Quotes about Expectations
With the unreasonable petulance of mankind I rang the bell and gave a curt intimation that I was ready.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
The anxieties of all of us, our worries, vexations, bothers, troubles, uneasy apprehensions and strenuous efforts are due, in perhaps the large majority of instances, to what other people will say;
— Arthur Schopenhauer
I get a feeling that American standards are sort of an unspoken norm, and that whether one resists them, or whether one adopts them, they are there to be reckoned with
— Audre Lorde
There's no surer way to destroy a man than to force him into a spot where he has to aim at not doing his best, where he has to struggle to do a bad job, day after day.
— Ayn Rand
You must choose to live by enouragement rather than by expectations.
— Stephen Kendrick
If you can disappoint yourself as much as you love yourself and you still manage to disappoint yourself then why are you shocked when other people that you love disappoint you.
— Bishop TD Jakes
How would you ever learn unconditional love if you were married to someone who met all the conditions?
— Paul Washer
There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Accept the children the way we accept trees—with gratitude, because they are a blessing—but do not have expectations or desires. You don't expect trees to change, you love them as they are.
— Isabel Allende
How can you learn unconditional love if you're married to a woman who meets all your conditions?
— Paul Washer
If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
— Timothy Keller
Culture drives expectations and beliefs; expectations and beliefs drive behavior; behavior drives habits; and habits create the future. It all starts with culture.
— Jon Gordon