Expectations Quotes

Patience is the absence of expectation.

Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations.

Expectations are like hidden rocks in your path , All they do is trip you up

The more you do for others without expectation of return, the more you'll get back from the most unexpected sources.

Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed.

I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.

You look upon the seasons with expectation and await them: wy not seize the seasonal opportunities and exploit them?

The key is to set realistic customer expectations, and then not to just meet them, but to exceed them - preferably in unexpected and helpful ways.

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.

Stocks are bought on expectations, not facts.

A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic, reformism is basically optimistic.

Self-efficacy beliefs differ from outcome expectations, judgments of the likely consequence [that] behavior will produce.

I started SpaceX with the expectation of failure.

Face each day with the expectation of achieving good, rather than the dread of falling short.

True faith is never found alone; it is accompanied by expectation.

The good thing is that women have such high expectations of men that it inspires us to live up to them. That's what I learned about male-female relationships.

The front windows as are the watchmen of grief - I've been looking beyond expectation - Beyond myself - and I do not know as I love you - Which one of us is missing.

Expectations are resentments waiting to happen

It's a lot of things that play into having a good sneaker store. That's why I never jumped into that field. If I open one, it's going to be a lot of expectations.

Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.

And I think now that fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. But somehow, when you lose something you love, faith takes over. -Rose

I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.

You can NEVER rise higher than your expectations of yourself. Expect the BEST!

People having expectations maybe means they've enjoyed what I've done.

The imagination, backed by great expectations, can bring about almost any reality within the range of probalities.

You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your perception...you see what is, where most people see what they expect.

A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle.

Our lives are shaped not as much by our experiences as by our expectations.

If you truly dwell within Acceptance, you are wityout two things-Expectations and Disappointments.

When meditating, do not expect something to happen. Otherwise, you are meditating on your expectation, and you are not doing the Meditation itself.

Americans have an expectation that the Postal Service will abide by its well-known, although unofficial, motto - a commitment to deliver.

Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement.

...when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, you're free.To hold on is to be serious and uptight. To let go is to lighten up.

Renunciation-is a piercing Virtue-The letting go A Presence-for an Expectation-.

One of the things that gets me up in the morning is knowing that customer expectations are always rising, and I find that very exciting.

One of the hallmarks of an evolved person is the ability to tell the truth with no fear of punishment or expectation of reward

I'm not going to throw my imagination away. I refuse to lie down to expectation. If I can just hold out till I'm thirty, I'll be incredible.

If you choose to do something, do it with your utmost. And remember, expect nothing and life will be velvet.

You are actually pre-paving your future experiences constantly. ... You are continually projecting your expectations into your future experiences.

If ever it's necessary to ride the bandwagon, it's done with one leg swinging out and eyes scoping the fields.

You can't make the Duchess of Windsor into Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. The facts of life are very stubborn things.

Exceeding expectations is where satisfaction ends and loyalty begins.

Act without expectation.

Challenging behavior is just a signal, the fever, the means by which the kid is communicating that he or she is having difficulty meeting an expectation.

Great expectations are better than a poor possession.

The expectations you bring to meditation practice are often the greatest obstacles you will encounter.

The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.

But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.

One thing the music industry has taught me is to manage my expectations.

Whether you sell hamburgers or computers, we’re all in the customer service business. Our goal must be to exceed our customers’ expectations every day.