Quotes About Expectation

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

I consent, Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best."18

English migrants often came as families and they sometimes came as whole towns, hoping to found a Christian commonwealth, a religious community bound to the common wealth of all, public good over private gain. "The care of the public must oversway all private respects," Winthrop said. "For it is a true rule that particular estates cannot subsist in the ruin of the public." They expected the world to be watching. "The eyes of all people are upon us

Maybe one day it would happen. Maybe one day her life would start going according to plan instead of spluttering and stalling like some clapped-out old banger.

She probably should've seen it coming, but she'd put too much faith in the system. And that was a hard pill to swallow.

Mrs. Palmer is a teacher so naturally I assumed she would never do anything good for me.

If we want that power to quicken our friends who are dead in sin, we must look to God, and not be looking to man to do it. If we look alone to ministers, if we look alone to Christ's disciples to do this work, we shall be disappointed. If we look to the Spirit of God and expect it to come from Him and Him alone, then we shall honor the Spirit, and the Spirit will do

What we will allow—"Feel free to join us for your next meal as soon as the lawn is mowed." What we will do—"I'll be glad to read you a story as soon as you've finished your bath." What we will provide—"You may eat what is served, or you may wait and see if the next meal appeals to you more.

I'm hoping to be astonished tomorrow by I don't know what.

Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be.

Most citizens today cannot imagine such a possibility because they are psychologically affected by a phenomenon known as normalcy bias, whereby people fail to recognize or underestimate the possibility of disaster. Most people tend to believe that whatever they experience on a day-to-day basis is 'normal' and that things will stay that way.

So much is yet to come. Soon will be blankets and pillows, and books by the bed to make the stuff of dreams. And then tomorrows.

Your plan is a script of what you expect to happen based on your particular method of analysis and provides a clear course of action if it doesn't happen;

For every promise, there is price to pay.

in their lives, becoming ever-more beaten down, will often be heard to say, "I knew that was going to happen." On the other hand, the winners in every arena of life seem to continue to win time after time and expect it as their due. As we go about our daily

What smells good in the store may stink in the stewpot.

Judge a book for what it is...not what you want it to be

When I played God Bless The Queen, I was wondering if they was gonna dig us, then quite naturally I'd go on and try to get it together.

If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.

We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon.

I told him to plan as though Jesus is not returning for a hundred years and live as though Jesus is returning today.

Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat him as he could be, and he will become what he should be.

Griffin's narrow, crooked smile held a hint of derision. "You are a romantic, then." "No. Not at all. But I hold out hope that others might be.

I stretch my fingers across my belly and glide my hand back and forth, waving softly. Sometimes I think I feel a hand reaching out for mine. Or it could be a foot, kicking my hand away. I wish I could tell the difference.