Quotes by Expectations I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away. Quentin Tarantino expectationsblowwant We are all prisoners at one time or another in our lives, prisoners to ourselves or to the expectations of those around us. It is a burden that all people endure, that all people despise, and that few people ever learn to escape. R. A. Salvatore burdenexpectationspeople I will not serve Allah like a laborer, in expectation of my wages. Rabia Basri islamicwisdomexpectations When you wrap up your self-worth with your talent, and suddenly you might not be the most talented, that's really scary. And I think that fear is in part why I turned to comedy because I had no expectations of being a comedian. It was exciting to get good at something where I wasn't afraid of not being the best. Rachel Bloom self-worthexpectationsthinking The first season [of Jessica Jones] exceeded my expectations already, so I'm just waiting to see what will happen in the second season. Rachael Taylor expectationswaitingfirsts I thought about the bigger picture of my life, and about the people—and particularly the guys—I would encounter during my lifetime. How would I ever know when that moment was right, when expectation met anticipation and formed … connection? Rachel Cohn guyexpectationspeople How would I ever know when that moment was right, when expectation met anticipation and formed...connection? Rachel Cohn connectionsanticipationexpectations A label is a mask life wears. We put labels on life all the time. 'Right,' 'wrong,' 'success,' 'failure,' . . . Labeling sets up an expectation of life that is often so compelling we can no longer see things as they really are. This expectation often gives us a false sense of familiarity toward something that is really new and unprecedented. We are in relationship with our expectations and not with life itself. Rachel Naomi Remen labelsexpectationsgiving I had thought joy to be rather synonymous with happiness, but it seems now to be far less vulnerable than happiness. Joy seems to be a part of an unconditional wish to live, not holding back because life may not meet our preferences and expectations. Joy seems to be a function of the willingness to accept the whole, and to show up to meet with whatever is there. It has a kind of invincibility that attachment to any particular outcome would deny us. Rachel Naomi Remen attachmentexpectationsjoy I'm a textbook definition of that perfectionist girl who has huge expectations of herself. Rachel Zoe textbooksgirlexpectations I think my favorite Rolling Stones song is "No Expectations." I always think and talk through songs. Ragnar Kjartansson expectationssongthinking Counting the numbers of troops is not going to define our success here.There is no military success, ultimately, to Afghanistan. The Afghans themselves are going to define what happens here. And we have to convince ourselves that we have a strategy in place that empowers them to do that and that is realistic in what our expectations are from them and on what schedule. Rahm Emanuel militaryexpectationsnumbers Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations. Ralph Charell succeedexpectationsdream Expectations always lead to frustrations. Expectations are the seeds, and frustration is the crop that sooner or later you will have to reap. It is your own doing. Rajneesh cropsfrustrationexpectations It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been born with: That I am nobody but myself. Ralph Ellison being-yourselfself-esteemexpectations I was grateful to have two weeks to shoot this one scene in Harry Potter. It's a big, big scene, but they have to deliver. And they have high expectations. Ralph Fiennes gratefulexpectationstwo The future is just your hope, expectation. And when this life is not fulfilling you start looking further, beyond death. All these are fictions just for you to survive somehow. But this survival is not how you are supposed to be. Existence has not given you birth just to live in hopes. You can be really ecstatic this moment, and there is no other moment. Meditation is, Zen is living now and here. Rajneesh survivalmeditationexpectations Begin each day with the expectation that it will bring something new, something to which you can say yes. Ralph Marston something-neweach-dayexpectations So somebody comes along and gets to me. They get me angry or uptight or they awaken some desire in me, wow am I delighted. They got me. And that’s my work on myself. If I am angry with you because your behavior doesn’t fill my model of how you should be, that’s my problem for having models. No expectations, no upset. If you are a liar and a cheat, that’s your Karma. If I’m cheated, that’s my work on myself. Ram Dass karmaexpectationsliars To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward. Ramakrishna rewardsattachmentexpectations«5859606162636465666768»
