Anticipation Quotes
The world is not yet exhausted: let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before.
Whatever advantage we snatch beyond a certain portion allotted us by at nature, is like money spent before it is due, which, at the time of regular payment, will be missed and regretted.
Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.
The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies by recollection or anticipation.
An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.
For what we cannot accomplish, what is denied to love, what we have lost in the anticipation a descent follows, endless and indestructible.
If life were eternal, all interest and anticipation would vanish. It is uncertainty which lends it fascination.
Depression is the flaw in love. There's no such thing as love without the anticipation of loss. And that specter of despair can be the engine of intimacy.
A man is as much affected pleasurably or painfully by the image of a thing past or future as by the image of a thing present.
Nothing is so rash as fear; and the counsels of pusillanimity very rarely put off, whilst they are always sure to aggravate, the evils from which they would fly.
Thou tremblest before anticipated ills, and still bemoanest what thou never losest.
Never yield to gloomy anticipation. Place your hope and confidence in God. He has no record of failure
Oh Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them," exclaimed Anne.
The gathering of believers should be an opportunity for wonder, anticipation and imagination; not drudgery, duty or routine.
There are few states, I suppose, which exact so severe a toll from one's nervous system as the anticipation of calamity.
The thing about stereotyping is it's usually just throwing rocks into a crowd hoping to hit somebody who deserves it.
God gives us power to bear all the sorrows of His making; but He does not give us power to bear the sorrows of our own making, which the anticipation of sorrow most assuredly is.
Hollywood liberals could not be reached for comment on the cost of the inauguration because they were being fitted for gowns and jewelry worth millions of dollars in anticipation of Oscar night.
Waiting is not always a bad thing; it can bring its own joy -the thrill of anticipation.
The false self lives mainly through memory and anticipation. Past and future are its main preoccupation.
Any design, whether its for a ship or an airplane, must be done in anticipation of potential failures.
We all know the disappointments that come when we base anticipation on what we and other humans can deliver. God will never have a problem delivering!
I am determined to enjoy each day to the fullest. I don't want to wish away Christmas. I want to enjoy these last moments of Advent and look forward to Jesus's birth with anticipation.
The best people are always the worst. They drive everyone mad by being so good at second-guessing everything bad.
As we come to the Bible, we can come with the holy anticipation of actually meeting with God.
Nature, even in the act of satisfying anticipation, often provides a surprise.
Troubles impending always seem worse than troubles surmounted, but this does not prove that they really are.
He who anticipates his century is generally persecuted when living, and always pilfered when dead.
Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. expect nothing - get nothing! but expect something - get something!!
Instead of getting wound up, simply relax your expectations of your family, friends, business associates...and yourself.