Quotes About Anticipation

Mrs. Lynde was complaining the other day that it wasn't much of a world. She said whenever you looked forward to anything pleasant you were sure to be more or less disappointed . . . perhaps that is true. But there is a good side to it too. The bad things don't always come up to your expectations either . . . they nearly always turn out ever so much better than you think.

All that supported her through the boredom of her days was the hope of going on a dream spree at night.

Yes; but cakes have such a terrible habit of turning out bad just when you especially want them to be good

Perhaps college may be around the bend in the road, but I haven't got to the bend yet and I don't think much about it lest I might grow discontented.

Looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them. You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them.

Those who knew Anne best felt, without realizing that they felt it, that her greatest attraction was the aura of possibility surrounding her... the power of future development that was in her. She seemed to walk in an atmosphere of things about to happen. As

looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them

Just imagine -- this night week I'll be in Avonlea -- delightful thought! said Anne, bending over the box in which she was packing Mrs. Rachel Lynde's quilts. But just imagine -- this night week I'll be gone forever from Patty's Place -- horrible thought!

Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them," exclaimed Anne. "You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them.

Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them. You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them. Mrs Lynde says, "Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed." But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.

I don't half like that, said Miss Oliver, with a sigh. It's ominous—somehow. A perfect thing is a gift of the gods—a sort of compensation for what is coming afterwards.

I believe you! Miss Ellen nodded. Mark my words, Mr. Meredith, that man is going to fight somebody yet. He's ACHING to. He is going to set the world on fire. If

You set your heart too much on things, Anne," said Marilla, with a sigh. "I'm afraid there'll be a great many disappointments in store for you through life." "Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them

I'm glad and I'm sorry. I'm sorry because this drive has been so pleasant and I'm always sorry when pleasant things end. Something still pleasanter may come after, but you can never be sure. And it's so often the case that it isn't pleasanter. That has been my experience anyhow. But I'm glad to think of getting home.

Of course it was very interesting to see the old chest unpacked, said the Story Girl as she stirred the contents of a saucepan vigorously. But now that it is over I believe I am sorry that it is opened. It isn't mysterious any longer. We know all about it now, and we can never imagine what things are in it any more.

I wonder which of the girls here are going to be my friends. It's really an interesting speculation

I'm always so sorry when pleasant things end. Something still pleasanter may come after, but you can never be sure.

La pequeña Elizabeth Grayson había nacido esperando que pasaran cosas. El hecho de que nunca sucedieran bajo la atenta vigilancia de su abuela y de la «mujer» no truncó para nada sus expectativas. Iban a suceder, estaban destinadas a hacerlo, en cualquier momento, y si no era hoy, bueno, entonces sería mañana.

Bayan Lynde geçen gün dünyan?n pek de matah bir yer olmad???n? söylüyordu. Ne zaman güzel bir ÅŸeyin olmas?n? dört gözle beklesen er ya da geç mutlaka haya k?r?kl??? yaÅŸars?n diyordu. Belki doÄŸrudur ama bunun iyi bir taraf? da var. Kötü ÅŸeyler de her zaman beklediÄŸin kadar kötü olmaz. Hemen hemen her seferinde çok daha iyi sonuçlan?r.

Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them," exclaimed Anne. "You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them. Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.' But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed

For it is sure to come; and if or not it's now not just as we have pictured it, it will likely be infinitely sweeter.

I'm glad I don't live in yesterday... that tomorrow is still a friend.

Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall for be disappointed.' But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.

Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them