52 quotes found
“To love without need or without expectation of restitution, that is how we ought to love.”
“Do not expect much from humans. Expect much more from God.”
“We all remember epochs in our experience when some dear expectation dies, or some new motive is born.”
“Is God present or is he absent? Maybe we can say now that in the center of our sadness for his absence we can find the first signs of his presence. And that in the middle of our longings we discove...”
“The secret to being a good traveler is liking a place before you get there.”
“That was what made traveling appeal to him - he always made new friends, and he didn't need to spend all of his time with them. When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him...”
“Love hurts because we think that's what love is.”
“Often the most effective statement we can make in a noisy world is to say nothing at all. Don't waste your words over something or to someone who deserves silence.”
“I could have married again while I was still young. A congregation likes to have a married minister, and I was introduced to every niece and sister-in-law in a hundred miles. In retrospect, I'm ver...”
“If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.”
“When you get married or get a job, you are signing a contract that you will now not only live your expectations but others expectations also.”
“People relate giving to reciprocity. They expect things to be expressed in a way they can understand, which is usually their own.”
“We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.”
“Mirrors are liars. They tell us what we expect to see.”
“There is no honor in seeking praise for doing that which is expected of you.”
“Those who show no loyalty give up the right to expect any.”
“He wanted to tell her, from the greater perspective he had, that to own only a little talent, like his, was an awful, plaguing thing; that being only a little special meant you expected too much, m...”
“I am more than what they say I am.”
“Life is largely a matter of expectation.”
“I kept my expectations low, which is one of the secrets of life.”
