Don't Expect Quotes

#1. If you're lazy, don't expect much in terms of success. You're owed nothing and success will not be given to you. It's earned.

Robert Kiyosaki

#2. I am not here to please myself so don't expect me to please others.

Amit Abraham

#3. Don't expect too much from yourself. What I like to do when I have a day off is make various cookie doughs and freeze them. Then I always have that on hand if I need it.

Giada De Laurentiis

#4. Place Yourself On the Scale You Desire.Don't Expect Others To Do It For You. It's An Individual Thing Called SELF-ESTEEM.

Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#5. A bitter sweet tale of how life cannot be planned and love comes when we don't expect it in all shapes and forms.

Annette J. Dunlea

#6. I try to tell people to keep having hope. It's always what you don't know and don't expect that's gonna be so great.

Roseanne Barr

#7. Love is unconditional when you don't expect anything from the beloved.

Debasish Mridha

#8. I don't expect everybody to like me. If you try to please everybody, by changing your position and your personality, every time you do that you lose a little bit of yourself.

Nancy Grace

#9. Don't expect too much from me, cos i might not meet up to your expectations, don't underestimate me, cos i just might do the unexpected, don't expect the truth from me always cos am human, and don't even try to judge me, cos you have not gone trough half of what av been trough

Odeyale Opeyemi

#10. Mortals have perfected the art of not seeing what they don't expect to be there.

Julie Kagawa

#11. I would like to say to people, open your eyes and find beauty where you normally don't expect it.

Jean Paul Gaultier

#12. If you don't give anything, don't expect anything. Success is not coming to you, you must come to it.

Carol S. Dweck

#13. I don't know why it's so hard for people to admit that sometimes they're just assholes who screw up because they don't expect to get caught.

Karen M. McManus

#14. So OK, it's your special big Four-O birthday But don't expect me to be obsequious and fawning You, being you, can't possibly be a good example So do try, at least, to serve as a warning

John Walter Bratton

#15. Adapt to them - don't expect them to adapt to you.

John C. Maxwell

#16. You shrunk and bottled in a glass jar, you're a portable saint. Knowing you is like knowing Jesus. There are billions of us and only one of you so I don't expect much from you personally. There are no answers to my life. But I'm touched by you and fulfilled just by believing.

Chris Kraus

#17. Linus: What would you say you want most out of life, Charlie Brown? To be happy?
CB: Oh, no. I don't expect that. I really don't. I just don't want to be unhappy!

Charles M. Schulz

#18. People don't expect a small Japanese girl to be able to break a man's arm.
"They didn't assume you were a ninja?

Demitria Lunetta

#19. Even if you don't expect anything from life, doesn't life expect something from you?

Viktor E. Frankl

#20. I don't expect anyone to give me anything.

Jamie Moyer

#21. Don't expect people to understand your purpose when God didn't give them your vision.

Turcois Ominek

#22. It is only when you accept how different you all are, that you will be able to see how much the same you all are. Don't expect anybody to be the same as you, then you will see that you are in many ways the same as everybody.

C. JoyBell C.

#23. Give up as much as you're willing to receive back and give yourself, if that makes any sense. Whatever that is, don't expect more from a person than what you're willing to give, but give it knowing that you're giving it - it's been given, so don't expect anything else.

Emayatzy Corinealdi

#24. I always feel happy, you know why? Because I don't expect anything from anyone. Expectations always hurt. Life is short, so love your life, be happy and keep smiling.

Anonymous

#25. When most people turn on their TVs, they don't expect a frank discussion of philosophical ideas in their practical context. Or any context.

David O. Russell

#26. For things will never be perfect, until human beings are perfect - which I don't expect them to be for quite a number of years!

Thomas More

#27. If one of my heroes comes to me and says, 'Do you want to work on something?' I just say, 'Yes.' I don't ask for details; I don't expect to get paid anything. I just love working with my heroes.

Moby

#28. Wherever you stop, you will stay there. Don't expect the ground beneath you to move forward!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#29. When you're cold, don't expect sympathy from someone who's warm.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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

Debasish Mridha

#31. Stories have a richness that goes way beyond fact. My writing knows more than I know. What a writer must do is listen to her book. It might take you where you don't expect to go.

Madeleine L'Engle

#32. I think voters want somebody who understands their problems. You're right that they don't expect the president to fix everything. When he's wrestling with Congress and Wall Street and the rest of the world, they hope he'll be looking at things from their vantage point.

Gail Collins

#33. Customers don't expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong.

Don Porter

#34. Sure, but don't expect great observations. Mostly I just looked for dirty pictures hidden within the artwork. Did you know Monet put a boob in all his paintings? Apples and Grapes - get it? I mean, come on. The guy was a horn-dog.

Penny Reid

#35. When you go through a loss, a disappointment or a bad break up, don't expect to come out the same. Expect to come out better off than you were before.

Joel Osteen

#36. The great question of all choosers and adventurers is 'Was it worth while?' - and whatever else you may expect of life, don't expect an answer to that.

Sheila Kaye-Smith

#37. Do something nice for somebody. Do something nice for God. Do something nice for the earth - and don't expect anything in return or you will suffer.

Frederick Lenz

#38. Don't expect me to cry for the wrong reasons.

Kurt Cobain

#39. Don't expect trouble.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

#40. Don't expect to make a difference unless you speak up for yourself.

Laurie Halse Anderson

#41. If you are an executioner, don't expect to have a friend closer than a gallows!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#42. Whatever sport you choose, do it because you love it, and don't expect to be an expert first thing. It takes time to do well at anything, but if you love it, you'll stick with it.

Ryan Sheckler

#43. But actually, I'm planning on moving to New York this year and I can tell you one reason why I think New York is incredible: I think things happen to you that you don't expect have happen to you.

Jason Schwartzman

#44. I don't expect to be thin, but I'd like to feel a bit healthier.

Matt Lucas

#45. I think you forget that I'm still alive. It's like you don't expect me to keep on existing now that I'm not in your life every day.

Rachel Higginson

#46. No, but I have passed the point in life where I expect to be satisfied," Augustus said. "At least I don't expect to be satisfied with much. When it comes right down to it, Woodrow, I guess my own cooking beats anything I've come across in this life.

Larry McMurtry

#47. People who don't expect justice don't have to suffer disappointment.

Isaac Asimov

#48. 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

#49. Naturally, there's got to be a limit for I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.

Isaac Asimov

#50. It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation.

Thurston Moore

#51. I don't expect you to take me back, but I needed to come here and tell you how sorry I am. I needed to tell you how much I love you, Gavin. How much I need you in my life.

Gail McHugh

#52. Sometimes when you don't expect to meet someone, apparently they will appear in front of you, so many times.

Nina Ardianti

#53. I don't expect you to understand. You're only a magnet for mishap, Miss Mitchell, while I am a magnet for sin.

Sylvain Reynard

#54. I don't expect to seem cool to everyone; nor do I want to be. I think that's the opposite of the definition of cool. So I don't care at all.

Kristen Stewart

#55. It's an American worker's right to unionize for sure, but that being said, don't expect me not to point out when or if union leadership takes advantage of union members.

Joe Wurzelbacher

#56. When you're living your life in endurance mode, you don't expect anything good to happen. I'm not saying that you don't dream about some miracle that would change everything for the better. But you pretty much know it's only a fantasy, and that you have no real control over anything.

Nancy Werlin

#57. I do not agree with Thomas Wolfe ... about anything. You can go home again as long as you don't expect home to be what it was when you left it. Or you don't expect yourself to be what you were when you left home.

Raymond Burr

#58. You don't expect me to know what to say about a play when I don't know who the author is, do you? ... If it's by a good author, it's a good play, naturally. That stands to reason.

George Bernard Shaw

#59. For me it's more fun to find an unexpected moment for a character to sing when you don't expect them to.

Stephen Sondheim

#60. I don't expect people who've enjoyed 'Spy Kids' will enjoy 'Repo! the Genetic Opera!'

Alexa Vega

#61. When you're as small as I am, people don't expect you to be much of an athlete. You either wilt under the weight of low expectations, or you rise above them.

Daniel Rodriguez

#62. Don't expect art and you'll find art in the unexpected.

Philip David Hogan

#63. To be treated well in places where you don't expect to be treated well, to find things in common with people you thought previously you had very, very little in common with, that can't be a bad thing.

Anthony Bourdain

#64. I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.

Gabourey Sidibe

#65. You know, I look at Britney Spears who can't even drive without paparazzi in her face, and if I ever get to that level, which I don't expect, but if it does happen and success does happen to come my way, then I'm going to be prepared.

Alyson Stoner

#66. I love Radiohead, which most people don't expect, and I listen to everything from Stevie Wonder to Steely Dan, Carole King, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, Beyonce Knowles, Vampire Weekend, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Burt Bacharach, and Paul Simon.

Eliza Doolittle

#67. Don't expect front row seats if you're giving nosebleed effort.

Eric Thomas

#68. Don't expect others to put forth more effort toward your dream than you're willing to put. The door to success requires dedication. Unlock the door.

Annette Rivers

#69. You just don't expect to meet dead people.

Chuck Palahniuk

#70. If the human isn't responsible for their role in the horse human relationship, horses just don't get along very well. So that's why I say it's all about the human meeting the bill to fit the horse in any given situation. But don't expect the horse to always fit the human.

Buck Brannaman

#71. Don't frustrate yourself by mistaking "associates" for "friends"! Everyone doesn't have your back. Identify the people in your life & don't expect them to be, who they're not!

Jackie Hill

#72. People don't expect government to solve all their problems. But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a slight change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, and that the doors of opportunity remain open to all. They know we can do better.

Barack Obama

#73. I know it too well, my friend. Fresh water does not come out of a bitter spring; you don't expect to get rose perfume coming out of a rubbish heap, neither scorpions to kiss people!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#74. Gods often contradict
our fondest expectations.
What we anticipate
does not come to pass.
What we don't expect
some god finds a way to make it happen.
So with this story

Euripides

#75. I learned you pay for your happiness. That's why I don't expect to be happy all the time. I'd rather be surprised by one moment every so often to remind me that joy is possible, even if I have to pay for it later.

Esmeralda Santiago

#76. You and I, we can be the best of friends, but don't expect to find your fairy tale under my roof. You got me?

J.M. Darhower

#77. It takes a lot more than just knowing how to put an outfit together to succeed in the fashion industry, so more power to you if this is where you want to be; just don't expect it to be an extended trip to the mall.

Sophia Amoruso

#78. Get lost, Dorothy." "It's the thing we don't expect, Billina, that usually happens," observed the girl, thoughtfully.

L. Frank Baum

#79. I will develop the areas that vote for me, but if you don't vote for me, don't expect anything.

Yahya Jammeh

#80. When love hits you, it hits you and you don't expect it.

Selena

#81. Go to Mozambique! As long as you don't expect to find flawless infrastructure, just go. Because this is a country where people have not quite grown accustomed to tourists. You still feel a genuineness that no longer exists in countries where tourism has been industrially developed.

Henning Mankell

#82. Things you don't expect come up, and you have to adapt. You can't let it throw you off. You have to cope. Those are all really valuable skills, in life and racing.

Mikaela Shiffrin

#83. Doing goodness is good only when you don't expect anything in return; not a medal, not even a simple thanking!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#84. Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.

Marilyn Monroe

#85. Go ahead and voice your criticisms, but don't expect to be invited back.

Mason Cooley

#86. In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say 'we have a problem, let's go and get it'.

Colin Powell

#87. They don't expect anything from the French state, since they learned to stay hidden, often arriving without papers," he said. "Unemployment in France is of little concern, because essentially they're all entrepreneurs. It's a state of mind.

Anonymous

#88. We need to take our cue from the drug dealers in Hoboken who, when they reach twenty, go to the local undertaker and prepay their funeral because they don't expect to live to thirty.

Robert Littell

#89. Don't repress your needs and feelings. They fester, becoming corrosive and destructive in your relationships. In a calm, loving way, tell the people in your life what you need. Don't expect people to read your mind. It only leads to disappointment and frustration. Empower them to empower you!

Jillian Michaels

#90. Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.

Suzanne Collins

#91. People are kinda still a bit puritanical, perhaps. People don't expect a woman to feel so open, in a way, about her sexuality onscreen, and they probably find it fascinating. I think more actors are doing it and being open to that and not being afraid of it, so it's becoming less of a thing.

Maria Bello

#92. You don't expect to get the letter saying, Her Majesty would like to appoint you Knight Commander of the British Empire! It was just a completely overwhelming and exciting day.

Antony Sher

#93. You don't expect the goat to hatch the hen's eggs. People do what they know very well. Don't expect someone who doesn't know what you know to do it for you. Do it yourself.

Israelmore Ayivor

#94. Don't expect others to change. Instead, take on the project and see if you can become the change you want to see in the world. Try your best to let go of anger, blame and seeing yourself as a victim.

Sharon Gannon

#95. We're both accustomed to being the center of attention. We're both accustomed to being spoiled by the people around us. And we don't expect to have to compete with somebody for all of that.

Jim Lampley

#96. True fans of the Constitution, like true fans of the national pastime, acknowledge the critical role of human judgment in making tough calls. We don't expect flawless interpretation. We expect good faith. We demand honesty.

Eric Liu

#97. Life takes turns that we don't expect and even the best of us can end up in a place we never expected.

A Meredith Walters

#98. I read a lot of news online, but I like buying a paper because I'll read an article I wouldn't normally read. And more often than not, the articles that you don't expect to care about are the ones that grab you.

Eddie Kaye Thomas

#99. We should say to the West: "You have been supporting dictators for too many years. Don't expect the people to introduce democracy over night. It is going to take time." It took time with the French revolution, it took time with the Eastern European revolutions. And it is going to take time there.

Tariq Ramadan

#100. Be a true representative of the goodness in your heart, and don't expect it to be easy or even noticed.

Adyashanti