Quotes About Anticipation

bag. Of course I had thought about it. I had thought of little else since signing the sales agreement. The closing wouldn't be for a few

I couldn't have spoken like this yesterday, because when we've been apart, and I'm looking forward to seeing you, every thought is burnt up in a great flame. But then you come; and you're so much more than I remembered, and what I want of you is so much more than an hour or two every now and then, with wastes of thirsty waiting between, that I can sit perfectly still beside you, like this, with that other vision in my mind, just quietly trusting it to come true.

He who expects little is rarely disappointed.

He would calculate, by reference to prophecies in the Old and New Testament, the exact date of this event; the date would pass, without the expected Advent, and he would be more than disappointed,—he would be incensed. Then he would understand that he must have made some slight error in calculation, and the pleasures of anticipation would recommence.

It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready to take advantage of them.

Ah! when will this long weary day have end,And lend me leave to come unto my love?

I will come back to you, I swear I will; And you will know me still. I shall be only a little taller Than when I went.

GENNARO Ha da passa' 'a nuttata.»

The mornings therefore ....are all the sweeter in the knowledge of what the afternoon is likely to bring.

The readiness with which men accustom themselves, as matters of course, to improvements in their condition, which, when anticipated, seemed to leave nothing more to be desired, could not be more strikingly illustrated. What reflection could be better calculated to moderate the enthusiasm of reformers who count for their reward on the lively gratitude of future ages!

Hark, a knock at the door!

Hope is still ahead of you - but someday it will be behind you. That's really the point of children, to have someone to pin hope to.

Something stayed him awhile yet. For the first time in his life he was feeling the traveler's thrill: a mixture of apprehension and excitement.

Still, even without the country or a lake, the summer was a fine thing, particularly when you were at the beginning of it, looking ahead into it. There would be months of beautifully long, empty days, and each other to play with, and the books from the library.

Next year in Jerusalem!

Full of Eastern promise.

Sister Anne, do you see anyone coming?

I used to stare up at the sky trying to see where the snowflakes were born. I could do it for hours. Well, minutes. But it was always the waiting that was the most fun.

Prepare and prevent, don't repair and repent.

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away.

Church ain't out till the fat lady sings.

Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

We can only appreciate the miracle of a sunrise if we have waited in the darkness.

Only one shopping day left 'til tomorrow.