Every person goes through life with a preset notion of what to expect. Letting go of these expectations allow you to focus more on the experience itself and togetherness in your relationship. Here is a look at some of the best quotes about exceeding expectations that will shock you.
“A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect.”
“After all, what was adult life but one moment of weakness piled on top of another?”
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
“Entering into the flow of abundance begins when exceeding expectations becomes a way of life.”
“Exceeding expectations is where satisfaction ends and loyalty begins.”
“Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.”
“Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to.”
“Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”
“I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations.”
“I mean, like most guys, you carry around this girl in your head, who is exactly who you want her to be. The person you think you will love the most. And every girl you are with gets measured against this girl in your head.”
“I spent an awful lot of my life underestimating myself and, as a result, not exceeding my own expectations.”
“I wasn’t disappointed. My expectations had been met.”
“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 men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed; but the cleverest, the acutest men are often under an illusion about women: they do not read them in a true light.”
“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”
“If you expect nothing, you can never be disappointed.”
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were?”
“If you’re going to say what you want to say, you’re going to hear what you don’t want to hear.”
“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 takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another.”
“Know that everything is in perfect order whether you understand it or not.”
“Learning is its own exceeding great reward.”
“Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed.”
“Meeting expectations is good. Exceeding expectations is better.”
“Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.”
“Our mission statement about treating people with respect and dignity is not just words but a creed we live by every day. You can’t expect your employees to exceed the expectations of your customers if you don’t exceed the employees’ expectations of management.”
“Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality.”
“Set the standard! Stop expecting others to show you love, acceptance, commitment, & respect when you don’t even show that to yourself.”
“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 first step in exceeding your customer’s expectations is to know those expectations.”
“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.”
“The shortest path to exceeding expectations doesn’t generally pass through meeting expectations.”
“There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.”
“There’s no straighter road to success than exceeding expectations one day at a time.”
“To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.”
“Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday. Realize the past no longer holds you captive.”
“Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.”
“We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ‘Blessed are they that mourn,’ and I accept it. I’ve got nothing that I hadn’t bargained for.”
“What I have since realized is that if people expect you to be brave, sometimes you pretend that you are, even when you are frightened down to your very bones.”
“What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.”
“When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person’s life. And then they want the person to change.”
“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 are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded you.”
“You can’t expect everyone to have the same dedication as you.”
Finding a way to let go of your expectations is the best way to reveal your mistakes and take yourself down a path of success.
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