Quotes About Expectations

At least it would have been perfect, if it wasn't for my mother.

When you have high expectations of yourself, you can achieve greatness.

The reason "other churches" don't grow: "Jim, the truth is, I couldn't have a real prayer meeting in my church. I'd be embarrassed at the smallness of the crowd..."

Warlords of sorrow and queens of tomorrow will offer their heads for a prayer. You can't find no salvation, you have no expectations anytime, anyplace, anywhere.

If your prayers haven't been answered, it doesn't mean they won't be answered. In fact, they may have already been answered, but just not in the way you wanted or expected them to be.

God's Word must be the guide of your desires and the ground of your expectations in prayer.

A Poem from Edna St. Vincent Millay: Grown-up Was it for this I uttered prayers, And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs, That now, domestic as a plate, I should retire at half-past eight?

I've seen prayers answered. But often, in my experiences, if you get what you pray for, you've really shortchanged yourself.

The church expect too much from the pastors and there's barely anytime left for prayer.

Women don't have halos built in.

The touchstone for family life is still the legendary 'and so they were married and lived happily ever after.' It is no wonder that any family falls short of this ideal.

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.

Keep your standards high, and any guy who is worth it will rise to meet them.

People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.

We mistakenly assume that if our partners love us they will react and behave in certain ways - the ways we react and behave when we love someone.

I don't know what my version of a relationship or marriage is yet, because the typical model seems a little broken to me.

I learnt to stop fantasising about the perfect job or the perfect relationship because that can actually be an excuse for not living.

Dying to meet your girlfriends that you said you might bring. If they're the ones that tell you that you do the right thing.

I've been giving out chances every time and all you do is let me down.

If you want a recipe for relationship failure, just wait for the other person to change first.

A real, healthy relationship is about empowerment and love and that should be standard - but it isn't.

Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual.

Marriage: A word which should be pronounced "mirage".

I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden. Along with sunshine, there's got to be a little rain sometime.