Quotes About Expectation

Also, I was beginning to tire of waiting for the lightning. If it was going to strike, let it strike.

Siempre debéis prever lo peor, hijas; de ese modo, todas las sorpresas que recibáis serán agradables.

He could almost hear the growling chuckles stifled in their throats while they waited for him.

quietly as they waited. Mandarb danced in circles

If you sit and wish for what you want, you may not see it this side of the grave.

Given his campaign rhetoric about Afghanistan, I think I myself, our commanders, and our troops had expected more commitment to the cause and more passion for it from him. ...I never doubted Obama's support for the troops, only his support for their mission.

looked into Putin's eyes and, just as I expected, had seen a stone-cold killer.

It's all taking the customer's money and giving him exactly what he wants and then leaving him poorer than when he started.

What he's looking for, what he wants, is all around him, but he doesn't want that because it is all around him. Every step's an effort, both physically and spiritually, because he imagines his goal to be external and distant.

The branches and leaves move with each light breeze as if it were expected, were what had been waited for all this time.

It's nice to start journeys pleasantly, even when you know they won't end that way.

Impatience is close to boredom but always results from one cause: an underestimation of the amount of time the job will take.

when we get into a physiological uproar and activate the stress-response for no reason at all, or over something we cannot do anything about, we call it things like "anxiety," "neurosis," "paranoia," or "needless hostility." Thus, the stress-response can be mobilized not only in response to physical or psychological insults, but also in expectation of them.

What was an unexpected pleasure yesterday is what we feel entitled to today, and what won't be enough tomorrow.

Si je revois un jour Sophie, je le lui dirai : rien n'est plus cruel que le silence puisqu'il laisse subsister l'espérance tout à la décevant toujours.

There is a nameless mood abroad in the world today, a feeling in the blood of more than a few people, an expectation of worse things to come, a readiness to riot, a mistrust of everything one reveres.

Människorna är oändligt glada om man lämnar dem i den situationen att de inte kan förverkliga sina idéer!

E de facto bem pode dizer-se que as ideias inesperadas nos vêm porque estávamos à espera delas. São, em grande parte, o resultado conseguido de um carácter, de certas inclinações constantes, de uma ambição tenaz, de uma incessante ocupação com elas. Que tédio, uma perseverança assim!

But I knew how the play would come out. This was like a dress rehearsal after the show has closed down.

If we were designed by engineers, as we consumed more, we'd desire less. But our frequent human tragedy is that the more we consume, the hungrier we get. More and faster and stronger. What was an unexpected pleasure yesterday is what we feel entitled to today, and what won't be enough tomorrow.

What was an unexpected pleasure yesterday is what we feel entitled to today, and won't be enough tomorrow.

I'm not ready to fuck an empress just yet

Only fools expect everything to go the way they want. Expecting

Expecting to win 100 percent of the time and never failing is a loser's reality.