Quotes About Setting Expectations

#1. Excellence isn't about meeting the spec, it's about setting the spec. It defines what the consumer sees as quality right this minute, and tomorrow, if you're good, you'll reset that expectation again

Seth Godin

#2. This is exciting," said J.Lo. "We are sneaky agent men, like Bond James Bond."
"I don't know where you pick this stuff up.

Adam Rex

#3. We are not looking for endless variety
we are looking for fashion.

Diana Vreeland

#4. low income does not mean low expectations

Johnnie Dent Jr.

#5. To me absurdity is the only reality

Frank Zappa

#6. Real leaders have to live a paradoxical life, where they must break the rules in order to maintain them. If your expectations are high, you're setting yourself up for disillusionment. The land of governance is paved with gray streets, not black or white ones.

Beau Willimon

#7. Don't only dream it, live in it.

Debasish Mridha

#8. I don't feel nervous or fearful when I'm on stage.

Neko Case

#9. I'm a junkie for exhaustion, and I'm a junkie for setting up my expectations too high and then trying to meet them.

Stephen Colbert

#10. Setting proper expectations from the moment you meet a potential client will reduce stress and enable all parties to work together, rather than struggling contentiously through the process.

Michelle Moore

#11. It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth

Niels Bohr

#12. When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.

Ryan Reynolds

#13. I insist on keeping a level head. I've maintained the same exact home life that I've had for 20 years. All I see is more people looking at me than before. But, you know, who cares? You just can't obsess yourself with this fame stuff.

Leonardo DiCaprio

#14. Some people claim that expectations are the reason for unhappiness. However, I can assure you from personal experience that you'll suffer greatly by setting subpar targets.

Grant Cardone

#15. I didn't like trusting, I didn't like setting greater than mild expectations,

Penny Reid

#16. Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to.

Greg Anderson

#17. Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents.

Sandra Day O'Connor

#18. Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations.

Les Brown

#19. Exceptional leaders are fearless in setting expectations in clear language.

Alan Willett

#20. I would like a partner but I can see myself without a marriage. I'd love to have someone to sit and talk with and walk on the beach with at 80.

Faye Dunaway

#21. Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up to them.

Alice Hegan Rice

#22. Never forget, the press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Professors are the enemy. Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it.

Richard M. Nixon

#23. The good thing about setting your expectations low is that you will not often be disappointed.

Danielle L. Jensen

#24. All the great sadnesses, great temptations, and great mistakes are almost always the result of being alone in life, without a prudent friend to advise us when we are troubled by something more serious than our normal everyday problems.

Jose Saramago

#25. Because videogames are so inherently influenced by movies, to take a movie and literally create a videogame out of it, you're immediately setting limitations and expectations on what that game can be.

Josh Trank

#26. Gabriel actually laughed. Luckily for Philippa, she's beautiful enought that another man will come along who has the balls to accept what she's offering.

Eloisa James

#27. Setting customer expectations at a level that is aligned with consistently deliverable levels of customer service requires that your whole staff, from product development to marketing, works in harmony with your brand image.

Richard Branson

#28. It's better to not set your expectations high. And that's what happens when you have a long career - not every album is going to be record setting.

Scott Weiland

#29. Everything hinges on how you relate to your brain. By setting higher expectations, you enter a phase of higher functioning. One of the unique things about the human brain is that it can do only what it thinks it can do.

Deepak Chopra