Audrey Hepburn on expectation
Audrey Hepburn97 quotes“Good things aren’t supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.”
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I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I’d invented it, because it is very true.
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn It is too much to hope that I shall keep up my success. I don’t ask for that. All I shall do is my best- and hope.
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn To pull off any look, wear it with confidence.
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn The more there is, the less I want. The more man flies to the moon, the more I want to look at a tree.
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn I tried always to do better: saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself.
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn Living is like tearing through a museum.
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn Your heart just breaks, that’s all. But you can’t judge or point fingers. You just have to be lucky enough to find someone who appreciates you.
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do in my life, seriously
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn Love is action. It isn’t just talk, and it never was.
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn Laughing is the best calorie burner.
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn I believe, every day, you should have at least one exquisite moment.
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It’s not the most social pastime.
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn Happy girls are the prettiest girls.
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn Cheating on a good woman is like choosing trash over treasure.
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn You can only hope to get a combination of happy work and a happy life.
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn I don’t want to be alone, I want to be left alone.
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One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.
Erma BombeckErma Bombeck The Lord expects you to do some things for yourself.
Bear BryantBear Bryant Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
Alexander PopeAlexander Pope Oh, my God, I don’t think any player can look forward to or expect to a career of so many Grand Slam wins or title wins or being so long at the top of the game.
Roger FedererRoger Federer People do not expect to find chastity in a whorehouse. Why, then, do they expect to find honesty and humanity in government, a congeries of institutions whose modus operandi consists of lying, cheating, stealing, and if need be, murdering those who resist?
H. L. MenckenH. L. Mencken Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.
Earl NightingaleEarl Nightingale Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.
Sheryl SandbergSheryl Sandberg Expect the unexpected.
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