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Quotes About Expectations

I'm not searching for the truth.That's too much pressure .
~ Paul Beatty
The world is not a wish-granting factory.
~ John Green
All cynics are disappointed idealists. The more stars in the eyes, the harder the fall.
~ Josh Lanyon, Fair Game
Truth be told, there are lots of companies that provide exemplary phone support. DirecTV, Virgin America and Apple are a few that regularly exceed my expectations.
~ Gary Hamel
I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
~ Mason Cooley
The truth about parenting is that the reality of our lives needs to be enough.
~ Jessica Valenti
The truth is I'm not good at enjoying life.
~ Amy Chua
Men like to chase and you have to let us chase you. I know. It's insulting. It's frustrating. It's unfortunately the truth.
~ Greg Behrendt
Stop thinking you have to go to big industry to have a big life, because it's not the truth.
~ Meredith Brooks
You want to be commercially successful and critically acclaimed. But the truth is, there's only a few Bruce Springsteens and Paul McCartneys out there.
~ Michael Buble
Growing up sometimes forces us to confront the distance between our childhood hope and the truth.
~ Sara Shandler
Happiness is there when perceptions and expectations are in joyful harmony.
~ Debasish Mridha
Don't date anyone you can't see yourself marrying.
~ Turcois Ominek
Love has no contingencies, no expectations, no ideals. Love is a gift to thyself, the experience of divinity in full expression.
~ Erin Fall Haskell
Don't assume your partner knows about everything you expect in a relationship. Let them know. A relationship should be based on communication, not on assumptions.
~ Turcois Ominek
Serving with love, a kind heart, and without expectations is happiness.
~ Debasish Mridha
When you let it go with love, but without expectations, it is forever yours.
~ Debasish Mridha
90 times truth is beyond expectations, 10 times expectations become truth.
~ Aamir Siddiqui
This world owes us nothing. Existence is not indebted to us. Humanity lives under this misconception that we deserve life's blessings, that we deserve happiness. But in truth, life owes us nothing
~ Kelseyleigh Reber, If I Resist
No one wants you to be yourself. They want you to be the version of yourself that they like
~ Marie Lu, The Young Elites
Ladies did not participate in 'situations'.
~ Mervyn Peake
Perhaps Danish happiness is not really happiness at all, but something much more valuable and durable: contentedness, being satisfied with your lot, low-level needs being met, higher expectations being kept in check.
~ Michael Booth
The handy thing about being a father is that the historic standard is so pitifully low.
~ Michael Chabon
The handy thing about being a father is that the historical standard is so pitifully low.
~ Michael Chabon