Top Expectations Quotes

Messy" is a word we use to explain a conflict with an expectation we had. Eliminate the expectation, and you eliminate the "messy".

The lower your expectation the easier and happier your life will be

To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.

Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness.

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.

You never conquer a mountain. You stand on the summit a few moments then the wind blows your footprints away.

Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable and often impossible.

In combat life is short nasty and brutish. The issues of national policy which brought him into war are irrelevant to the combat soldier he is concerned with his literal life chances.

To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect

I started to discover the meaning of happiness when I started to discover--and practice--the art of acceptance. When I started to accept life for what it was and I started to accept whatever situation...

Progress is a collection of expectations set and met.

I'm shadowboxing in a match the shadow is always going to win. (as a young man battling his deceased brother's heroic legacy)

We expect miracles from love but love has only itself to give.

Serving with love, a kind heart, and without expectations is happiness.

Expectation and fact are two different things that people usually cannot differentiate.

There is no such thing as something for nothing.

In nature there are neither rewards or punishments-there are consequences.

I can't write a book commensurate with Shakespeare but I can write a book by me.

There is an illusion that has much to do with ... most of our unhappiness. ... We expect too much.

Low expectations is the key to happiness in life.