Quotes About Expectation

You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your preconception. You see what is, where most people see what they expect.

Yes, you will. And I will warn you now that not their blood but your suspicion might build evil in them. They will be what you expect of them…I think when a man finds good or bad in his children he is seeing only what he planted in them after they cleared the womb. You can't make a race horse of a pig. No, said Samuel, but you can make a very fast pig.

Abra was ready ere I called her name. And though I called another, Abra came.

He always tell what it will be like someday. Well, a man's mind can't stay in time the way his body does.

Wishing just brought earned disappointment.

Prayer never brought in no side-meat. Takes a shoat to bring in pork.

Puts a weight on ya. Goin' out lookin' for somepin you know you ain't gonna find.

Joseph habitually scowled at furniture, expecting it to be impertinent, mischievous, or dusty.

In Russia it is always the future that is thought of. It is the crops next year, it is the comfort that will come in ten years, it is the clothes that will be made very soon. If ever a people took its energy from hope, it is the Russian people.

Captain Loft believed that all women fall in love with a uniform and he did not see how it could be otherwise.

But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance, with bravado, or with secrecy. And once a boy has suffered rejection, he will find rejection even where it does not exist—or, worse, will draw it forth from people simply by expecting it.

She felt hurt that he had agreed so easily. And she laughed sourly at herself that she could ask a thing and be hurt when she got it.

The women watched the men, watched to see whether the break had come at last. The women stood silently and watched. And where a number of men gathered together, the fear went from their faces, and anger took its place. And the women sighed with relief, for they knew it was all right—the break had not come; and the break would never come as long as fear could turn to wrath.

How's that for the grapes?

And once a boy has suffered rejection, he will find rejection even where it does not exist-or, worse, will draw it forth from people simply by expecting it.

That is the way it is done, the way it has always been done. Frogs have every right to expect it will always be done that way.

In long-range planning for a trip, I think there is a private conviction that it won't happen.

So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what has just arrived is a tomato salad with onions, a dish of pickles, a big slice of watermelon and two bottles of cream soda.

It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away. You must want it just enough.

Când te preg?teÈ™ti mult timp pentru o c?l?torie cred c? nutreÈ™ti gândul intim c? nu se va realiza.

And as a few strokes on the nose will make a puppy head shy, so a few rebuffs will make a boy shy all over. But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance, with bravado, or with secrecy. And once a boy has suffered rejection, he will find rejection even where it does not exist--or, worse, will draw it forth from people simply by expecting it.

People found happiness in the future according to their present lack

Usted ve lo que es, mientras que la mayor parte de la gente ve lo que espera ver

A man who gets few letters does not open one lightly.