Expectation Quotes

Everyone is dealing with something. This is life; this is not just a piece of cake. You expect that when your teammates are doing their jobs, so you got to compartmentalize and do your job.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

Happiness doesn’t always come from a pursuit. Sometimes it comes when we least expect it.

The best healing of anxiety is achieved by letting go of our expectations.

The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.

Whatever you do, don’t play it safe. Don’t do things the way they’ve always been done. Don’t try to fit the system. If you do what’s expected of you, you’ll never accomplish more than others expect.

For Roosevelt, if a nation was unable or unwilling to act to defend its own interests, it could not expect others to respect them. Inevitably,

It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.

Opportunities, many times, are so small that we glimpse them not and yet they are often the seeds of great enterprises. Opportunities are also everywhere and so you must always let your hook be hanging. When you least expect it, a great fish will swim by.

He might as well plant an oak in a flowerpot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares!