“You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations.” ~ Stevie Wonder.
“The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.” ~ Confucius.
Attachment prevents the growth of one’s true being.” ~ Laozi
“Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments.
The more I accept, the more serene I am.” ~ Michael J.
“The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be.
“Don’t believe in miracles – depend on them.” ~ Laurence J.
“I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.” ~ Charles Dickens.
“It’s when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached.” ~ Mike Huckabee.
“Well done is better than well said.” ~ Benjamin Franklin.
We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.” ~ Paulo Coelho Live frugally on surprise.” ~ Alice Walker
“I am open to the guidance of synchronicity, and do not let expectations hinder my path.” ~ Dalai Lama.
This isn’t heaven, so don’t expect it to be.” ~ Max Lucado
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” ~ Mother Teresa.
“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.” ~ Michael Jordan.
“Most things don’t work out as expected, but what happens instead often turns out to be the good stuff.” ~ Judi Dench.
“Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.” ~ Charlotte Bronte.
“We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.” ~ Ivan Illich.
“If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale.
I’m aware of them, but I can’t relax them.” ~ Mary Decker
“I’ve always got such high expectations for myself.
“Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.” ~ Earl Nightingale.
“Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you – all of the expectations, all of the beliefs – and becoming who you are.” ~ Rachel Naomi Remen.
“Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.” ~ Paulo Coelho, Expectations quotes in love.
“My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.” ~ Michael J.
“If you expect nothing from anybody, you’re never disappointed.” ~ Sylvia Plath.
“All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment, but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.” ~ Francois Fenelon.
“There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.” ~ Jodi Picoult, Realistic expectations quotes.
“Expectation is the mother of all frustration.” ~ Antonio Banderas.
“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.” ~ Orison Swett Marden.
“High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.” ~ Charles Kettering.
“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” ~ Princess Diana.
“We tend to get what we expect.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale.
“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.” ~ Bruce Lee.
Below you will find a collection of motivating, knowledgeable and encouraging expectations quotes, expectations sayings, and expectations proverbs.