Quotes About Expectation

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Some part of me can't wait to see what life's going to come up with next! Anticipation without the usual anxiety. And underneath it all is the feeling that we both belong here, just as we are, right now.

I thought that was my room," she said, gesturing behind him. "It is." "And my shower." He sniffed with irritation. "I have a bathtub." "And that's a problem?" "I don't do bathtubs, Miss Burel." His eyebrow lifted. "Unless I have company.

Have faith, my friend," Char murmured. "The universe brings us happiness when we least expect it.

Too many people miss out on real love because they're too busy waiting for the ONE to show up

When men see an attractive woman, they fantasize about sex. When women see an attractive man they fantasize about a relationship.

I was in love with the idea of him. An ideal of him. Of who I thought he was. Of who he used to be.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single girl in possession of her right mind must be in want of a decent man.

I don't understand it myself, really. It's like the idea of him is better than the him of him

We think we know what we want, but we can never really know until we've got it. And sometimes when we have, we discover we never really wanted it in the first place - but then it's too late.

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." Our

It is only rarely that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.

All human wisdom is contained in these two words--"Wait and Hope.

Turning on Airplane Mode on your phone DOES NOT make you fly!

It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down, so to speak, a real person by an ideal, since in doing so he can depreciate him as much as he wishes.

un homme de vingt ans peut avoir plus vécu qu'une femme de trente. La liberté dont les hommes jouissent les mène bien plus vite au fond de toutes choses ; ils courent sans entraves vers tout ce qui les attire ; ils essayent de tout. Dès qu'ils espèrent, ils se mettent en marche, ils vont, ils s'empressent. Arrivés au but, ils se retournent ; l'espérance est restée en route, et le bonheur a manqué de parole. »

Hakiki hayatta ebedi ve mutlak a?klar aramaya kalk??mak, ?ehir meydanlar?nda Venüs kadar güzel kad?nlar aramaya yahut da bülbüllerin Beethoven'?n senfonilerini çalmalar?n? istemeye müsavidir.

We all pay federal taxes that we send to Washington and it is not unusual that as Americans we would expect some federal investment in the cities and metro areas because we're the ones that are generating the economic activity.

A lot of people who voted for Barack Obama expected and were led to expect something new in politics: a new tone of political discourse in Washington. And I think - I think they're disappointed, because Barack Obama is not a new kind of politician. In fact, he's an old Chicago politician.

For $60, I once bought a neck massage at a 'massage parlor' that advertised in 'The Washington Post.'

I devised the Bert Lance Toe Test then - you go out on the front porch of the house, turn 'The Washington Post' over with your big toe, and if your name's above the fold, you know you're not going to have a good day.

That's what people expect: They don't want to read a slight novel. People don't want to waste their time on anything less than 'great.'