Top 100 Expect Anything Quotes
#1. Any thief or criminal or robber who enters another country in order to steal should expect to be exposed to murder at any time. For the American forces to expect anything from me personally reflects a very narrow perception.
Osama Bin Laden
#2. To give and not expect anything in return, that is what lies at the heart of love.
Rupert Everett
#3. Eventually, I told myself not to expect anything from him, and as a result it has gotten easier for me to take what comes.
Jodi Picoult
#4. I didn't expect anything. I just wanted to be near her. The world outside fell away. Melted around us. Then, she kissed me.#Ren
Colleen Houck
#5. You can't be completely in love with a dragon and expect anything to be normal.
Julie Kagawa
#6. 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
#7. Yet the love we experience through other people is just a shadow of the love of the inner self. There is a sublime place inside us where love dwells. The love that pulses in the cave of the heart does not depend on anything outside. It does not expect anything. It is completely independent.
Swami Muktananda
#8. But I know now that you can't expect anything from anybody. If somebody loves you, it's because he wants to. And it's never because it's what he's supposed to do.
- Pete Cassidy
Cynthia Rylant
#9. You must not expect anything from others. It's you, of yourself, of whom you must ask a lot. Only from oneself has one the right to ask everything and anything. This way it's up to you - your own choices - what you get from others remains a present, a gift.
Albert Schweitzer
#10. Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope.
Irving Layton
#11. In combat situations, your choices can be judged based only against what you knew at the time. To expect anything more of a soldier is to demand that he or she be superhuman. Which seems, to me, unreasonable.
Jim Butcher
#12. Never expect anything from a particular meditation. Once you have gotten started, different methods get you into the stream, let the meditation take you wherever it would like to.
Frederick Lenz
#13. But it feels good to love a thing and not expect anything back. It feels good to not get an argument or any pushiness or any rumors or any bullshit. It's love without strings. It's ideal.
A.S. King
#14. I'm a fan of movies and television shows, and I don't expect anything from actors and actresses, or anyone, but good work. What they do. I don't feel like I deserve a piece of their personal life, or even what they think about the work they do.
Kristen Stewart
#15. Wait. Wait on God. Keep your mouth shut. Don't expect anything until the declaration is clear and forthright...resist the temptation to trifle with other people's feelings.
Elisabeth Elliot
#16. I do have high standards, but I don't expect anything from anyone that I don't expect from myself.
Olivia Newton-John
#17. One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even rely upon it; but one can never expect anything from the gratitude of a nation.
Otto Von Bismarck
#18. Why, since folly or perversity is expected of individuals, should we expect anything else from government?
Barbara W. Tuchman
#19. My father told me once not to expect anything from anybody so I wouldn't be disappointed. If somebody was nice and did nice things for me, I should be overjoyed, but I shouldn't go through life expecting it, which is very good advice.
Iris Apfel
#20. Never expect anything less than devotion from someone who has claim on your heart.
Dannika Dark
#21. He'd survived by following two very important rules: don't feel anything and don't expect anything from anyone.
G.P. Ching
#22. Tiny gold sparks flared in his irises. "You're in my rooms in my bathtub naked and you're still mouthing off."
Did he expect anything different? "Hey, I didn't kick or punch you in the throat. I consider this progress. And you haven't choked me again, which is some sort of record for you ...
Ilona Andrews
#23. It is easier with strangers, for they touch your life but for an instant. You will not disappoint them, for you owe them nothing; neither do they expect anything. Friends you can hurt, for they expect everything.
David Gemmell
#24. I don't expect anything from anybody. When you grow old ... Your days are gone; it is part of life.
Om Puri
#25. If we walk in the Spirit daily, surrendered to His power, we have the right to expect anything we need to hear from God. The Holy Spirit living within us and speaking to us ought to be the natural, normal lifestyle of believers.
Charles Stanley
#26. As I have said, I am comparatively speaking calm, do not wish for anything, or expect anything, am resigned in fact to that kind of spiritual paralysis until the time comes when bodily paralysis carries me off, as it carried off my father.
Henryk Sienkiewicz
#27. Sometimes we win and sometimes we lose , don't expect anything to get back
Paulo Coelho
#28. My mother used to always say to me, 'Do naught, get naught.' It's an adage that I hold by. If you don't do anything, you can't really expect anything.
Peter Hook
#29. With this contradictory parentage of mine: solid English earth and French water goddess, one could expect anything from me. An enchantress or an ordinary girl. There are some who will say I am both.
Philippa Gregory
#30. I've worked since I was 18. I have no trust fund and don't expect anything.
Jasmine Guinness
#31. Do not expect anything; there is more to be gained by earning it.
Tricia Helfer
#32. I never expect anything from anybody. I'm a bit Scottish like that - I don't like to be disappointed and let down. I like to take life very slowly.
Rosamunde Pilcher
#33. Love is promising to give someone everything and not expect anything in return.
Emma Hart
#34. When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves. That is our way, to live fully in each moment of time.
Shunryu Suzuki
#35. She was supportive, didn't pry or expect anything from me, and sensed when I needed my space. If she were a guy, I'd probably date her. Or, if I were a lesbian. And if she were a lesbian. I guess we'd both have to be lesbians for that to work. Regardless, she made a pretty great friend.
Temple West
#36. Love does not expect anything in return
Radhe Maa
#37. Sometimes, when tragedy strikes, people give up hope that they can expect anything more from life, when the real quest is finding out what life expects from them.
Richard Paul Evans
#39. When you make decisions, you deal with consequences. Don't expect anything in return.
Winna Efendi
#40. You can only see progress when you start doing something, so don't expect anything without your efforts.
Auliq Ice
#41. Once a man's will is set, he need no longer rely on others or expect anything from the world. His vision encompasses Heaven and earth, past and present, and the tranquility of his heart is undisturbed.
Yoshida Shoin
#42. Falling in love with him was completely unexpected. When you only see someone as a friend, you don't expect anything else. There was definitely a moment when something quite magical happened and we both agree that it transformed our relationship.
Helena Bonham Carter
#43. The long road has drained me of all feelings and expectations. I don't feel a thing or expect anything now.
Mahmoud Darwish
#44. You never expect anything when you are 20 because you think that you'll never get older.
Carolina Herrera
#45. I beg women to wait. Wait on God. Keep your mouth shut. Don't expect anything until the declaration is clear and forthright. And to the men I say be careful with us, please. Be circumspect.
Elisabeth Elliot
#46. I never expect anything. I am always amazed at why anybody goes to any movie or why anybody doesn't go to any movie. Any movie you make, you make it because you're hoping somebody wants to see it, but you never know.
Clint Eastwood
#47. Young people seldom turn out as one predicts, so it is of little use to expect anything,' said Mrs. Meg with a sigh. 'If our children are good and useful men and women, we should be satisfied; yet it's very natural to wish them to be brilliant and successful.
Louisa May Alcott
#48. Never expect anything, ye will never be demoralized
Aftab Alam
#49. In life, you should expect anything to come up in any time, after that nothing will be an unexpected guest for you!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#50. So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it, lest he accept as the truth ideas conceived for another purpose, and depart from this study a greater fool than when he entered it.
Nicolaus Copernicus
#51. It's not that you expect anything in particular from this particular book. You're the sort of person who, on principle, no longer expects anything of anything.
Italo Calvino
#52. I wouldn't say that I relax and enjoy anything. But I think my pessimism helps. I never really expect anything good to happen, so when it does, it's a nice surprise.
Rivers Cuomo
#53. I define friendship as a bond that transcends all barriers. When you are ready to expect anything and everything from friends, good, bad or ugly ... that's what I call true friendship.
Harbhajan Singh
#54. I will develop the areas that vote for me, but if you don't vote for me, don't expect anything.
Yahya Jammeh
#55. Doing goodness is good only when you don't expect anything in return; not a medal, not even a simple thanking!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#56. 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
#57. Half the time your kids end up hating you for at least 5 of their teenage years[.] And don't ever expect anything so mundane as a thank you
Donna Ball
#59. When I was depressed, nobody expected anything of me, nor did I expect anything of myself. I was exempt from life's demands and risks. But if I were to find new life, who knows what daunting tasks I might be required to take on?
Parker Palmer
#60. I see you all know who I am," Hercules said. "Not that I'd expect anything else. After all, I am the Hercules."
My brow rose.
Seth snorted.
"Hercules is a dick." Apollo stated.
Jennifer L. Armentrout
#61. Happiest is he who expects no happiness from others. Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving. So learn to love and give, and not to expect anything from others.
