Quotes About Expectations

Let your dreams outgrow the shoes of your expectations.

I'm just starting to realize I don't know you at all." "Yes, you do," came his hoarse response. "You just hate that I'm not what you need me to be.

As a novice in collecting,' he said with a modesty not unlike Bache's, 'I expected to have to pay the highest prices for masterpieces. What I did not expect, what I was to discover, was that I would also have to pay a large premium for the privilege of paying the highest prices!

Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.

She carried herself with the thought that she was a decent person and she often wondered why the men in her life were not decent too

Hayatta yaln?z kalman?n esas oldu?unu hâlâ kabul edemiyor musunuz? Bütün yak?nla?malar, bütün birle?meler yalanc?d?r. ?nsanlar ancak muayyen bir hadde kadar birbirlerine sokulabilirler, üst taraf?n? uydururlar; ve günün birinde hatalar?n? anlay?nca, yeislerinden her ?eyi b?rak?p kaçarlar. Halbuki mümkün olanla kanaat etseler, hayallerindekini hakikat zannetmekten vazgeçseler bu böyle olmaz.

?nsanlara olduklar?ndan ba?ka gözlerle bakmakta ?srar edi?ime içerliyordum. Yirmi dört ya??na geldi?im halde hala çocuklu?umun safl???ndan kurtulamam??t?m. Basit, hatta belki de hiç güzel olmayan bir resim bende ne müfrit hat?ralar b?rakm??, ne geni? ümitler do?urmu?tu. O soluk insan yüzüne kitaplar dolduracak kadar anlamlar vermi?, onda, hakikatte asla mevcut olmayan vas?flar bulmu?tum.

?htiyarl???mda çekilmez bir adam olaca??m hakk?ndaki iltifat?na te?ekkür ederim. Ama bu tahminin do?ru ç?kmayacak san?r?m. Çünkü ihtiyarlayaca??m? kim söyledi? Hep genç kalaca??m.

Namuslu adam kalmam?? bu dünyada iki gözüm.Müslümand?r,namaz?nda,orucundad?r,hakk?m?z? yemez diyorduk ama,biz onun hat?r?n? sayd?kça o,bizim tepemize bindi.Eh,art?k çocuk de?iliz,yemiyoruz bu numaralar?,de?il mi ya?

Zannediyorlar ki, bir erke?e kar?? hiddet, hatta nefret duymaya ba?layan bir kad?n, hemen ba?ka erkekler bulup boyunlar?na sar?lmak ister...

sana yeni bir dünya açaca??m? sanm??t?n... seni sukutuhayale u?ratt?m. ben sana rehber de?il, ancak yolda? olabilirdim, fakat yolu ikimiz de bilmiyorduk ve birbirimize yük olmaktan, birbirimizi ?a??rtmaktan ba?ka bir ?ey elimizden gelmiyordu.

Lord Hartley has strict requirements for his heir's prospective wife, particularly that she have "a striking appearance and a presentable wit." One only hopes that the heir apparent recognizes what his father does not—that a woman with a presentable appearance and a striking wit is far more interesting. L

Once we've got you properly done up," her aunt said, "and he hears of your newfound wealth, he's sure to look your way again." "I don't want him looking my way again. He was a pompous twit back then, and he's a pompous twit now." "Respectable, God-fearing men sometimes are, dear.

Similarly, it goes for you, too. You too have the necessary intelligence to live your life to the fullest. Now the problem is that you want your child to be intelligent your way, not his. You want the child to be intelligent the way you understand intelligence. Now, your idea of intelligence is, your child should become a doctor. Maybe he would have made a wonderful carpenter

For most people, love is initially a joy, but after a while it becomes an anxiety. Why? Because this "key" has legs and a will of its own. You can't keep it in your pocket or hang it around your neck. When you try to do that, two lives are heading straight for disaster!

you still believe that everything will be okay the moment you find a new girlfriend or boyfriend, get a raise, buy a new house or car, then it is not yet time for yoga. Once you've tried all those things and more, and clearly know that none of it will ever be enough—then you are ready. So now, yoga.

A vast number of people live in states of constant anxiety and depression. Some are suffering their failure, but ironically, many are suffering the consequences of their success. Some are suffering their limitations, but many are suffering their freedom.

There is really no such thing as conditional love and unconditional love. There are conditions and there is love. When you talk about love, it has to be unconditional. The moment there is a condition, it just amounts to a transaction.

My blessing is may all your dreams not come true... All of your dreams are just exaggerations of what you already know.

I don't know how many marriage breakups are caused by these movie-and television-addicted women expecting some bouquets and kissing and hugging and being swept out like Cinderella for dinner and dancing -- then getting mad when a poor, scraggly husband comes in tired and sweaty from working like a dog all day, looking for some food.

On rêve d'un idéal, on le prie, on l'appelle, on le guette, et puis le jour où il se dessine, on découvre la peur de le vivre, celle de ne pas être à la hauteur de ses propres rêves, celle encore de les marier à une réalité dont on devient responsable.

How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life

No matter how good a life you lead, you won't please everyone. Someone will be glad to see you go.

The logos gave you the means to see it—that a given person would act a given way—but you paid no attention. And now you're astonished that he's gone and done it. So when you call someone "untrustworthy" or "ungrateful," turn the reproach on yourself. It was you who did wrong.