Quotes About Expectations

My mother had all these maxims-like, classy girls never chew gum, never read comic books, never get their ears pierced, never get their hair dyed.

Dads - and people in general - should keep in mind that we as mothers put enough pressure on ourselves. We don't need outside pressure put on us.

There's a common saying that everybody deep at heart loves their mother, except sometimes we decide our actual mothers don't measure up. And so we look for a replacement.

My mother wanted me to be a professor, because I have several people in my family who are professors at university.

There is probably no greater anxiety in life than going home to visit your mother for Christmas.

Every working mother struggles with the BlackBerry, knowing the boss can call.

This weird pressure that mothers are put under, like this idea that if you can't breastfeed, you're not doing something properly, or if you choose not to.

I was happy, I wasnt beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasnt what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I dont know how my mother did it.

My mother was a very difficult woman to please. She was the sort of woman who thought that if I were praised I would get above myself.

The happy family is a myth for many.

My mother always wants me to put me on a diet.

Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn't you - all of the expectations, all of the beliefs - and becoming who you are.

If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.

No one rises to low expectations

If you don't play well, you have a bad game or a nightmare you know that the amount of coverage is worldwide.

Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.

What is it that makes us suppose that we can more easily do twice tomorrow what we didn't do once today!

Dating is pressure and tension. What is a date, really, but a job interview that lasts all night?

You would not want to be responsible for someone else's happiness, so please do not hold someone else responsible for yours!

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

I guess people think the taller you are the more dominant you have to be.

The results of your life reflect the standards you've set.

Take more chances than you dare. You'll make more sales than you expect. That's the formula.