Expectations Quotes
He's the man we were in search of, that's true, and yet he's not the man we were in search of. For the man we were in search of was not the man we wanted.
Setting proper expectations from the moment you meet a potential client will reduce stress and enable all parties to work together, rather than struggling contentiously through the process.
People aren't always who they seem, Detective. Am I anything like you thought?""No, " I admitted. You're a million times better than I could have imagined.
People who expect too much are always disappointed. You would do well to remember that, my boy.
Tell yourself often: I am going to tackle my aspirations head on with the passion and dedication necessary to exceed even my expectations.
We freeze up because we expect a certain result or because we want things to be perfect.
She looked around her apartment which seemed to be waiting for something. Lana hated that, when the room was a pregnant pause.
Does your reality match your expectations? If not it's time to change either your expectations or your reality.
Was it too much to ask that she find someone who wanted the same things in life as she did--a home, someone to lean on when the not-so-perfect times came crashing down?
Don’t water your testimony with your righteous expectations of church members. Their imperfection will disappoint you every time and cause you to leave every church you try to join.
And by the way, if I always tell you the truth, you might start to believe me.
It's no use going the extra mile if people don't expect it. You will never get extra credit for it. Just invest it on something else.
Water shrinks wool, urgency shrinks time.Shrinkage may be an advantage or the reverse, according to expectation.
A successful person expects a clapping hand, an ailing person expects an open hand.
Madeline knew how that was. So many people had ideas of what you should and shouldn't do, but in the end you had to decide for yourself.
Expectation and fact are two different things that people usually cannot differentiate.
Being rich and coming from a distinguished family background doesn't guarantee happiness, Abby. In fact, it might make happiness harder to find because you have to live up to akk that expectation.
A pint can't hold a quart-if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.
Who ever is adequate? We all create situations which others can't live up to then break our hearts at them because they don't.
The way to achieve happiness is to have a high standard for yourself and a medium one for everyone else.
Because you're not what I would have you be I blind myself to who in truth you are.
There are philosophies which are unendurable not because men are cowards but because they are men.
When I decided to go into politics I weighed the cost: I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when the virulent criticism came I wasn't surprised. I was better able to handle it.
Never let life's hardships disturb you ... no one can avoid problems not even saints or sages.
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you're a vegetarian.
Marriage is not just spiritual communion and passionate embraces marriage is also three meals a day sharing the workload and remembering to carry out the trash.
Try as hard as we may for perfection the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.
I have done what I could do in life and if I could not do better I did not deserve it. In vain I have tried to step beyond what bound me.
The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.
At thirty a man should know himself like the palm of his hand know the exact number of his defects and qualities. ... And above all accept these things.
Learn to ... be what you are and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.