Change Expectations Quotes

#1. Twitter proved without a shadow of a doubt it is much more than a social network, but a user-defined infrastructure that can be harnessed to change lives and expectations, to share and enhance unique experiences and viewpoints. - Twitchhiker

Paul Smith

#2. Most change initiatives either fail or fall far short of original (perhaps unrealistic) expectations. More often than not, resistance is cultural in nature, the result of what James O'Toole so aptly characterizes as "the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom."

John Daly

#3. Be great, dwell on great thoughts.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#4. Accept the children the way we accept trees - with gratitude, because they are a blessing - but do not have expectations or desires. You don't expect trees to change, you love them as they are.

Isabel Allende

#5. Change your expectations, change your life.

Brinda Devine

#6. Change rarely happens in doses large enough to choke you. Everyday you swallow a little more and expect a little less.

Diane Meier

#7. You'll find that more doors open if you approach them with an open heart rather than a closed mind.

Rasheed Ogunlaru

#8. Don't expect people to change until you change your perceptions about people.

Debasish Mridha

#9. The most effective way to shake an economy out of a terrible downturn when we're at the zero lower bound is an aggressive change in policy that makes people wake up, say 'this is a new day' and change their expectations.

Christina Romer

#10. Firms are a bit concerned about things like oil prices and US growth but actually the change (in firms expectations) is quite small so I think broadly theyre looking for more of the same,

Peter Morgan

#11. The bigger you become of a celebrity, the bigger the expectations, the pressure on you - to make change, to say what people want, to target the people they want to target. Fame is toxic; it is quite toxic.

Bassem Youssef

#12. In this industry, where things change so quickly, I've found that having no expectations is the happiest way to go.

Brie Larson

#13. Free yourself from the expectations of having to be right with the wrong information.

Linda Deir

#14. Sincere forgiveness isn't colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don't worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time.

Sara Paddison

#15. When customers' expectations change faster than your willingness or ability to serve them, you can be sure they'll be someone else's customers soon.

Ron Kaufman

#16. Should philosophers be expected to change the world? Such an expectation seems to me extravagant. Marx himself didn't change the world: he reinterpreted it, then other people changed it.

J.M. Coetzee

#17. If you see only goodness in people, then people will be good.

Debasish Mridha

#18. Positive thoughts (expectations) can change perspective, transform behaviors, and attract good fortune.

Donna M. McDine

#19. We need to find ways to elevate the expectations, particularly of those individuals who may start off on a lower socioeconomic rung, who might be seen as disadvantaged. But, you know, the reason I say be seen as disadvantaged, it's because life is so short, and there's so much that can change.

Ben Carson

#20. Does your reality match your expectations? If not it's time to change either your expectations or your reality.

Steven Redhead

#21. Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind and thus understand all things? Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing, acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control: this is the supreme virtue.

Laozi

#22. Changes occur and expectations change. Reality brings new possibilities, while destroying some too. It's true: the future is uncertain.

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

#23. I am extremely ecstatic about the presidency of Barack Obama. I think he is paving the way for young African-American men like myself. I have very high expectations for Obama, and I am extremely hopeful that he will bring great lasting change not just to America, but to the entire world.

Texas Battle

#24. That being in love can change almost anything: from your expectations and limitations to your very life plans. It's a completely unpredictable force. And how it operates within any particular relationship is a total mystery to anyone outside of that relationship.

Zack Love

#25. Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others' expectations can be avoided.

Tina Weymouth

#26. Rethink change: Make change management irrelevant through Appreciative Leadership Innovation focused Expectations (ALIFE)

Tony Dovale

#27. God wants me to love my husband the way he is today, not the way he will be tomorrow. I have to stop with my expectations and just let God be God. His job is to change my husband, my job is to love my husband, right where he is.

Ngina Otiende

#28. The worst place anyone can start on is "wrong expectations

Ngina Otiende

#29. Whatever you expect is what will be, so simply change your expectations.

Dean Koontz

#30. I think people in Europe are generally pessimistic about the future. They have low expectations; they're not working hard to change things. When you're a slacker with a pessimistic view of the future, you're likely to meet those expectations.

Peter Thiel

#31. If you want to change your life in the fastest way possible, trade your expectations of others for appreciation.

Tony Robbins

#32. I've never lived my life by the expectations society puts on you. When something doesn't feel right or isn't going the way it should, I listen to my instincts and change it.

Fatima Robinson

#33. You become what you do. How and what you become depends on environmental influence so you become who you hang around. Raise the standard your peers must meet and you'll raise your expectations of yourself. If your environment is not making you better, change it.

Mark Twight

#34. Men marry women hoping they'll never change. Women marry men hoping they will.

David Mitchell

#35. Being in love can change almost anything: from your expectations and limitations to your very life plans. It's a completely unpredictable force. And how it operates within any particular relationship is a total mystery to anyone outside of that ...

Zack Love

#36. If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

Michael Jordan

#37. Achieving what I set out to do: to feel that I was instrumental in starting a great new movement which could not only change the course of things for Humanity and the rest of Creation, but alter Man's expectation of surviving for much longer on this planet.

Donald Watson

#38. Today's Europeans and Americans who reached the age of awareness after midcentury when the communications revolution lead to expectations of instantanaiy are exasperated by the slow toils of history. They assume that the thunderclap of cause will be swiftly followed by the lightening bolt of effect.

William Manchester

#39. Amazon has well passed any expectations of its ability to change distribution and marketing.

Eric Schmidt

#40. We cannot depend on change, but we can depend on surprise. However, we cannot always depend on surprise either. This keeps us on our toes.

Vivian Gornick

#41. Greenhouse gas emissions and global warming are among humanity's most pressing concerns. Societal expectations on climate change are real, and our industry is expected to take a leadership role.

Ali Al-Naimi

#42. It's not enough that you move through the world - you must change it to suit your expectations.

Michael Stein

#43. Change is inevitable, continuous, and constant. Expectations of anything or anyone remaining the same can only lead to struggles and hardships.
Willing Change

Jane Collins

#44. How much hope, expectation, and sheer hard work goes into the smallest success! There is no being sure of anything except that whatever has been created will change in time ...

May Sarton

#45. -but what people expect can change you in the end.

Justin Go

#46. Almost all change is evolutionary, not revolutionary ... expectations always travel at higher speeds.

John Naisbitt

#47. What a doctor or healer tells you is a reflection of the beliefs and expectations you hold. Change your beliefs and you change the prognosis. Who is the doctor? The mind of the patient.

Alan Cohen