Quotes About Anticipation

The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious. —John Sculley Former CEO of Pepsi and Apple Computer

The educator must above all understand how to wait; to reckon all effects in the light of the future, not of the present.

A new book is like a friend that I have yet to meet

I knew 'Be Our Guest' would be performed on a set and in costume, but anyone with a history in Theatre In Education will know that can mean anything.

One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected.

Imagine this:Ice is coming to YOUR house.Can you HEAR it knocking?Are you ready?What will YOU do?

There are no articles any more that dream about the cities of tomorrow.

We usually get what we anticipate.

No one I know of has ever had this experience-where you had to sit and wait and wait for a DNA test to come back just so you can write the last page of the book.

Experience shows that what happens is always the thing against which one has not made provision in advance.

Half the charm of climbing mountains is born in visions preceding this experience - visions of what is mysterious, remote, inaccessible.

People prone to joyful anticipation, skilled at obtaining pleasure from looking forward and imagining future happy events, are especially likely to be optimistic and to experience intense emotions.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Planning your own coming-of-age experience may wither you prematurely, but just think of it this way: If you can get through this, childbirth should be a breeze.

Based on past experience, I hope not.

I went to high school with some wonderful people, but my entire high school experience was just waiting to leave.

It would have marked a want of foresight in the convention, which our own experience would have rendered inexcusable.

The marvelous thing about lack of planning is that failure comes as a complete and utter surprise.

I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance.

When you want to encourage a greater sense of responsibility in others (and yourself) emphasize the anticipation of accomplishment, not the penalties for failure.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.

Predictability can lead to failure.

And as we should all know by now, anytime you predict failure you have an excellent chance of being right.

I always have faith that something's going to happen good for you, and it going to happen.