Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack. — Brandon Sanderson
Work ethic must exceed the expectation level. — Tom Coughlin
We often expect too much of others when we don’t have a clear sense of their purpose in our lives. — Jay Shetty
Expectations always lead to frustrations. Expectations are the seeds, and frustration is the crop that sooner or later you will have to reap. It is your own doing. — Osho
Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised — Daniel Defoe
Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. — Ralph Marston
You get whatever you expect to get. The only question is. What do you want? — Mark Victor Hansen
If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom? — Kahlil Gibran
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. — Graham Chapman
In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it. — A. Philip Randolph
One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six. — Navjot Singh Sidhu
Keep your standards high, and any guy who is worth it will rise to meet them. — Sayings
Sometimes the best things in life are unexpected. — Faith Sullivan
Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
Less Expectation Quotes
We expect more from technology and less from each other. We create technology to provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship. — Sherry Turkle
Expecting less from your brain while aging? That is like quitting the gym because you feel weaker. Both lead to faster decline. — Tommy Wood
At work people are expected to be at the beck and call of employers all the time. You have blackberries and other things, and they just don't leave you alone. People have less time just to drop into an art gallery. — Jeremy Paxman
Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.
And he knew that at that moment, they understood each other perfectly, and when he told her what he was going to do now, she would not say ‘be careful’ or ‘don’t do it’, but she would accept his decision because she would not have expected anything less of him. — J. K. Rowling
Because gratitude is the key to happiness, anything that undermines gratitude must undermine happiness. And nothing undermines gratitude as much as expectations. There is an inverse relationship between expectations and gratitude: The more expectations you have, the less gratitude you will have. — Dennis Prager
My high school was a private school where you went to an Ivy League. That's just what was expected of you and nothing less. So I grew up never being okay with a 'B' because a 'B' was not good enough. — Troian Bellisario
A person who feels appreciated will always do more than is expected.
Looking back, I underestimated the risks. The planet and the atmosphere seem to be absorbing less carbon than we expected, and emissions are rising pretty strongly. Some of the effects are coming through more quickly than we thought then. — Nicholas Stern
Set and enforce an aspirational hourly rate. If fixing a problem will save less than your rate, ignore it. If outsourcing a task will cost less than your rate, outsource it. Get comfortable disappointing people whose expectations will eat your life up, one hour at a time. — Naval Ravikant
People will let you down in this life, promises will be broken, you should expect less of others and trust more in yourself. — Leon Brown
Free your heart from hatred - forgive. Free your mind from worries - most never happen. Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less. — Stephen Covey
Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule. — Charles Dickens
Realistic expectations for life are that we are going to be better today than we were yesterday, be better tomorrow than we were today. That's a plan for success. So [the key is] simple: just work. — Jim Harbaugh
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. — Dennis Wholey
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. — Tom Petty
What did you expect? 'Welcome, sonny?' 'Make yourself at home?' 'Marry my daughter?' You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know . . . morons. — Gene Wilder
If you wish to leave much wealth to your children, leave them in God's care. Do not leave them riches, but virtue and skill. For if they learn to expect riches, they will not mind anything besides, and their abundant riches shall give them the means of screening the wickedness of their ways. — Saint John Chrysostom
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