Quotes About Expectation

If you believe in love, your setting yourself up to be disappointed.

Jos itse tekee jonkin päätöksen, eihän sen jälkeen voi suuttua siitä että toinen hyväksyy sen

He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms it is far off, nor is it he who says it is near. It is he who, whether it be far or near, awaits it with sincere faith, steadfast hope, and fervent love. —Augustine of Hippo

Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze.

The price we pay for the anticipation of our future is anxiety about it.

ELLIE IGNORED random access and advanced sequentially through the television stations. Lifestyles of the Mass Murderers and You Bet Your Ass were on adjacent channels. It was clear at a glance that the promise of the medium remained unfulfilled.

What did she expect? It was like trying to visualize a new primary color or a world in which you could recognize several hundred acquaintances individually only by their smells... She could talk about this, but she couldn't experience it.

And the Sphinx broke its long silence: Don't expect too much.

Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-haired child.

He is the long-delayed but always expected something that we live for.

Así es. Todas las muchachas lindas son una trampa y los hombres esperan que lo sean.

Obwiesiu? - podsunÄ…Å' i podniósÅ' siÄ™ z niejakim trudem. - Draniu? Niegodziwcze? Ranisz mnie, najdro?sza! Po czuÅ'ych chwilach minionej nocy spodziewaÅ'em siÄ™ bardziej honorowego zachowania wobec mnie. - CzuÅ'e momenty? Nie oÅ›mieszaj siÄ™! ChÄ™do?yÅ'byÅ› kozÄ™, gdyby ci siÄ™ nadstawiÅ'a!

Courtesy has nothing to do with the matter, High Lord Ben Holiday. Playing games is a way of life with cats. We tease, we taunt, and we do exactly as we please, not as others would have us do. Playing games is an integral part of our personae. Those who wish to have any sort of relationship with us must expect as much. They must understand that participation in our games is necessary if they wish communication on any level.

Believe for long enough and it will come to pass. Believe it might be so, and it will be so.

We think we know them, but we really don't. We let ourselves be deceived because we are always expecting the best out of those who seem willing to provide it.

He was waiting, and the waiting was painful. Not because he didn't know how to wait, but because he didn't know what he was waiting for.

out because now and then we get exactly what we want.

It is not true that things are never as bad as they seem or that grass is always greener on the other side of the fence or that there is a silver lining inside every cloud. These are things we wish were true, but which are more often than not false hopes.

They were left to wait, cocooned in a vacuum of fear and doubt, of non-information and empty hope.

of what waits just around the next corner.

if you went through life expecting gratitude for the help you provided, you might end up leading a miserable life.

Kahlan sighed impatiently. "Richard, you promised Zedd we would go to Aydindril." "I did. But I didn't promise him when.

Zedd leaned forward eagerly, cutting him off. "Can you command the wind?" Richard leaned back a little. "Of course I can," he said, playing along. He held both hands up to the sky. "Come to me, brother wind! Gather about! Blow a gale for me!" He spread his arms dramatically. Kahlan wrapped her cloak around herself expectantly. Zedd looked about. Nothing happened. The two of them seemed a little disappointed.

Though it hadn't been in his mind, and even though he would not entertain such an offer, he was nevertheless disappointed to find she thought the idea repulsive.