Quotes about expectation
expectations forever world
Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow. Solomon Ibn Gabirol
expectations evil evil-things
Expectations are an evil thing. Skylar Grey
expectations mind way
If I fulfill YOUR expectations, how am I going to transform you? I have to DESTROY your expectations. I have to destroy the very mind that creates those expectations. If you come to me, never come with expectations, otherwise you will be disappointed - because I have no obligation to fulfill your expectations in any way. In fact, if I see that there are some expectations, I do things DELIBERATELY to destroy those expectations. That is the price you have to pay to be with me. Rajneesh
expectations words-of-wisdom favors
A word of wisdom to you, akribos, you need to learn to accept gifts. (Catera) There’s no such thing as a gift. If I were to take that from you, sooner or later you would ask a favor from me in return. Nothing in life is ever truly given without expectation. (Acheron) Sherrilyn Kenyon
expectations great-expectations poor
Great expectations are better than a poor possession. Miguel de Cervantes
expectations would-be overcoming
When I needed to overcome the low expectations of others or the bias that would be expressed in one circumstance or another, I'd keep on keeping on. And I climb over the obstacle, go around it, dig under it, fly over it. That's what kept me going. Otherwise I would have never been an astrophysicist. Neil deGrasse Tyson
expectations five-senses modern
Modern science is under no obligation to satisfy the expectations of your five senses.
expectations revolutionary speed
Almost all change is evolutionary, not revolutionary... expectations always travel at higher speeds. John Naisbitt
expectations risk comforting
Networked, we are together, but so lessened are our expectations of each other that we can feel utterly alone. And there is the risk that we come to see others as objects to be accessed—and only for the parts we find useful, comforting, or amusing. Sherry Turkle
expectations stronger pressure
Even when there's pressure and distractions and expectations from others or myself, it's a good thing. It just makes me a better person. It makes me stronger. Nick Goepper
expectations want settling
I don't want to be someone that you're settling for. I don't want to be someone that anyone settles for. Marriage is hard enough without bringing such low expectations into it, isn't it? Nora Ephron
expectations pay probability
Probability and expectation are not the same. Its probability and probability times the pay off. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
expectations democrat
The Democrats have this high level of expectation of what government can do. Mark Shields
expectations waiting hated
I hated waiting. If I had one particular complaint, it was that my life seemed composed entirely of expectation. Marilynne Robinson
expectations grace important
When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace. Patricia Briggs
expectations justice done
I can establish the expectation of retributive justice. Have we done that? No. Paddy Ashdown
expectations littles matter
Societal expectations matter little; personal expectations matter tremendously. Philip Zimbardo
expectations
My expectations are incredibly high, Paula Creamer
expectations genius doe
True genius does not fulfill expectations. True genius shatters it. Paula Abdul
expectations effort decision
Strategic planning is the continuous process of making present entrepreneurial (risk-taking) decisions systematically and with the greatest knowledge of their futurity; organizing systematically the efforts needed to carry out these decisions; and measuring the results of these decisions against the expectations through organized, systematic feedback. Peter Drucker
expectations clerks needs
Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'
expectations heaven max
Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't heaven, so don't expect it to be. Max Lucado
expectations age world
Once we reach a certain age, we tend to recalibrate our expectations. We expect less from the world once we've seen it up close. Marianne Williamson
expectations desire action
Make the expectations lively enough, and action will follow. Mason Cooley
expectations uncanny feels
When my expectations are exactly fulfilled, I feel that something uncanny has happened.
expectations horizon different
I have a different starting premise from those 100 academics who are so heavily invested in the regime of low expectations and narrow horizons which they have created. Michael Gove
expectations people able
I do feel pressure. I have always been able to surprise people because they didn't know to expect anything from me. And now people are starting to have expectations. Michael Cerveris
expectations age way
You never choose the way that you're raised, it's just the way that you were raised, but you do get to a certain age where you're in a position to question the expectations of you and the way that you've been formed by your surroundings. Mia Wasikowska
expectations people needs
How extraordinary people are, that they get themselves into such situations where they go on doing what they dislike doing, and have no need or obligation to do, simply because it seems to be expected. Margaret Drabble
expectations challenges satisfaction
There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation. Kingman Brewster, Jr.
expectations
Buy what's deliverable, not what could be. Michael Bloomberg
expectation guess
I guess there was a sense of expectation that it was going to happen. He was very cordial.
expectation implicitly paid request
Implicitly when they make that request there's an expectation that it will be paid back, David Morse