Don't Expect Too Much Quotes

#1. People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.

Jonathan Ames

#2. I don't expect too much from the afterlife, I think that I know very well what pain is. When I think of the end of my life, I think mainly: I didn't do nothing, but I could have done more.

Sylvia Kristel

#3. Don't get disillusioned, no don't expect too much Cause if what you have is all you can get Just keep on trying It just ain't happened yet.

Bryan Adams

#4. And the Sphinx broke its long silence:
Don't expect too much.

Carl Sandburg

#5. Don't expect too much from others because people behave according to their perspective, not yours. Accept people as they are and avoid controlling them, only then they will give you their best.

Hina Hashmi

#6. 'Expect nothing and hope for the best' is my mantra. A drama teacher called Joseph Blatchley told me that, and it's the best advice I've had. If you keep an open mind and don't expect too much, then you won't be disappointed.

Michelle Dockery

#7. I'm from New Jersey / I don't expect too much / If the world ended today / I would adjust ...

John Gorka

#8. And I'll never let myself down..How so? I don't expect too much from me.

Joe Budden

#9. 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

#10. 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

#11. Try to improve. Don't expect too much, but don't feel discouraged either; keep up your enthusiasm; you will make progress.

Dalai Lama

#12. Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.

Dean Koontz

#13. Dwarves are not heroes, but a calculating folk with a great idea of the value of money; some are tricky and treacherous and pretty bad lots; some are not but are decent enough people like Thorin and Company, if you don't expect too much.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#14. Leaders must have patience for those under your supervision. Don't expect too much too soon. Maybe it was easy for you, but that doesn't mean it's going to be easy for somebody else. Be sure you have patience.

John Wooden

#15. I don't like most contemporary art. But I think if you talked to any person who's heavily involved in contemporary art, they'd say the same thing. If you go to a biennale, you don't expect to like much of it.

Tom Rachman

#16. Don't put your purpose in one place and expect to see progress made somewhere else.

Epictetus

#17. Women are secretaries of state and prime ministers - but people still don't expect women to be involved in violence.

Mia Bloom

#18. Sometimes I joke around that if I weren't a musician, I would be a power lifter. I don't think people expect it from me because I'm little.

Mirah

#19. Oh, my God, I don't think any player can look forward to or expect to a career of so many Grand Slam wins or title wins or being so long at the top of the game.

Roger Federer

#20. Don't expect anything from anybody, work hard, put your head down, be good at what you do and good stuff will happen ...

Deborah Meaden

#21. Just become a little alert and start the change from your side; don't expect it from the other side. It will begin from the other side, too. And it costs nothing to smile, it costs nothing to love, it costs nothing to share your happiness with somebody you love.

Osho

#22. If you've been taught to keep every part of you to yourself, don't expect people to come knocking on your door to run their hands over the choice parts-either for your pleasure or theirs.

Perry Brass

#23. It was like setting up a guillotine in the public square.You don't expect a thousand people to line up to put their heads in it.

Dave Eggers

#24. For some strange reason we don't go to charming, light movies anymore. People expect a movie to be heavy and turgid, like "American Beauty." We've become a heavy-handed society.

Pauline Kael

#25. We don't get what we want, we get what we expect.

Denis Waitley

#26. For me, with the Blue Man Group, I got asked. It was for the Royal Variety Show, which was something I always wanted to be a part of. I'm really interested in things people don't necessarily expect. I did a pop song, but I did it in my own style.

Katherine Jenkins

#27. You don't run from someone and expect them to follow unless you want a stalker," he said. "You fool. All I wanted was to play hide-n-seek!

Donna Lynn Hope

#28. Fallen flowers can't climb back.
If the root is strong, we can expect new flowers. Don't think too much about the 'lost' past.
Just love the present & live for the future.
From the tree, I learn, Make your roots strong. There will never be shortage of flowers

Unknown

#29. Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don't expect.

Iris Murdoch

#30. I need to make sure that when I'm running out to the drugstore I'm not wearing a Biore strip or something. Not that I expect anyone to recognize me, but on the off chance they do, I just don't want to embarrass myself.

Ellie Kemper

#31. You're a mad scientist,' said Maggie, in what may well have been intended as a reassuring tone. 'We don't expect you to be nice. We just go to bed every night hoping you won't mutate us before we wake up.'
Dr. Abbey blinked at her. 'That's ... almost sweet. In a disturbing sort of a way.

Mira Grant

#32. Mel rolled her eyes. "You can't live your life based on 'what-ifs,' Liv. And change is inevitable. It's the one thing you can always count on. Stop worrying about what might or not happen and follow your heart. How can you expect to ever be happy if you don't?

Alicia Kobishop

#33. Husbands, be patient with your wives; and wives, be patient with your husbands. Don't expect perfection. Find agreeable ways to work out the differences that arise.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

#34. Don't you expect a rainbow coming out of the tub of bacon strips at the end of the buffet line?

Jim Gaffigan

#35. Doing your best is taking the action because you love it, not because you're expecting a reward. Most people do the exact opposite: They only take action when they expect a reward, and they don't enjoy the action. And that's the reason why they don't do their best.

Miguel Angel Ruiz

#36. As an actor sometimes we sit and wait for projects to be handed to us and we don't really work. We expect our agents and managers to know who we are and to see who we are and offer us a part or send us out and submit us.

