Top 25 Expect Nothing Quotes of 30

Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.

Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.

Blame, Expect Nothing

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.

Expectations, Life Is, Expect Nothing

"Anthony Hopkins Interview THE RITE; Plus Updates on THOR, 360, Composing Music, Painting, and a lot More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintarub, collider.com. January 26, 2011.

If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.

Dogen

Want, Way, Expect Nothing

Expect nothing. Today: that is your life.

Kurt Tucholsky

Advice, Today, Expect Nothing

Invest in yourself first. Expect nothing from no one and be willing to work for everything.

Tony Gaskins

Inspiring, Firsts, Expect Nothing

FaceBook post by Tony A. Gaskins Jr from Apr 10, 2013

Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised

Daniel Defoe

Expect Nothing

Seek to give much -- expect nothing.

Jonathan Goforth

Giving, Expect Nothing

God doesn't have to try to do supernatural things. He is supernatural. He would have to try to not be. If He is invited to a situation, we should expect nothing but supernatural invasion.

Bill Johnson

Trying, Invasion, Expect Nothing

Bill Johnson (2010). “When Heaven Invades Earth: A Practical Guide to a Life of Miracles”, p.77, ReadHowYouWant.com

For who expects nothing, all that comes is grateful

Fernando Pessoa

Grateful, Expect Nothing

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.

Alexander Pope

Blessed, Men, Expect Nothing

Alexander Pope (1824). “The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others: To which Were Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks”, p.367

When you give, expect nothing from people and everything from Allah.

Omar Suleiman

People, Giving, Expect Nothing

FaceBook post by Omar Suleiman from Feb 10, 2014

To hope for nothing, to expect nothing, to demand nothing. This is analytical despair.

James Hillman

Despair, Demand, Expect Nothing

Years ago I heard the Indian Jesuit Raimundo Panikkar say: Expect Nothing.

Lawrence Fagg

Years, Expect Nothing, Jesuit

I made up my mind that I would hold onto nothing, that I would expect nothing.

Henry Miller

Mind, Expect Nothing, Made

Henry Miller, John Calder (1985). “A Henry Miller reader”, Riverrun Pr

If you expect nothing, you can never be disappointed.

Tonya Hurley

Disappointment, Expectations, Expect Nothing

Expect nothing and life will be velvet.

Lisa Gardner

Inspirational, Velvet, Expect Nothing

The most content people are those who expect nothing, who have ceased to dream.

Christopher Pike

Dream, People, Expect Nothing

Christopher Pike (2013). “Thirst: Thirst No. 1; Thirst No. 2; Thirst”, p.349, Simon and Schuster

If you expect the worst, you'll never be disappointed.

Sarah Dessen

Expect Nothing, Worst, Disappointed

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.206, Penguin

They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains. - Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes

Pain, Expect Nothing, Labor

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, John Gibson Lockhart (1854). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.9, London : Hurst, Robinson ; Edinburgh : A. Constable

One can understand why Surrealism was not afraid to make for itself a tenet of total revolt, complete insubordination, of sabotage according to rule, and why it still expects nothing save from violence.

Andre Breton

Violence, Expect Nothing, Insubordination

Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart.

Alice Walker

Heart, Wish, Expect Nothing

Alice Walker (2012). “Anything We Love Can Be Saved: A Writer's Activism”, p.134, Ballantine Books

Instead of expecting all and being lowered into despair each time I get less, I expect nothing now and, occasionally, I get a little, and am more than a little happy.

Susan Sontag

Despair, Littles, Expect Nothing

Susan Sontag (2009). “Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963”, p.189, Macmillan