Expectations Quotes - Page 9

A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams; a shadow annihilates them.

It follows that the word probability, in its mathematical acceptance, has reference to the state of our knowledge of the circumstances under which an event may happen or fail. With the degree of information we possess concerning the circumstances of an event, the reason we have to think that it will occur, or, to use a single term, our expectation of it will vary. Probability is the expectation founded upon partial knowledge.

When you release your expectations that the world should fulfill you, your disappointments vanish.

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

There was no Twitter when I was in high school, so I can't even imagine the pressures or the expectations of pursuing likes or living life in that kind of mentality.

If your expectations aren't to be the best, then... you know, nobody rises to low expectations.

I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

In science novelty emerges only with difficulty, manifested by resistance, against a background provided by expectation.

Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.

Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment.

When Allah puts barakah (His blessings) in something, it will come beyond your expectations- never underestimate the power of one good deed.

People will say to me, ‘You’ve played so many strong women,’ and I’ll say, ‘Have you ever said to a man, “You’ve played so many strong men?”’ No! Because the expectation is [men] are varied. Why can’t we have that expectation about women?

Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier.

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

Expectations always lead to frustrations. Expectations are the seeds, and frustration is the crop that sooner or later you will have to reap. It is your own doing.

I've never had high expectations of my work and I certainly am not going to let that plague my thoughts. I'm just going to continue to choose what feels right for me at the time and go with it.

If he's not calling you, it's because you are not on his mind. If he creates expectations for you, and then doesn't follow through on little things, he will do same for big things. Be aware of this and realize that he's okay with disappointing you.

You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.

Meeting the deadlines is not good enough, beating the deadlines is my expectation.

Moths, and all sorts of ugly creatures, hover about a lighted candle. Can the candle help it?

Only you can judge your life. You have to live up to your own expectations.

A picnic may well be a metaphor for life. The essentials for happiness are the right company, moderate if sanguine expectations and a reasonable standard of physical sustenance and comfort, the whole being bedeviled by the belief that there is always something better to be had if only one presses on.

Don't shrink to meet the expectations of others, grow to become the person you want to be.

As far as expectations go, you can never work for expectations. You have to work against them.

When leaders behave consistently with the expectations of customers, they are doing things inside their organization that deliver value outside.