It is enough that I am of value to somebody today.
Behind every "I don't expect anything from you",there are buried expectations.
Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is... we cannot expect things to be much better in this world... We cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any living cr...
To win, expect to win. Expectations create reality.
There is a proper balance between not asking enough of oneself and asking or expecting too much.
If you want a place in the sun you've got to put up with a few blisters.
Never expect anything from anyone, if you wants to live a happy life.
On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the...
This is what storytelling gets you. You make things up that aren't real, and then get upset when they don't turn out as expected.
God honors and blesses people of action beyond expectations.
What gets scary is when your self-worth is tied up in what strangers think of you.
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
Vex not thy spirit at the course of things they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything that may happen in life.
People tend to freak out when something diverges from their expectations.
Few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography...
To seek fulfillment is to invite frustration.
I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is but it does not admit of holidays.
Unless you expect the unexpected, you will not find it, for it is hidden and thickly tangled.
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
Disappointment doesn't stem from expectations. It stems from unrealistic or unreasonable expectations.