Quotes about Expectations

Henri Nouwen said, "In order to be of service to others we have to die to them; that is, we have to give up measuring our meaning and value with the yardstick of others…. thus we become free to be compassionate." When you base your worth and identity on your relationship to Christ, you are freed from the expectations of others, and that allows you to really serve them best.

If your prayers haven't been answered, it doesn't mean they won't be answered. In fact, they may have already been answered, but just not in the way you wanted or expected them to be.

If there be any thing a man might well pray against, that thing is the responsive gratification of some of the devoutest prayers of his youth.

The church expect too much from the pastors and there's barely anytime left for prayer.

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.

I learnt to stop fantasising about the perfect job or the perfect relationship because that can actually be an excuse for not living.

The third basic need of a male in a relationship is an attractive woman; for a woman, honesty and openness.

There are blessed intervals when I forget by one means or another that I am President of the United States.

Marriage is more about work than about divine luck, more about finding someone to love than about finding someone to meet your own laundry list of personal needs.

Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.

What is kinder--to believe the best of people and burden them with a nobility beyond their endurance--or to see them as they are, and accept it because it makes them comfortable?

I took it for granted that there must be a few men left in the world who had that kind of strength. I assumed that those men would also be looking for women with principle. I did not want to be among the marked-down goods on the bargain table, cheap because they'd been pawed over. Crowds collect there. It is only the few who will pay full price. You get what you pay for.