Quotes by Expectations Our wishes never seem so little desirable as when on the verge of accomplishment; we draw back instinctively, they look so different from what we expected. Geraldine Jewsbury accomplishmentexpectationswish I don't know whether it's spiritual development or trying to learn the psychologically with being an actor, but I realise the more I get into it that this was something I was always supposed to do. That allowed me to sit easiser in the life I was living. But that doesn't mean to say you just stroll through it. It takes work and the work is not always about acting. It's sometimes about how you deal with the ups and downs of hope, of expectation. Gerard Butler spiritualexpectationsmean The best use of history is as an inoculation against radical expectations, and hence against embittering disappointments. George Will disappointmentexpectationshistory Have an attitude of positive expectation. Germany Kent positive-expectationsexpectationsattitude I recognize I am essentially a failed human being in the sense that I can't possibly live up to the expectations of an Almighty. George W. Bush almightyhumansexpectations Let us be adventurers for another world. It is at least a fair and noble chance; and there is nothing in this worth our thoughts or our passions. If we should be disappointed, we are still no worse than the rest of our fellow-mortals; and if we succeed in our expectations we are eternally happy. Gilbert Burnet succeedpassionexpectations Twenty minutes into his presidency, Donald Trump, who is always claiming to have made, or to be about to make, astonishing history, had done so. Living down to expectations, he had delivered the most dreadful inaugural address in history. George Will inauguraldoneexpectations He who has never hoped can never despair George Bernard Shaw hopeexpectationsinspirational You can see a whole book as a series of creating an expectation and then delivering a skew on that expectation so it's not totally satisfied. George Saunders creatingexpectationsbook All storytelling is kind of that - there's a bit of text that you put pressure on that spits out some desire that a character has and then you follow that. The other part is that every scene raises an expectation in the reader's mind - that's part of its job is to make you look in and be curious. George Saunders expectationsjobscharacter Obama came to power with this element of raising many new hopes and expectations but he's been fought back by the system, becoming almost paralyzed in a way. Gilberto Gil elementsexpectationsway A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams; a shadow annihilates them. George Eliot womenhopeexpectations The first time I came to London on my own, I was 15. I was absolutely oblivious to so many things. I had no expectations, no fears. I just came to do a National Youth Theatre season one summer. It was just brilliant. Gina McKee theatreexpectationssummer I think there's a sort of satisfaction in defying people's expectations. Gillian Jacobs expectationspeoplethinking Compassionate conservative soft bigotry of low expectations. George W. Bush presidentialconservativeexpectations A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle. George Bernard Shaw miraclepurposeexpectations Love is a gift, a miracle, a mystery. You are led to its threshold by your affinities, by your inclinations, and by the yearnings of your heart, although its power and presentation is by grace, not by expectation, demand, or requirement. Love is the ultimate paradox, for it is the lamb that is also the lion. Love is the ultimate power, which resides in surrender. Glenda Green expectationsheartlove-is I think sometimes you have high expectations for people because you have high expectations for yourself. Gisele Bundchen expectationspeoplethinking The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility - all make for a one-in-a-billion individual. Glenn McGrath humilityexpectationsjoy One reason that a lot of people see me as cheerful and optimistic is that my expectations are really rather low. Glenn Reynolds optimisticexpectationspeople«2425262728293031323334»
