Quotes by Expectations So, throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise. Charles Dickens words-of-wisdom expectations people No varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself. Charles Dickens woods grain expectations There was a gay fiction among us that we were constantly enjoying ourselves, and a skeleton truth that we never did. To the best of my belief, our case was in the last respect a rather common one. Charles Dickens skeletons gay expectations There have been occasions in my later life (I suppose as in most lives) when I have felt for a time as if a thick curtain had fallen on all its interest and romance, to shut me out from anything save dull endurance any more. Never has that curtain dropped so heavy and blank, as when my way in life lay stretched out straight before me through the newly-entered road of apprenticeship to Joe. Charles Dickens way-in-life romance expectations it is a principle of his that no man who was not a true gentleman at heart, ever was, since the world began, a true gentleman in manner. He says, no varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself. Charles Dickens expectations heart men In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong. Charles Dickens morality expectations inspirational We were equals afterwards, as we had been before; but, afterwards at quiet times when I sat looking at Joe and thinking about him, I had a new sensation of feeling conscious that I was looking up to Joe in my heart. Charles Dickens expectations heart thinking All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Charles Dickens earth self expectations Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations. Charles Dickens communication expectations inspirational I never had one hour's happiness in her society, and yet my mind all round the four-and-twenty hours was harping on the happiness of having her with me unto death. Charles Dickens expectations mind love The joy of losing consists in this: Where there are no expectations, there is no disappointment. Charles Krauthammer disappointment expectations winning It is an axiom of political life that you never raise expectations, whether in a political or military campaign, because your defeats are then magnified and your victories discounted. Charles Krauthammer military expectations interesting When you have the worst disaster in American history, you've got to be attuned to expectations,. Charles Krauthammer american-history disaster expectations People are far more important than rigid rules and demanding expectations. Charles R. Swindoll christian expectations people God has called His creation to find satisfaction in a personal relationship with Him, and stop trying to manage the world by conforming it to our expectations, and to allow Him to govern His creation. He continues to say through an ancient Hebrew worship song, "Be still and know that I am God! Charles R. Swindoll expectations song trying There is an expectation with a superhero film that there is spectacle and action but there also has to be heart. Striking that balance is really important. Charles Roven superhero expectations heart It is a common observation that those who dwell continually upon their expectations are apt to become oblivious to the requirements of their actual situation. Charles Sanders Peirce requirements acceptance expectations I would like for people to not be stuck by the rules of what is expected of a classical musician. If you really want to do something different, don't be afraid to do so. Think of music itself and not the rules or expectations of people. Charlie Albright expectations people thinking I had my own insecurities, which a lot of my comedy would come from, about not being able to live up to their academic expectations. Acting out those insecurities was a way of confronting them, like, “Let me just lean into being a guy who can’t read or write.” Charlie Day guy expectations writing I think that people have expectations of themselves and other people that are based on these fictions that are presented to them as the way human life and relationships could be, in some sort of weird, ideal world, but they never are. So you're constantly being shown this garbage and you can't get there. Charlie Kaufman expectations people thinking «89101112131415161718»
