Quotes About Expectations

It's sad when you can't make everyone happy, though. It's impossible but, at the same time, you still hope. You think, 'Maybe I can do it ' but you know you can't. But gosh, if I had to rely on giving people what they wanted, I would have had to write 40 billion different books and even then, I wouldn't get it right.

When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end.

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist that they be cheerleaders.

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.

We live in a society that puts a high premium on success and I learned, mainly through my dad, that salvation would come through success, and I carried that into my adult life and it's a total lie.

Vaddern was trying hard to be the guy on the white horse, but I was'nt ready, just yet, to play the trust game

Než si totiž po?ídíte d?ti, život ob?as dokonce odpovídá vašim p?edstavám a zám?r?m. Po?ád m?žete mít iluzi, že ho máte pod kontrolou - a to je pocit, který skute?né rodi?e už dávno opustil.

Hell, most folks aren't even surprised by what you people do nowadays. Guy gets a bee-jay right in the Oval Office and what do we do? Elect his wife to the U.S. Senate, that's what.

For some reason, American officials often measured the reliability of Pakistani military officers by their willingness to drink.)

Unrealistic expectations are a subtle way of setting ourselves up for disappointment, discouragement, and even depression.

If it's Truth we're after, we'll find that we cannot start with any assumptions or concepts whatsoever. Instead, we must approach the world with bare, naked attention, seeing it without any mental bias - without concepts, beliefs, preconceptions, presumptions, or expectations. (6)

Unless you're a hairdresser, you can't have a ponytail and call yourself Kenny when you're forty. Not in Michigan, anyway.

The problem is, women have stopped setting the bar high.

Men respect standards- get some!

Women want their love to be reciprocated in the same way they give it; they want their romantic lives to be as rewarding as they make them for their potential mates; they want the emotions that they turn on full blast to be met with the same intensity; and they expect the premium they put on commitment to be equally adhered to, valued, and respected.

Now, revealing that you're a keeper is no guarantee that this guy won't just walk away. Some men really are just sport fishing and have no intention of doing anything more than throwing back the women they bed. If this is the cae with this man, then let him walk-what do you care? He's not the guy you're looking for.

Men automatically know from the moment she opens her mouth that if they want her, they'll have to get in line whith her standards and requirments, or keep it moving because she's done with the games and isn't interested in playing.

the quote that i liked is"The moment of the baby boy is born is taught to be tough" i really liked this quote from the book that am reading because i think its the same in UAE,we teach our baby boy to be strong and to get up without crying and to depend on him self.

You could be the most perfect woman on the Lord's green earth—you're capable of interesting conversation, you cook a mean breakfast, you hand out backrubs like sandwiches, you're independent (which means, to him, that you're not going to be in his pockets)—but if he's not ready for a serious relationship, he's going to treat you like a sports fish.

All men CAN change, but that doesn't mean that all men WILL change. There's only one woman whom we will change for. If a man is not willing to change, it means that you aren't the one.

Men are very simple, logical people; if you tell us what you like and what you don't like, we'll do anything we can to make sure we live up to your expectations, particularly if we're interested in forging a relationship with you.

tell a man what you require without making it feel like you're ticking off a list of demands.

What's your price? If you let him know up front, he will let you know up front if it's too high a price for him to pay. And then you can move on.

Men automatically know from the moment she opens her mouth that if they want her, they'll have to get in line with her standards and requirements, or keep it moving because she's done with the games and isn't interested in playing.