Expecting Quotes

Expecting Quote of the day

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 are a vegetarian.

There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.

You and I will meet again, When we're least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won't say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

Live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!

Be more humble than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree, always offering respect onto others and never expecting any in return

To be kind is good. To be kind without expecting anything in return is better.

I speak and speak, [...] but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. [...] It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.

There are Millions of people in this world. Then why are you born? The reason is, Allah is expecting something from you, which is not possible by Millions.

I think about more than I forget, but I don't go around fire expecting not to sweat.

Anonymously perform acts of kindness, expecting nothing in return-not even a thank you.

You cannot keep doing the same thing, the same way, and keep expecting something different to happen.

If you expect the world to be fair with you because you are fair, you're fooling yourself. That's like expecting the lion not to eat you because you didn't eat him.

What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker.

Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.

Running well is a matter of having the patience to persevere when we are tired and not expecting instant results.

I looked around. As flock leader, everyone was expecting me to make a decision. Jeb's presence here would bring uncertainty, chaos, probably danger. It would perk up my day.

Sometimes when you've had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you've already had.

What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.

The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.

The Church is a family expecting guests.

The expectation level is high at the University of Alabama and it should be. What's wrong with people expecting excellence?

Cruelty to animals is an enormous injustice; so is expecting those on the lowest rung of the economic ladder to do the dangerous, soul-numbing work of slaughtering sentient beings on our behalf.

Grief jumps out at you when you're least expecting it.

The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.

I feel like people are expecting me to fail, therefore, I expect myself to win.

There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.

True beauty radiates not from outer cosmetics, but from the simple joy of making a difference for those that need your voice, passion, and time without expecting or wanting anything in return.

I suppose "giving without expecting anything in return" isn't something new, but it always pushes your happy button when you do it or see it.

Generosity is doing something for someone else expecting nothing in return.

So many people are expecting a miracle instead of BEING a miracle.

I know I'm capable of greatness, and I'm expecting to reach that level.

A girl expecting rescue never learns to save herself. Even with the means, she will find her courage wanting.

I never could bear the idea of anyone's expecting something from me. It always made me want to do just the opposite.

I was expecting it to be cynical because I'm like that myself. I wouldn't want it to be all roses because life isn't like that.

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

I don't go to the start line expecting to win. I go to the start believing this could be the day when incredible things happen

Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected expected?

And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed.

The defense should be expecting a run or a pass here.

The reward is in doing, but doing without expecting anything...doing unselfishly.

Real Christians revel in desperate ventures for Christ, expecting from God great things and attempting the same with exhilaration.

Love the people that wanna see you be successful and help you expecting nothing in return. That’s priceless. Those are real friends.

Sometimes we have to be patient because the one thing that is inevitable in life is evolution. Whether it comes at the pace that we are expecting it or not, it’s inevitable.

Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what is true. It is the truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt.