Quotes About Anticipation

He thought of their kiss—had it really been two days ago? The image of Zac's kiss barreled into his mind. When everyone had filtered into the dining room for cinnamon rolls, Beau had confiscated the mistletoe. If anyone was getting another kiss from Kate, it was going to be him.

As Christians see societies crumble and collapse, our response should not be terrified alarm, as though our security were bound up with a fragile human network of law and order, but anticipation and confidence: the Lamb is now on the throne, with God's plan for history firmly in hand.

The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented.

Expect the best, plan for the worst and prepare to be surprised.

The best and most awaited slide in MBA presentations is often the 'Thank You' slide that always comes at the end. All MBA's are smart to save their best for last.

They might be kittens," she said hopefully. "They're stalking us." "They might be shy." "I don't think it's kittens, Valkyrie." "Puppies, then?

Plans are invitation to disappointment.

He does this on purpose," Stephanie's mother said as they sat in the car, seat belts on and ready to go. They watched him appear at the front door, shrug into his jacket, tuck in his shirt, go to step out, and then pause. "He looks like he's about to sneeze," Stephanie remarked.

They faced each other. 'I'm going to enjoy this,'Melancholia said. 'I daresay I'm not.

Tanith looked back to Valkyrie. "And Val, relax, OK? We've though of everything." "Skulduggery told me once that only he thinks of everythings, but he doesn't do it very often because it spoils the surprise."... "Easy as proverbial pie." "Unless something goes wrong," Valkyrie said. "Well, yes. Unless something goes horribly, dreadfully wrong. Which it usually does of course.

Ah, bless. I've missed her. Do you have bullets?" "Uh, no." Skulduggery paused. "Excellent.

Skulduggery," the tall man said eventually, his voice deep and resonant, "trouble follows in your wake, doesn't it?" "I wouldn't say follows," Skulduggery answered. "It more kind of sits around and waits for me to get there.

Any moment now, China was about to perspire.

Be patient and live with the knowledge that all you are searching for is certain to come if you prepare for it and expect it.

It's as though some poor devil were to set out for a large dinner party with the knowledge that the following morning he would be hearing exactly what each of the other guests thought of him.

We won't know for a few years.

What I sell is the higher knowledge of knowing whats next and not following the trend of whats now.

That's one of the things of being an actor. You have to push any knowledge of any future, at all, out of your mind. You never know what's going to happen where.

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end.

The most serious failure of leadership is the failure to foresee

Adopt and change before any major trends or changes.

So much of what you do physically happens because you've thought about it and mentally prepared for it.

America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.