Quotes About Anticipation

do you fix a wheel that isn't broken, or do you wait until the cart collapses?

No one ever asks a kid for her opinion, but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst.

Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves.

I think that when you live in a world with limits... when you've met everyone and seem everything you're going to see - you lose the hope that something extraordinary will happen in your life

I tell you this as a cautionary tale: beware of getting what you want. It's bound to disappoint you.

If you focus on sandbagging the beachhead, you can ignore the tsunami that's approaching. Try it any other way and you'll go crazy.

If you choose to be looking for something, you'd better be ready for whatever it is you are find. Because it may not be what you've been expecting.

I wish I could tell him I understand: the higher you raise your hopes, the farther you have to fall.

But there's an enormous difference between an audience that's watching you because they can't wait to see what comes next and an audience that's watching you because they're waiting for you to fail.

If you choose to go looking for something, you'd better be ready for whatever it is you find. Because it may not be what you've been expecting.

How could I not have seen this coming, when I looked into your eyes and vowed to be with you forever?

Sometimes Chris wished he could sneak a peek at the back of the book, so to speak, and see how it was all going to turn out, so that he wouldn't have to bother going through the motions.

The best way to prevent a heartache was to cushion the coming blow.

It made me think of my mother, when she made her pie crusts. She'd prick little holes all over the place. So it can breath, she said. I was just breathing. I closed my eyes, anticipating each cut, feeling that wash of relief when it was done.

Her mouth is always on the verge of a smile. It makes her look like there's always something amazing she needs to tell me, even when it's just hello.

Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back to work. I'm very lucky that I have a career like that 'cause not many people do.

Don't expect things to happen it's better to be surprised than be disappointed.

Hope is that imaginary force that can lead us from the present into the future.

Nothing better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within your reach.

Someday, someone is going to look at you with a light in their eyes you've never seen, they'll look at you like you're everything I've been looking for their entire lives...Wait for it.

Enjoy the blessings of present & look forward to a brighter tomorrow.

They gave each other a smile with a future in it.

Knowing you'll be in all my tomorrows, makes my today so wonderful!

Thank you so much for the invitation to share this special day. You are going to be the most beautiful bride ever. I am so excited for you.