Quotes about Expectation

Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved we love to love.

On 'Handmaid's' you are given complete freedom - unlike some shows where you're really expected just to 'fold in' and 'deliver the script' and 'put the camera where we normally put the camera.'

I believe social media gives away a lot to people. I got this impression long time back when my friend was on Twitter, and he got trolled because he posted his opinion about something. He was very upset about it, as he didn't expect that people will reply in such a nasty way.

Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.

Promise to think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best from yourself and others.

We shouldn't be surprised when suffering and difficulty come our way; in fact, we should probably be surprised when they don't.

Duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does oneself.

We praise the banker that we may overdraw our account, and find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets. I mean everything that I have said.

This A is not an expectation to live up to, but a possibility to live into.2

Let's remember that the only way to find happiness is not to expect gratitude, but to give for the joy of giving.

You may be very sure that if your sincere intent is to glorify God and bless others in your efforts, and you are not motivated by unloving attitudes, you will see the hand of God move with you as you expectantly do your work. Your part is simply to expect it, watch for it, give thanks as you see it, and, on the basis of your experience, encourage others to do the same.

If you believe in prayer at all, expect God to hear you. If you do not expect, you will not have. God will not hear you unless you believe He will hear you; but if you believe He will, He will be as good as your faith.