Quotes About Expectation

Sometimes things have to come when you're ready for them.

The problem was that she'd thought that at a certain point she would be a finished product.

It's a funny thing, hope. It's not like love, or fear, or hate. It's a feeling you don't really know you had until it's gone. Three

It's a funny thing, hope. It's not like love, or fear, or hate. It's a feeling you don't really know you had until it's gone.

They always seemed to think that a horse was something like a steam-engine, only smaller. At any rate, they seemed to think that if they only pay for it, a horse is bound to go just as far, and just as fast, and with just as heavy a load as they please.

Alas! how far the promise of anticipation exceeds the pleasure of possession!

Well, and what was there in that?--Who ever hung his hopes upon so frail a twig?

If you require perfection, you never will

And why should I take it for granted that my son will be one in a thousand? – and not rather prepare for the worst, and suppose he will be like his – like the rest of mankind, unless I take care to prevent it?

governess was not in yet; then

The budget deficit for 1932, expected to be around twenty million pounds, would in fact be nearer one hundred seventy million pounds.

I think I am ready for that. I think I am ready to be met.

we expect a wine of quality to demand something from us.

Dussel promised her the moon, but, as usual, we haven't seen so much as a beam.

What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet.

Er blijft ons niets anders over dan zo rustig als 't maar kan het einde van deze misère af te wachten. Zowel de joden als de christenen wachten, de hele aardbol wacht, en velen wachten op hun dood.

A little later I felt hopeful and full of expectation again, though my tears were still flowing -- on the inside.

Christians alike are waiting, the whole world is waiting, and many are waiting for death.

Temos muitos motivos para esperar grande felicidade, mas... precisamos merecê-la.

Dussel promised her the moon, but, as usual, we haven't seen so much as a beam.

Pim is expecting the invasion any day now. Churchill has had pneumonia, but is gradually getting better. Gandhi, the champion of Indian freedom, is on one of his umpteenth hunger strikes.

Expectation and hope generate tension, as does fear.

Whenever I get my period (and that's only been three times), I have the feeling that in spite of all the pain, discomfort and mess, I'm carrying around a sweet secret. So even though it's a nuisance, in a certain way I'm always looking forward to the time when I'll feel that secret inside me once again.

Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we have as little expectation as possible. If you say, Well, that's pretty much what I thought I'd see, you are in trouble. At that point you have to ask yourself why you are even here. [...] Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be open for business.