It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
Expectations hinder you from being prepared for the unexpected
Shoo. Away with you. It's my fault for expecting the extraordinary from the ordinary.
When our hopes for performance are not completely met, realistic optimism involves accepting what cannot now be changed, rather than condemning or second-guessing ourselves. Focusing on the successful...
You'll find that more doors open if you approach them with an open heart rather than a closed mind.
Expectation kills. Just go with the flow, you might be surprised when something better comes along in an unexpected way.
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.
A successful person expects a clapping hand, an ailing person expects an open hand.
I used to have all of my ducks in a row. Now I'm happy to just have them in my vicinity.
The world has been blind in the presence of artificial lights.They blame on the darkness in broad daylight.
What's happiness for a reader? Be pleasantly surprised by a book from which he expected nothing.
I cannot do everything but still I can do something and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do something I can do.
What has always made a hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his heaven.
The greatest and most important problems in life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.
My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.", December 12, 2004)]
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.
Genius does what it must talent does what it can.
It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes.
Expectation is faith in motion: you expect the things you hope for to happen.
I think both the space shuttle program and the International Space Station program have not really lived up to their expectations.