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Quotes About Expectation

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
~ John Lubbock
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
~ John Steinbeck
I see light at the end of the tunnel.
~ Walt Whitman Rostow
Never sell tomorrow short. There's plenty to get excited about. Be filled with expectation, hope and confidence. Believe something good is going to happen - and it usually will.
~ Robert H. Schuller
To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
~ Francis Marion Crawford
Whatever you desire, believe that you have received it, and you will.
~ Neville Goddard
We tend to get what we expect.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
There are mornings when everything brims with promise, even my empty cup.
~ Ted Kooser
Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.
~ Ethel Waters
Be positive, cheerful, grateful and expectant.
~ Earl Nightingale
Miracles never cease to amaze me. I expect them, but their consistent arrival is always delightful to experience.
~ Mark Victor Hansen
Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.
~ Nelson Mandela
I think that Americans should gradually begin to adopt positive behavior rather than doing evil. They should not expect an immediate reaction in return for their positive measures. It will take time.
~ Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
It's all about what they can get out of me.
~ Dennis Rodman
Very few positive experiences begin with being told to count back slowly from ten.
~ Dana Gould
What can I hope when all is right?
~ Voltaire
I would expect an extremely high percentage of the chickens would test positive. Our poultry industry clients wouldn't like that.
~ Bryan Shelton
I feel very good and positive about my future. I look forward to seeing the fans and doing what I do.
~ Randy Owen
Such is the state of life that none are happy but by the anticipation of change. The change itself is nothing. When we have made it the next wish is to change again.
~ Samuel Johnson
If you think it's going to rain it will.
~ Clint Eastwood
What we prepare for is what we shall get.
~ William Graham Sumner
If one asks for success and prepares for failure he will get the situation he has prepared for.
~ Florence Scovel Shinn
Love and help others unconditionally without expectation you are creating in effect, this creation will multiply for you in a million ways. Ana Maria Frith, Limitless: Change Your Life
~ Ana M Frith
Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.
~ Lady Bird Johnson