Quotes About Expectations

I want to maximize my happiness, but I am generally not moved to do what I believe will make me happier than I now am.

By wearing cosmetics a woman seeks to look younger or more beautiful than she otherwise would. Honesty doesn't require that she issue a continuous disclaimer: I see you are looking at my face. Please be aware that I don't look this good first thing in the morning.

Professional competitions are overrated.

No hot guys should be allowed to have an English accent and drive a motorcycle. Not to mention wear the leather jacket or sport the cool shades. Hot guys should be forced into footie pajamas.

I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.

You must allow your players to become the athletes they can be. Don't make them into anything just to become the kind of winners fans, friends and others think they must be.

Most of the pressure comes from myself, not from others. I don't need a manager or a pundit to put pressure on me. I do all that myself before others do it.

I don't remember too many rounds where you get shots given to you. Usually, ones are taken away.

A man tends to over-estimate what he can do in one year...and under-estimate what he can do in five.

The quality of your life is a direct reflection of the expectations of your peer group.

A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.", December 12, 2004)]

The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself.

Stress comes from trying to achieve, trying to do something, trying to keep up with the events of the world, the speed of the world, and trying to accomplish, to produce results.

Most of the stress people experience comes from inappropriately managed commitments they make or accept.

Seeking perfection just ends up creating ridiculous amounts of stress and disappointment.

The pressure we put on ourselves to produce this perfect... operatic... version of ourselves really puts an inordinate amount of stress and tension on us.

Reaching for the stars, perfectionists may end up clutching air. They suffer from mood disorders, troubled relationships, and stress. They may even achieve less than others.

I think a any person who has a high profile job or who travels all the time or who has a lot of stress associated with their job can be difficult to be in a relationship with.

Being a comedian, you're under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform - to deal with pressure without stress.

I think especially as women we nned to recognize that feeling pressure is completely selfimposed.

When you're working with film and you hear that mag starting to roll and you know that there's thousands of dollars just spinning around, it's another stress element, which I don't enjoy at all.

If you're stressing over happiness, you're doing it wrong!

The deepest fear we have, 'the fear beneath all fears, ' is the fear of not measuring up, the fear of judgment. It's this fear that creates the stress and depression of everyday life.