Sarah J. Marvin on expectation
Sarah J. Marvin56 quotes“The expectation of happiness can induce quite the opposite.”
Filed under
More from Sarah J. Marvin
I can’t change the whole world but I can change my world.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin I won’t be waiting around to see where you stand. I can stand on my own.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin I would rather be known and disliked than never truly known at all.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin Words aren’t enough but they are all I have to hold on to right now to keep from falling and near hitting bottom.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin I am a mother because my hearts live outside my body.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin How can something drain and fill me all at once.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin No one is given time to spend on what they love, they take it.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin It’s not my responsibility to fit into who you think I am. That’s not how this works.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin You believe in magic and so do I, because I believe in you.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin Those who fight the hardest for change are the ones who most believe its possible.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin You can’t be a part of the solution, if you refuse to acknowledge you are part of the problem.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin Instead of asking yourself why you care so much, ask everyone else why they don’t.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin You don’t need to reach the most people, you just need to reach the right people.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin You don’t need to understand me to respect me.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin Sometimes anger is the hardened hurt we never healed from.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin Somedays you need to let go of the world and it’s expectations of you.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin
Original quotes
From our community writers
Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
Juwairiyyah OlgarJuwairiyyah Olgar
Meet the writers
More on expectation
I want so much that is not here and do not know where to go.
Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
Andre GideAndre Gide It is better to be an exception than to have expectations.
Tom MetcafeTom Metcafe Be everything for yourself instead of relying on others.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown This life is your responsibility. Don’t expect anyone else to help you for no reason.
Tom MetcafeTom Metcafe Life is easier to manage when it filled with no expectation.
Alex DanielAlex Daniel Man’s real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe No Expectation is the key to happiness and peace.
Elezabeth SymondElezabeth Symond
Keep exploring
More People