Navid Negahban

#37. I don't expect you to be like them. Don't want you to be. It's not them I want, it's you. From the moment we met, it's only been you.

Tabitha McGowan

#38. It's me. I always expect too much. I'm always floored when I don't get it.

Nora Roberts

#39. I don't read as much as people may expect. In fact, sometimes I feel that I should probably read more, but then I do believe that one of the big problems of our times is that there's too much reading and not enough thinking.

Vikram Seth

#40. I'm at a stage in my career where I don't expect or get too much editorial input into what I'm doing. I have a proven track record of success, so my editors are willing to cut me some slack even when a particular approach is not to their personal taste.

Grant Morrison

#41. I expect that [trying to do the best] of my players today and of my kids. My wife says I shouldn't expect that of my children, but I don't think that's asking too much.

Frank Robinson

#42. People expect too much. People who expect heaven always fall into hell - that is the law. Expect heaven and hell is certain. Don't expect heaven and there will never be any hell.

Rajneesh

#43. I don't know. I try not to think about it too much. I'm perfectly satisfied with my life. I think unhappiness comes from unfulfilled expectations." "So the less you expect from life . . ." "No. It's not like that. I just try to be happy and not wish I could do more.

Kasie West

#44. I don't like when people expect too much, because then I'll only be disappointed if things don't work out.

Matthias Schoenaerts

#45. I know we just met today, but I gotta see you tomorrow. I know this is our first date, I don't expect you to swallow.

Ted Nugent

#46. If you don't expect much you can't be disappointed.

Deborah Roberts

#47. I don't want any man I can run over. What I love about a man in control is it allows them to be the kings that I always expect them to be.

Angie Stone

#48. The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.

Tony Abbott

#49. I hope that they enjoy the movie. Don't be critical. Don't expect to get the same feelings you got when you watched the series when you were 10 years old. Let your kids see it and experience it on their own.

Mark Goddard

#50. There is an innate decorum in man, and it is not fair to thrust Truth upon people when they don't expect it. Only the very generous are ready for Truth impromptu.

Christopher Morley

#51. in your deeds and in your works, don't expect to start reaping just as you start sowing.

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#52. You get better at sex when you know your own body. How are you going to expect a man to know your body when you don't know what pleases you?

Eva Longoria

#53. The conqueror writes history, they came, they conquered and they write. You don't expect the people who came to invade us to tell the truth about us ...

Miriam Makeba

#54. You think winter will never end, and then, when you don't expect it, when you have almost forgotten it, warmth comes and a different light.

Wendell Berry

#55. And, anyway, friendship is different in another language; a foreign friend doesn't have to understand what you feel, and I don't expect it. It's enough if he understands what you just said.

Michael Chabon

#56. Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.

Warren Buffett

#57. When you love, whatever you do is because you want to do it. It becomes a pleasure, it's like a game, and you have fun with it. When you love, you don't expect something to happen; whatever happens is okay, and hardly anything disappoints you.

Miguel Angel Ruiz

#58. I don't live my life through my kids, nor do I expect them to live theirs through mine. But of course, they're everything.

Neneh Cherry

#59. There was no question that in our house doing well, doing it the right way, school, sports - there was an expectation. One of the things I've taken away from that is that I'm unafraid to expect a fair amount from people. It makes them so much better - you're doing them a disservice if you don't.

James McNerney

#60. Goodbye, Lord Rohan," she said. The door to Lina's house stood open, the footman waitig patiently. "I don't expect we'll see each other again."
His smile was slow, mocking, irresistibly devilish. "Would you care to wager on that, my love?

Anne Stuart

#61. We want and expect to win the silver or gold. A bronze would be a step back. In fact, we think it would be a put-down if we don't win the silver or gold.

Betty Okino

#62. If you want to be happy in life, keep all of your commitments and don't expect other people to keep any of theirs.

Roger Delano Hinkins

#63. You hear stories like that of Canadians trying to get in, but when you go back home, you don't expect that.

Caroline Dhavernas

#64. A rock star is expected to act like a mess, sound like a mess and look like a mess. People don't expect you to show up on time and be a professional. But when you're a pop star, you have to do all that, look perfect and be a role model.

Tove Lo

#65. The best experiences can't be forced and they come when you least expect it. You don't find misadventure, it finds you.

S.A. Tawks

#66. I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother.

Virginia Postrel

#67. Well, softness and femininity like yours people don't expect of me; so when they find me emotional and capable of real vulnerability, they're surprised.

Faye Dunaway

#68. I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.

Margaret Thatcher

#69. I don't expect to see them in the top six but I think of all the teams that have come up in previous seasons, I think Manchester City are the biggest club.

Alan Hansen

#70. It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe?

Isaiah Thomas

#71. Don't expect a time in your life when you'll be free from change, free from struggle, free from worry. To be resilient, you must understand that your objective is not to come to rest, because there is no rest. Your objective is to use what hits you to change your trajectory in a positive direction.

Eric Greitens

#72. For the very reason that we expect things to be good and beautiful, they won't be. In genuine spirituality, we don't look for bliss.

Chogyam Trungpa

#73. It's astonishing in this world how things don't turn out at all the way you expect them to.

Agatha Christie

#74. Assume you will make enemies. Work to make allies. Don't expect to make friends. Friends are a gift that happens over time.

Thea Harrison