Quotes About Expectations

I ask you to forgive me for not fulfilling some hopes of those people who believed that we would be able to jump from the totalitarian past into a bright, rich and civilized future in one go.

Whenever you think that your needs are not being met, you're telling the story of a future

I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now - unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future.

Calls ignored, texts unanswered, short replies, excuses made. All I can say is don't be surprised when you're not in my future.

Why does everyone think the future is space helmets, silver foil, and talking like computers, like a bad episode of Star Trek?

I think I will have a lot of opportunities in the future.

I think for a lot of young people there is a sense that maybe the future is not going to be everything it was held out to be, especially if they're coming out with a lot of student debt.

I've heard that I'm 'the future of tennis.' But that's all just random stuff.

Judging by your performance at the Olympics, it don't look too bright for your future does it!

Expectations have no effect on the harvest.

Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.

I wasn't saying that in a sense that I didn't plan on scoring any goals. This won't happen again. It would be nice if it did, but it's reality.

Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.

Repeated psychology tests have proven that telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen.

Whether you sell hamburgers or computers, we're all in the customer service business. Our goal must be to exceed our customers' expectations every day.

I demand pretty aggressive goal setting and a commitment to measured progress towards those goals because I don't like surprises. I don't even like good surprises.

I think if you set yourself specific goals, that's quite a lot of pressure.

The goals and expectations that people have for me are pretty high, but ... if I were to have to compare their expectations to mine, I would say mine are ten times higher.

Most people's goals are too low and too slow.

Carrying out the thing, getting it to the point when one might say: There, now it is good - that point is hard to reach. Often, one sets very high goals for oneself. Perhaps too high.

Perfectionism is self destructive simply because there's no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal.

There are no unrealistic goals, only unrealistic deadlines.

I had size 12 feet when I was 10, so I thought I was going to be 6 8. My goal was to be able to dunk a basket. I wound up being 6 1 with size 14 feet. I got the raw end of the deal.

I would have changed my last name if being famous were my goal.