Meher Baba
#62. What's wrong? Cam asked. Everything, she wanted to say. The only thing Lilith had ever known was disappointment. Nothing in her life ever worked out. Which, for the most part, was okay, because she never let herself expect anything, so she never really cared.
Lauren Kate
#63. True love doesn't expect anything but it does gives everything
Debasish Mridha
#66. 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
#67. Do not interrogate silence because silence is mute; do not expect anything from the gods, nor should you try to bribe them with gifts, because it is in ourselves that we must look for liberation.
Gautama Buddha
#68. I don't want anyone to expect anything from any of my films; I just want them to see it and then tell me what they think.
Julia Garner
#69. Surviving one's own life, living on the other side of it like a spectator, is quite comfortable after all. You no longer expect anything, no longer fear anything, and every hour is like a memory.
Simone De Beauvoir
#70. 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
#71. Still I dinna expect anything to happen to me. But if it should ... If it does, then I want there to be a place for you; I want someone for you to go to if I am ... not there to care for you. If it canna be me, then I would have it be a man who loves you.
Diana Gabaldon
#72. beware of expectations. They ruin us. When we expect anything of anyone, we are asking them to fail.
D.L. Bogdan
#73. I maintain that I never expect anything, therefore I'm always pleasantly surprised.
Lianne La Havas
#74. 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
#75. 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
#76. Even if you don't expect anything from life, doesn't life expect something from you?
Viktor E. Frankl
#77. There is only one way to gain access to the truth and that is to not expect anything.
Robert De Niro
#78. Remember all frustration is based on unmet expectations. If we did not expect anything we would not be frustrated.
John Lund
#79. If you don't give anything, don't expect anything. Success is not coming to you, you must come to it.
Carol S. Dweck
#80. Love is unconditional when you don't expect anything from the beloved.
Debasish Mridha
#81. Peace we achieve When we do not expect anything From the world, But only give, give, and give Unconditionally What we have and what we are.
Sri Chinmoy
#82. Really, it had been stupid to expect anything anyway. A few late nights does not a habit, or a relationship, make.
Sarah Dessen
#83. Don't expect anything. Erase all life expectancies. Just live.
Adrian Tan
#84. The American dream is what has kept Americans from rebelling against corporate corruption.Now that 2/3 of us know it's dead, expect anything.
Ziad K. Abdelnour
#85. Anything that is given can be at once taken away. We have to learn never to expect anything, and when it comes it's no more than a gift on loan.
John McGahern
#86. Let no one expect anything of certainty from astronomy, lest if anyone take as true that which has been constructed for another use, he go away ... a bigger fool than when he came to it.
Bill Vaughan
#87. Don't expect anything from anyone unless you are prepared to accept denial.
Mohith Agadi
#88. Living with reality is a very good trick. It gives you tremendous freedom and it changes the structure of molecules of your soul by living through reality because you don't expect anything anymore, which is a weird paradox.
Anthony Hopkins
#89. When you expect anything from music, you expect too much.
Josh Homme
#90. Don't expect anything ordinary from me, i'm weird, and i like myself as i am
Tablo
#91. I'm a man. Why would you expect anything else? We're meant to be easy and predictable. You are woman. You possess what we seek. We cannot afford to confuse your minds if we are to attain what we seek. Therefore, we elect to be easy and predictable.
Jack Dancer
#92. I've been able to see all that I've needed, my love: your kindness, your compassion, your tenderness, your love, and your soul. These are all I care about.
Of course you do and I don't expect anything different from you. But next time, I will give you more. You'll see the colours of every season.
Jacquie Underdown
#93. My poems often start with an idea, some kind of inspiration. I don't expect anything. Every now and then something like "The One Truth" comes out.
Philip Schultz
#95. Me and my dad are friends. We're cool. I'll never be disappointed again, because I don't expect anything anymore from him. I just let him exist, and that's how we get along.
Drake
#96. I do feel pressure. I have always been able to surprise people because they didn't know to expect anything from me. And now people are starting to have expectations.
Michael Cerveris
#97. We all have the seeds of love in us.We can develop this wonderful source of energy, nurturing the unconditional love that does not expect anything in return.
Nhat Hanh
#98. But more and more I think that madness is the world's natural condition and to expect anything else is madness compounded.
Russell Hoban
#99. Happiness and success require the highest possible optimism, with minimal expectations. Optimize without limits, and expect anything in particular.
Ammar Moussa
#100. Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don't expect anything, you don't get disappointed.
Patricia McCormick
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