348 quotes found
“Real love when it comes, it doesn't look like anything you'd expect.”
“Falling in love isn't about expectations or an outcome.It is about the sheer, weightless, joyous terror of falling into the universal embrace.”
“She realized she'd been thinking for years that she would not truly be pleased until she'd checked off this last achievement on her list, but one of the dangers of such thinking is that the event o...”
“Thomas felt his spirits lift, but immediately squashed them back down. Getting his hopes up was something hed sworn never to do again. Not until all this was over.”
“I promise, when you always expect the worst, you will not be disappointed.”
“The lesson here is that high expectations can be counter-productive. We probably can do more to affect the quality of our lives by controlling our expectations than we can by doing virtually anythi...”
“Issues arise not from expecting too much from people, but too little.”
“Living up to other people's expectations, limits your potential. You'll either find they are unreasonably high, or set so low you should consider it an insult. Only you should determine how far you...”
“When we believe that God expects us to try hard to become who Jesus wants us to be, we will live in that blurry, frustrating land of Should Be rather than trust in The One Who Is.”
“We expect miracles from love but love has only itself to give.”
“Carrying an aggressive attitude is to expect cool shadow under a naked Tree”
“We are all made good and positive declaration about the year 2015. We are all expecting breakthroughs in our lives, new things to happen to give us life changing. Guess what my friends, nothing is ...”
“Nothing in life or love slipped easily into the tidy little box of his expectations.”
“Do not lower your expectations in order to avoid hurt. Instead, keep your expectations high and learn to tackle with disappointments.”
“People who think nothing can go wrong are usually disappointed.”
“No wonder women don't negotiate as often as men. It's like trying to cross a minefield backward in high heels.”
“Reality is never what you imagined it would be. Sometimes its better. Sometimes its worse. And sometimes its just different. Its not worth wasting time and energy trying to predict how things are g...”
“To avoid being disappointed, avoid placing your expectations on others. Love lets them be who they are and it allows them to react the way they want to react.”
“Farid, you are keeping a hawk; don't expect her to lay eggs like a chicken.”
“A successful person expects a clapping hand, an ailing person expects an open hand.”
