Quotes about Expectations

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"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

"If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed." - Sylvia Plath  

"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

"When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are."- Donald Miller

"High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation."- Charles Kettering

"I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations."- Bill Watterson

"Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time."- Paulo Coelho

"Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don't expect anything, you don't get disappointed."- Patricia McCormick

"If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome."- Michael Jordan

"My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus."- Stephen Hawking

"Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations."- Earl Nightingale

"Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack."- Brandon Sanderson

"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

"Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality."- Brian Tracy

"It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential."- Brad Henry

"It seems we always exceed even our own expectations-after a lot of hard work, though! "- Roberta Williams

"You're under pressure when you produce facts. You're working with facts in journalism, but you're under all kinds of formal constraints; there are expectations."- Denis Johnson

"The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."- Confucius

"We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation."- Ivan Illich

"It's when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached."- Mike Huckabee

"When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end."- Stephenie Meyer

" Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations."- Leo Buscaglia 

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