Quotes About Expectation

Patience comes to those who wait.

She is coming all out in …" He turned to her. "What is the word, my love? Swan skin?" "Gooseflesh, I believe he means," Sophia explained.

Why does every "now" have to be ruined by what will be?

Then I thought, boy, isn't that just typical? You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it happens, you feel sad.

Then I thought, boy, isn't that just typical? You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it happens, you feel sad.

What I have since realized is that if people expect you to be brave, sometimes you pretend that you are, even when you are frightened down to your very bones.

When I wake up in the morning, it's always sort of a letdown as reality hits me.

If [his] peace of mind depended on me promising to be a sweet and careful little girl, he'd be smart to get used to chaos.

Goethe said, "Treat a man as he appears to be, and you make him worse. But treat a man as if he already were what he potentially could be, and you make him what he should be.

If you didn't yearn for something, you wouldn't be disappointed- and anyway, relationships were a waste of time.

Twenty minutes later, just as Stella thought she was going to collapse with worry and anticipation, her father, the pastor, and Mr. Spencer emerged from the polling station, smiles lighting their faces. And now she saw what she'd expected to see earlier in Mr. Spencer's eyes. They were on fire.

Now I see I've been hoping, each time we meet, that he would praise me for how well I took it, but it's not to be.

And they do not know language, they are waiting for him

She smiled, if he could see that, and waited for him to ask the real question. But he was silent. He wanted her to volunteer the story, she realized, and she could just as easily choose to say nothing. But he deserved to know. They all deserved it, and Kirra already knew it, and Cammon may have guessed it, because Cammon could read souls, but Tayse was the only one she would tell.

I wonder which is worse-the death, not knowing what comes after, or the wedding, when you think you know, but you're wrong.

Today is the tomorrow you were promised yesterday.

Sometimes the day begins with nothing to look forward to...

A biblical woman embraces God's callings, chooses wisely, lives courageously, and expects God's greater reward.

Before I even saw him in shorts, I knew his legs would probably be like tree trunks. When I finally saw them, I was like, 'Whoa!

It was the highest praise I could expect, and I felt grateful though I longed for him to say he loved me too.

If you were expecting Prince Charming, I'm sorry. He's with his boyfriend.

indeed Soviet officials frequently complained about the "dependent" habits of Homo Sovieticus, his lack of initiative, and his stubborn expectation

You think you can have everything. But you can't.

She still sighed out her answer, though. "Fine. I'll go." "Now, darlin'. I know I'm pulling you away from playing grab ass with my oldest boy on his nice hardwood floor…" Angie barely stopped herself from spitting out her mouthful of coffee. "But if he's anything like his daddy, trust me, he'll still be here when you get back.