33 Quotes About Expectations

Having the ability to let go of expectation can help to contribute to a better life for your children. These quotes about expectations will remind us of the challenges we sometimes become confronted with.

“A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment.”

“Anyone who loves in the expectation ofWhen you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”

“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”

“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”

“Don’t lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.”

“Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpected.”

“Expectation is the mother of all frustration.”

“Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.”

“Good is not good, when better is expected.”

“High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.”

“I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations.”

“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.”

“If you do not the expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.”

“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”

“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.”

“It’s a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.”

“Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality.”

“So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they’re already met?”

“That was the thing about the world: it wasn’t that things were harder than you thought they were going to be, it was that they were hard in ways that you didn’t expect.”

“The best things in life are unexpected – because there were no expectations.”

“The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.”

“The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our action.”

“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.”

“Unhappiness lies in that gap between our talents and our expectations.”

“We find what we expect to find, and we receive what we ask for.”

“We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.”

“We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.”

“We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.”

“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”

“You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defense, offense, back and forth.”

“You can’t expect everyone to have the same dedication as you.”

“You don’t ask nobody to give what they can’t give, or be what they can’t be. You’ve learnt that, you got a headstart on heartbreak.”

“You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”

Sometimes expectations can contribute greatly to your ability to achieve a big goal or milestone.