Antoine de Saint-Exupery on expectation
Antoine de Saint-Exupery95 quotes“You cannot plant an acorn in the morning, and expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of an oak.”
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You see, one loves the sunset when one is so sad.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery You’re beautiful, but you’re empty. No one could die for you.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery Loneliness is bred of a mind that has grown earth-bound.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy ready-made things in the shops. But since there are no shops where you can buy friends, men no longer have any friends.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery The arms of love encompass you with your present, your past, your future, the arms of love gather you together.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery The arms of love encompass you with your present, your past, your future, the arms of love gather you together.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery Even though human life may be the most precious thing on earth, we always behave as if there were something of higher value than human life.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery Words are the source of misunderstandings.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery No single event can awaken within us a stranger whose existence we had never suspected. To live is to be slowly born.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery No individual is isolated. He who is sad, saddens others.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery To live is to be slowly born.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery It is in your act that you exist, not in your body. Your act is yourself, and there is no other you.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love’s opposite.
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Your expectations opens or closes the doors of your supply, If you expect grand things, and work honestly for them, they will come to you, your supply will correspond with your expectation.
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Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson Never let an impossible situation intimidate you. Let it motivate you – to pray more, trust more, expect more.
Rick WarrenRick Warren God does not expect us to imitate Jesus Christ; He expects us to allow the life of Jesus to be manifested in our moral flesh.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers Become aware of your negative expectations and practice replacing them with positive expectations.
Debbie FordDebbie Ford Rest now, dear heart, let joy find you unexpected places.
Ine GraceIne Grace Fascinating is a word I use for the unexpected, in this case I would think interesting would suffice.
Leonard NimoyLeonard Nimoy
