for you, then you expect others to live your life for you. And I’m sorry, but the only person I’ll let live my life for me is my clone....

People who think nothing can go wrong are usually disappointed.

always blaming others. did she take care about her own expectations ? no.she never knew she has some.

Life shows us all colours, some bright and some shades of grey,Some accept with a smile, while some frown in every wayThoughts and memories never end but life does one day.Whole age passes by in...

You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your perception…you see what is, where most people see what they expect.

These occasions always took him by surprise. He was shocked anew each time the crisply surveyed, neatly kept world he so cherished rose up to confront him with all its essential sloppiness, irrationality, and bad...

Expect nothing and accept everything. That is the only key to happiness.

He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ‘Blessed are they that mourn,’ and I accept it. I’ve got nothing that I hadn’t bargained for. Of course it is...