Memorable Quotes About Expectations

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"Blessed are those who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed."
Benjamin Franklin
"The greatest problem in communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished."
George Bernard Shaw
"The trouble is, you think you have time."
Buddha
"If you expect nothing from somebody, you are never disappointed."
Sylvia Plath
"We must not expect a lot of ourselves, for we are wise enough to understand our limits."
Jean-Paul Sartre
"Never let your expectations exceed your level of effort."
Unknown
"Keep your expectations high and your actions intentional."
Laila Aatif
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"Your expectations are your limits. Expect more, and achieve more."
Unknown
"Expectations are what we think will happen, and that is not always true."
Unknown
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all."
Emily Dickinson
"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals."
Zig Ziglar
"When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment."
Unknown
"Reality is wrong; dreams are for real."
Tupac Shakur
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Our expectations shape our reality."
Unknown
"Lower your expectations and live a more joyous life."
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"The more you expect, the more you can be disappointed."
Unknown
"Expectations should be traces of your desires, not the boundaries of your ability."
Unknown
"To expect the worst is to end on a quite ordinary note."
Unknown
"Lose the expectations; they will root you to the ground while your potential could help you soar."
Unknown
"The world is full of many things, and the most obstruction is the barriers of our expectations."
Unknown
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"It's better to be disappointed than to have never expected anything at all."
Unknown
"Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken."
Albert Camus
"The greatest expectations are often the greatest disappointments."
Unknown
"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Hope is a waking dream."
Aristotle
"Don't put your expectations in someone's hands."
Unknown
"You can’t expect to hit the jackpot if you don’t put a few nickels in the machine."
Flip Wilson
"Expectation is an excellent designer."
Pablo Picasso
"If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed."
Harold Pinter
"Your expectations create your reality."
Unknown
"I never expected to be a leader. I just wanted to be somebody who could help."
Oprah Winfrey
"To avoid disappointment, do not expect too much from people."
Unknown
"Experience tells you what to expect, but intuition tells you what you can be."
William Shakespeare
"I think the biggest expectations come from yourself."
Toby Keith
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"Low expectations are a good way to avoid disappointment."
Unknown
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul."
Emily Dickinson
"Expectations are like a bad habit; once they are formed, they are very hard to break."
Unknown
"Don't let your hopes shape your reality."
Unknown
"Our expectations shape our experiences."
Unknown
"The key to happiness is not in our expectations, but in our acceptance."
Unknown
"Set high expectations for yourself and don't settle for anything less."
Unknown
"Sometimes we create our own disappointments by assuming too much."
Unknown
"A strong man and a waterfall always channel their own path."
Unknown
"Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it."
Colin Powell
"We must not allow other people's expectations to collapse our souls."
Maya Angelou
"Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations."
Edward de Bono
"Your expectations are your possibilities."
Samuel Johnson
"Expectations are a form of first class truth: if people believe it, it’s true."
Bill Gates
"Expectations are the root of all misery."
John Steinbeck
"If you expect nothing from somebody, you are never disappointing."
Sylvia Plath
"What we see depends mainly on what we look for."
John Lubbock
"To avoid disappointment, I don’t expect anything from anyone."
Anonymous
"We can't reach for new horizons if we are not willing to let go of old ones."
Anonymous
"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."
Michelangelo
"Expectations can be a form of self-fulfilling prophecy."
Anonymous
"The expectation of happiness is a great source of unhappiness."
Henry David Thoreau
"You must beware of the expectation of others. It is in itself a form of slavery."
Lao Tzu
"Maybe the only expectation you can have is to expect that you will have expectations."
Anonymous
"All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them."
Walt Disney
"Let go of expectations. The best is yet to come!"
Anonymous
"Anything less than a 100% will have nothing to do with me."
Kanye West
"If you don't get what you expect, you will be happy with something better."
Anonymous
"Expectation can be more damaging than the outlook itself."
Anonymous
"To have great sorrow, there must first be great joy."
Anonymous
"And the more expectations we set for ourselves and others, the more disappointment we may experience."
Anonymous
"The greater your expectations, the greater your disappointment."
Anonymous
"We cannot control the expectations of others, but we can control how we respond to them."
Anonymous
"Keep your expectations low, and your appreciation high."
Anonymous
"Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true."
Bill Lawrence
"To avoid disappointment, don't expect anything."
Anonymous
"Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else."
Lawrence Block
"The most important thing to do is to set your expectations to a realistic level."
Anonymous
"My expectations were sky high. I always believed they had to be."
Patti Smith
"There is no such thing as a neutral act; everything we do has implications for the future."
David W. Orr
"When you let go of what you are, you become what you might be."
Lao Tzu
"High expectations are the key to everything."
Sam Walton
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Happiness depends upon our expectations."
Richard Paul Evans
"Expectation is the mother of confusion."
Anonymous
"You can’t expect to be the best unless you strive to be the best."
Viktor E. Frankl
"Expectations can be dangerous if they lead you to overreach."
Samantha L. Sutherland
"The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."
Confucius
"Expectations breed disappointment."
Anonymous
"Capacity is a function of will, expectation, and relationships."
Elizabeth Thornton
"Lower your expectations for yourself, and you will never be disappointed."
Anonymous
"Expectations are the roots of disappointment and dissatisfaction."
Anonymous
"The difference between a dream and a goal is a timeline."
Anonymous
"Dare to expect great things."
Anonymous
"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."
Alexander Pope
"Expectations are the root of all heartache."
William Shakespeare
"Realistic expectations reduce frustration."
John C. Maxwell
"When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are."
Donald Miller
"The greater your expectations of others, the more disappointment you will have."
Lao Tzu
"Expectations can take away the joy of life."
Ruth Graham
"You can’t change someone’s expectations of you. You can only change your response to them."
Anonymous
"Expectations are just future disappointments."
Anonymous
"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."
Seneca
"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."
Helen Keller
"The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies."
Anonymous
"Most of us are just about as happy as we make up our minds to be."
Abraham Lincoln
"Expect the best, prepare for the worst, and capitalize on what comes."
Zig Ziglar
"The expectation is often greater than the reality."
Anonymous
"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."
Stephen King
"To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect."
Oscar Wilde
"If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans."
Woody Allen
"The best way to avoid disappointment is to not expect anything from anyone."
Anonymous
"Expectation is the root of all heartache."
William Shakespeare
"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you expected."
Anonymous
"Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are."
Malcolm Forbes
"Letting go of expectations allows for the possibility of surprise."
Anonymous
"The more you expect from others, the more you will be disappointed."
Anonymous
"What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do."
Tim Ferriss
"To avoid disappointment, lower your expectations."
Anonymous
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