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Quotes About Expectation

Some names to look forward to - perhaps in the future
~ David Coleman
I go into every game thinking I'm going to be the hero. I have to, or I wouldn't enjoy it.
~ Derek Jeter
When I was growing up I always wanted to be someone. Now I realize I should have been more specific.
~ Lily Tomlin
It is necessary to hope... for hope itself is happiness.
~ Samuel Johnson
Expect the unexpected from the expected is key to happiness though they will be far
~ Sabin Basnet
Give and receive with gratitude. Do the former, without expectation of, the latter.
~ Jaeda DeWalt
Live with the assumption that every day it will rain. If it does, you were right. If it doesn't, you were fortunate.
~ Zack W. Van
Anticipating God's blessings is a great way to begin a new week! When we look for the things that could go wrong, we just may find what we had been looking for.
~ Diane K. Chamberlain
If you are willing to wait, you will get what you want.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
It's a sheer-madness for a father not to see his son greater than him
~ ETC Wanyanwu
This is what storytelling gets you. You make things up that aren't real, and then get upset when they don't turn out as expected.
~ Gregg Korrol
People will promise you the moon, offer you the stars, but in the end, the only heavenly body you can truly count on is your on!
~ Linda Masemore Pirrung
Give the reader what they want, just not the way they expect it.
~ William Goldman
…to own only a little talent…was an awful, plaguing thing….being only a little bit special meant you expected too much, most of the time.
~ Mary Robinson Reynolds
When you plant the seeds, wait patiently to see the ripen fruits.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
All my shoes somehow magically disappeared. But I'm not concerned. They'll show up sometime - even when you least expect it.
~ Luna Lovegood
Life never goes according to plan. That's okay, because often our plans are much smaller than life intends. Probably EASIER, but smaller.
~ Stacey T. Hunt
The world is moving at a slow pace. Each day I get up and I feel the world must have moved ahead far but, unfortunately, it remains at the same point each day.
~ Swaraj Priyadarshi
Enjoy what you have this moment. Don't wait around for something that might not happen.
~ Xena Thornton
You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul - you are disappointed.
~ Edith Södergran
Expect less and Accept more for peace of mind and healthy relationships!
~ Uma Shanker
I've been firmly grounded in reality since I was a child, and I'm still waiting for it to impress me.
~ Jessica Conoley
No, no, no, no. Don't get carried away, man. One thaw is not the summer.
~ Andrea Levy, Small Island
If you wait, you can have what you want,
~ Lailah Gifty Akita