Quotes about expectations
expectations liberty excess
[A new all-encompassing national identification system] contradicts some of our most sacrosanct American principles of personal liberty and expectations of privacy and is far in excess of what is needed to provide us with the security and protections we all want. Bill McCollum
expectations american-history disaster
When you have the worst disaster in American history, you've got to be attuned to expectations,. Charles Krauthammer
expectations i-can do-the-best
I know there are a lot of expectations of me, and I will do the best I can. Carlos Beltran
expectations stupidity conform
It was stupidity that forced us to discard anything that did not conform with ourself - reflective expectations. Carlos Castaneda
expectations personality events
A complex is a cluster of energy in the unconscious, charged by historic events, reinforced through repitition, embodying a fragment of our personality, and generating a programmed response and an implicit set of expectations. Carl Jung
expectations doe ethics
An ethical act is one which does not harm others' experience or expectation of happiness. Dalai Lama
expectations roles television
I had no expectation of the level of adulation that would come my way. I just wanted to make a living with a regular role in a television series. Harrison Ford
expectations desire possession
Expectation ... quickens desire, while possession deadens it. Hannah More
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 want wake-up
If you want to be Mark Spitz then go for it. If you want to be Michael Phelps then you'll have to work for it. Nobody should wake up to a lower expectation of themselves. Mark Spitz
expectations actors shy
I suppose expectations are strange and I shy away from them. And the whole point of being an actor is to connect. Nicole Kidman
expectations surprise defying
Surprise comes from defying expectations. Seth Godin
expectations excellence quality
Excellence isn’t about meeting the spec, it’s about setting the spec. It defines what the consumer sees as quality right this minute, and tomorrow, if you’re good, you’ll reset that expectation again
expectations work-ethic levels
Work ethic must exceed the expectation level. Tom Coughlin
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 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
expectations grace life-is
There's a certain grace in accepting what your life is and embracing all the good things that have been - but there's still an expectation of good things to come. Not necessarily what you expected. Emmylou Harris
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 musician brown
One of the things that's influenced me musically was my experience at Brown University. I was surrounded by musicians that I really admired, and felt challenged to come up with music, lyrics, and recordings that stood up to the expectations of those musicians and myself. Lisa Loeb
expectations giving path-of-love
Give away your love, freely and without expectation. Give it away, and soon your life will be filled with love, and you will have set others on the path of love and peace. John Robbins
expectations unjust would-be
A scheme is unjust when the higher expectations, one or more of them, are excessive. If these expectations were decreased, the situation of the less favored would be improved. John Rawls
expectations energy celestine-prophecy
The universe is energy, energy that responds to our expectations. James Redfield
expectations world stuff
...the basic stuff of the universe, at its core, is looking like a kind of pure energy that is malleable to human intention and expectation in a way that defies our old mechanistic model of the universe--as though our expectation itself causes our energy to flow out into the world and affect other energy systems.