Quotes About Expectations

Look at our Lords disciples. One denied Him; one doubted Him; one betrayed Him. If our Lord couldn't have perfection, how are you going to have it in city government?

The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems.

Accepting a government grant with its accompanying rules is like marrying a girl and finding out her entire family is moving in with you before the honeymoon.

I finally just slept with my high school crush. But I swear; now he expects me to go to his graduation - like I know where I'm going to be in three years.

So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it.

People will frighten you about a graduation....They use words you don't hear often.

We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn't it either. I'm going to be an American Citizen. First class.

When creating great experiences, it's not so much about doing what users expect. Instead, it's about creating a design that clearly meets their needs at the instant they need it.

These are the pieces of my youth, the small secrets and the not-so-great expectations that defined my coming of age.

Great expectations are better than a poor possession.

If you think I have a great voice and body, youll be shocked as hell seeing and hearing me in the shower.

Our children can achieve great things when we set high expectations for them.

By choice, we have become a family, first in our hearts, and finally in breath and being. Great expectations are good; great experiences are better.

I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don't know if I'm the monarch of all I survey.

My kid was a great baseball player. I thought I had it made. Front-row seats at Yankee Stadium. Then he turned sixteen and wanted to be a rapper.

My father was a frustrated writer. I think he wanted to write the great American novel.

I look at Jessica Alba and think she's got a great body. I think that's what women are supposed to look like.

I think a lot of people have this idea that if you put something on YouTube you'll get famous overnight. It would be really great if that was possible, but that's not really how it works.

Nobody thought I'd be a great coach. I'm the kind of guy you'd expect to be driving an 18-wheeler through town.

My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.

My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.

Even great people are always slightly disappointing, which is generally what makes them interesting.

But here's the thing: I had this great job, and I would still feel terribly depressed. I would just be like, 'This isn't the sweet spot. I thought this would be it, and I don't feel happy.

All I've ever wanted to do was be a great dad, and yet there's no stopping this existential mirror that's held up to yourself when you're about to have a kid.