Quotes about expectations
expectations long may
The expectation that every neurotic phenomenon can be cured may, I suspect, be derived from the layman's belief that the neuroses are something quite unnecessary which have no right whatever to exist. Whereas in fact they are severe, constitutionally fixed illnesses, which rarely restrict themselves to only a few attacks but persist as a rule over long periods throughout life. Sigmund Freud
expectations firsts too-late
At first, there is something you expect of life. Later, there is what life expects of you. By the time you realize these are the same, it can be too late for expectations. What we are being, not what we are to be. They are the same thing. Shirley Hazzard
expectations democracy hard
What's hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society. Steven Weber
expectations desire may
The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth or by desires of varying degrees of coldness. Samuel Alexander
expectations objects belonging
An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me.
expectations would-be analyzing
In all these cases, part of the reasons for failure perhaps was not analyzing and assessing the true nature of the crisis, the resources that would be required, and exaggerated expectation of what the U.N. troops can do. Kofi Annan
expectations want behavior
WANT shows up in conversation - EXPECTATION shows up in behavior. Les Brown
expectations people shows
Show people how to have success and then you can push their expectations up. Lenny Wilkens
expectations population doe
If new species arise very rapidly in small, peripherally isolated local populations, then the great expectation of insensibly graded fossil sequences is a chimera. A new species does not evolve in the area of its ancestors; it does not arise from the slow transformation of all its forbears. co-author with Niles Eldridge Stephen Jay Gould
expectations heaven soul
I must confess, as the experience of my own soul, that the expectation of loving my friends in heaven principally kindles my love to them while on earth. Richard Baxter
expectations people perception
A lot of people feel trapped by circumstance, by the expectations of others or the perception that they need a lot of money. They would like to have a different direction in their lives, but they're held back by fear or desires that are incompatible with that freedom. Roz Savage
expectations shapes outlook
Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations. Richard DeVos
expectations waiting firsts
The first season [of Jessica Jones] exceeded my expectations already, so I'm just waiting to see what will happen in the second season. Rachael Taylor
expectations desire goes-on
It isn't expectations that carry us forward, it's our desire to go on. Paulo Coelho
expectations people burden
We are all prisoners at one time or another in our lives, prisoners to ourselves or to the expectations of those around us. It is a burden that all people endure, that all people despise, and that few people ever learn to escape. R. A. Salvatore
expectations people age
Most of us are taught from an early age to pay far more attention to signals coming from other people than from within. We are encouraged to ignore our own needs and wants and to concentrate on living up to others expectations. Nathaniel Branden
expectations onions coats
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats. You may strip off the outer ones without doing much mischief, perhaps none at all ; but you keep taking off one after another, in expectation of coming to the inner nucleus, including the whole value of the matter. It proves, however, that there is no such nucleus, and that chastity is diffused through the whole series of coats, is lessened with the removal of each, and vanishes with the final one which you supposed would introduce you to the hidden pearl. Nathaniel Hawthorne
expectations parent handprints
I have never had parents who set good examples, parents whose expectations were worth living up to, but she did. I can see them within her, the courage and the beauty they pressed into her like a handprint. Veronica Roth
expectations might enough
Archimedes, that he might transport the entire globe ... demanded only a point that was firm and immovable; so also, I shall be entitled to entertain the highest expectations, if I am fortunate enough to discover only one thing that is certain and indubitable. Rene Descartes
expectations stupidity focus
Economists who adhere to rational-expectations models of the world will never admit it, but a lot of what happens in markets is driven by pure stupidity - or, rather, inattention, misinformation about fundamentals, and an exaggerated focus on currently circulating stories. Robert J. Shiller
expectations joy
False expectations take away joy. Sandra Bullock
expectations trying wake-up
I really try to wake up with my music the same as I do with my life, and that is with no expectations. I just feel what I feel that day and follow it. Robin Thicke
expectations novelty jest
The hapless wit has his labors always to begin, the call for novelty is never satisfied, and one jest only raises expectation of another. Samuel Johnson
expectations gold scarcity
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. It becomes cheap as it becomes vulgar, and will no longer raise expectation or animate enterprise.
expectations taste ashes
[Michael Hastings] has composed a dirge to incompatibility, which, because it raises expectations only to defeat them, leaves a taste of exhumed ashes. Richard Corliss
expectations people rosemary
I felt trapped and fabricated in the fifties living up to other people's expectations. Rosemary Clooney
expectations together share
Share your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners. In turn, they will treat you as a partner, and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations. Sam Walton
expectations giving want
Exceed your customer's expectations. If you do, they'll come back over and over. Give them what they want - and a little more.
expectations lessons given
The best lesson I was given is that all of life teaches, especially if we have that expectation. Sam Abell
expectations want what-you-want
If you're going to say what you want to say, you're going to hear what you don't want to hear. Roberto Bolano
expectations pandas disappointing
Summit meetings tend to be like panda matings. The expectations are always high, and the results usually disappointing.
expectations dollars portfolios
There is one thing of which I can assure you. If good performance of the fund is even a minor objective, any portfolio encompassing one hundred stocks (whether the manager is handling one thousand dollars or one billion dollars) is not being operated logically. The addition of the one hundredth stock simply can't reduce the potential variance in portfolio performance sufficiently to compensate for the negative effect its inclusion has on the overall portfolio expectation. Warren Buffett
expectations results term
Although we deal with probabilities and expectations, the actual results can deviate substantially from such expectations, particularly on a short-term basis.