Quotes by Expectations I conduct my life with an expectation that people will do the right thing. Yet even with all my experience, I am still surprised when they do not. Howard Schultz stillsexpectationspeople Life is largely a matter of expectation. Horace expectationsinspirelife Most of the avoidable suffering in life springs from our attempts to escape the unavoidable suffering inherent in the fragmentary nature of our present existence. We expect immortal satisfactions from mortal conditions, and lasting and perfect happiness in the midst of universal change. To encourage this expectation, to persuade mankind that the ideal is realizable in this world, after a few preliminary changes in external conditions, is the distinguishing mark of all charlatans, whether in thought or action. Hugh Kingsmill expectationsperfectspring An expectation was there, mixed in with so many other emotions - excitement, resignation, hesitation, confusion, fear - that would well up then wither on the vine. You're optimistic one moment, only to be racked the next by the certainty that it will all fall to pieces. And in the end it does. Haruki Murakami optimisticexpectationsfall With every one, the expectation of a misfortune constitutes a dreadful, punishment. Suffering then assumes the proportions of the unknown, which is the soul's infinite. Honore de Balzac punishmentsoulexpectations As a new artist - I don't care who you talk to - I think everyone would agree, it's hard to get your expectations right. Hunter Hayes artistexpectationsthinking When you're making any movie, you have your hopes and expectations - but reality doesn't always conform with your hopes and expectations. Hutch Parker conformexpectationsreality No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural. Ian Hamilton Finlay expectationsorderpeople The audience's expectations are ever-present. Ian Mckellen audienceexpectations To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in a democratic Nigeria. Ibrahim Babangida expectationsopportunitypeople If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting. Idries Shah ablegiving-upexpectations We soon get through with nature. She excites an expectation which she cannot satisfy. Henry David Thoreau hopeexpectations Be realistic with your expectations. I'd really like to cuddle a unicorn, but it aint going to happen. India Knight unicornrealisticexpectations I am not my hair India.Arie soulexpectationshair It's always sad to me when certain people are excluded from being considered beautiful... because of someone else's expectation. That bothers me. India.Arie expectationsbeautifulpeople The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us. Henry David Thoreau trackexpectationsanswers In many parts of the world, women and girls are especially vulnerable to HIV/AIDS because they lack control over most aspects of their life. Cultural expectations and gender roles expose women and girls to violence, sexual exploitation and far greater risk for infection. Hillary Clinton riskgirlexpectations The public psychology of going into debt for gain passes through several more or less distinct phases: (a) the lure of big prospective dividends or gains in income in the remote future; (b) the hope of selling at a profit, and realizing a capital gain in the immediate future; (c) the vogue of reckless promotions, taking advantage of the habituation of the public to great expectations; (d) the development of downright fraud, imposing on a public which had grown credulous and gullible. Irving Fisher incomepsychologyexpectations Unlike us, cats never outgrow their delight in cat capacities, nor do they settle finally for limitations. Cats, I think, live out their lives fulfilling their expectations. Irving Townsend catexpectationsthinking There is nothing like early promiscuous sex for dispelling life's bright mysterious expectations. Iris Murdoch mysteriousexpectationssex«2829303132333435363738»
