Top 100 Your Expectations Quotes
#1. The only way to go on holiday is with your expectations at ground level. Convince yourself before you go that the weather's going to be dreadful and there will be nylon sheets. You'll then be pleasantly surprised.
Jenny Eclair
#2. Be realistic with your expectations. I'd really like to cuddle a unicorn, but it aint going to happen.
India Knight
#3. How do you get to be a person who is made miserable because the weather changed its mind, because the weather doesn't live up to your expectations? How do you get to be that way?
Jamaica Kincaid
#4. What you think, you see. Your expectations create your reality.
Kelly Corbet
#5. The more modest your expectations, the less often you will court disappointment.
Dorothy Dunnett
#6. 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
#7. An expectation is a shelter - it gives you a security feeling. So when someone breaks your expectations he is breaking your shelter, making you insecure, fearful.
Rajneesh
#8. Nothing seems to come up to your expectations. But nothing I had heard about Hollywood was enough.
Conrad Veidt
#9. Jesus' love for you far outweighs your expectations of Him.
Todd Stocker
#10. Follow your dreams as long as you live! Never be afraid to go out on the limb to live up to your expectations. Always do things your way and Have Fun!
Picabo Street
#11. Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't Heaven, so don't expect it to be.
Max Lucado
#12. The main thing about aliens is that they are alien. They feel no responsibility for fulfilling any of your expectations. (Dark City Lights)
Robert Silverberg
#13. Does your reality match your expectations? If not it's time to change either your expectations or your reality.
Steven Redhead
#14. All the hands, hearts and minds of the individuals collectively contribute to the team's success. (listen to your team, watch their body language, share your expectations ... work together.)
Suzanne Yoculan
#15. The world is a mirror and reflects back your expectations. What you get is what you see.
Denis Waitley
#16. 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
#17. When the world you're used to, that same old world you thought you knew so well, turns itself suddenly upside down, what can you do? Everything comes tumbling off the shelves of your expectations; nothing fits anymore.
Natalie Babbitt
#18. It is within your hands to be frustrated in life or not. Just your expectations should become smaller, smaller, smaller, and in the same proportion the frustration will become smaller. A day will come when there will be no expectation; then you will never come across any frustration.
Rajneesh
#19. When Allah puts barakah (His blessings) in something, it will come beyond your expectations- never underestimate the power of one good deed.
Nouman Ali Khan
#20. Explore, experience, evolve, and exceed your expectations! - No Excuses!
Lorii Myers
#21. There are "bus bench" workouts and "park bench" workouts. A bus bench and a park bench look exactly the same, but your expectations sitting in them are radically different.
Dan John
#23. No matter how long you have been waiting, the man God has for you will surpass your expectations. You will meet him when god says so. Not a minute early, not a moment later.
Michelle McKinney Hammond
#24. Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.
Leo Buscaglia
#25. God's Word must be the guide of your desires and the ground of your expectations in prayer.
Matthew Henry
#26. It's so rare that you meet your idols and they outdo your expectations.
Drew Goddard
#27. To spend your time wanting things is to smother your time for achieving things beyond your expectations.
Criss Jami
#28. The pleasure is there; between your expectations and regrets.
Bryant McGill
#29. If you don't get disappointed when you raise your expectations; you don't get appointments from where your mind is not!
Bayode Ojo
#30. If you put me on a pedestal, I will fall off because I can never achieve the perfection of your expectations.
D.S. Mixell
#31. If the fruit (of your effort) is to your expectations, it is the effect (prarabdha, result) of your merit karma [punya karma], if it is not to your expectation, then it is the effect of your demerit karma [paap karma].
Dada Bhagwan
#32. Your expectations of other people should never be greater than what you expect of God. Why is it that you can patiently wait for him to make your life better, but you won't consider he is patiently waiting for you to be better?
Shannon L. Alder
#33. When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.
Patricia Briggs
#34. Open your mind to the infinite possibilities that exist for you. Born through your dreams, crystallised into form by your desires, given impetus by your expectations, then made real through your beliefs.
Steven Redhead
#35. Don't raise your expectations too high. It's the surest way of being disappointed.
Mary Louisa Molesworth
#36. The definition of disappointment in life is expectations minus reality equals disappointment. The only two solutions you have to get over disappointment is to either alter your reality or alter your expectations.
Randy Carlson
#37. The notion that the natural world obeys its own rules and doesn't give a damn about your expectations comes as a massive shock ... it will demand that you adapt to it
Michael Crichton
#39. You live up - or down - to your expectations.
Lou Holtz
#40. 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
#41. I do my thing and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you, and I am I. And if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful.
Frederick Salomon Perls
#42. I think that any time reality doesn't match your expectations, it means that marketing was involved.
Seth Godin
#43. If your expectations aren't to be the best, then ... you know, nobody rises to low expectations.
Chip Kelly
#44. If your body was well, you expected it to perform for you, excellently, consistently. If your body was not, your expectations were different.
Hanya Yanagihara
#45. I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.
Bruce Lee
#46. The good thing about setting your expectations low is that you will not often be disappointed.
Danielle L. Jensen
#48. It seems like the value you attribute to something, more than its inherent value, influences your expectations, and your expectations, to a great extent, influence the life you live.
Richard O'Connor
#49. Your expectations opens or closes the doors of your supply, If you expect grand things, and work honestly for them, they will come to you, your supply will correspond with your expectation.
Orison Swett Marden
#50. Cultivate your mind - it will blossom beyond your expectations
Robin S. Sharma
#52. People are not here to meet your expectations.
Leo Buscaglia
#53. Keep your expectations tiny you'll go through life not so whiney.
Matt Groening
#54. Let go of your expectations. The universe will do what it will. Sometimes your dreams will come true. Sometimes they won't. Sometimes when you let go of a broken dream, another one gently takes its place. Be aware of what is, not what you would like to be, taking place.
Melody Beattie
#55. One of the things that I find so exciting about life is that you're constantly surprised. You never know what's going to happen, and it's certainly like that making movies; every once in a while, one will come along that transcends all of your expectations.
Jeff Bridges
#56. You are actually pre-paving your future experiences constantly ... You are continually projecting your expectations into your future experiences.
Esther Hicks
#57. Don't burden others with your expectations. Understanding their limitations can inspire compassion instead of disappointment, ensuring beneficial and workable relationships. Remember that you have only a short time together. Be grateful for each day you share.
Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
#58. There's a victory in letting go of your expectations.
Mike White
#59. It would be counterproductive to tell people exactly what they are supposed to do and exactly how they are supposed to do it to a point where they become more concerned about your expectations than about completing their work in a quality way.
Douglas Conant
#60. Do not ask that your kids live up to your expectations. Let your kids be who they are, and your expectations will be in breathless pursuit.
Robert Breault
#61. Surrender your expectations. Surrender your doubts.
Surrender your fears. Surrender your strengths.
Surrender your anger. Surrender your control.
Yasmine Galenorn
#62. When you release your expectations that the world should fulfill you, your disappointments vanish.
Dan Millman
#63. You have to be up-front from the very beginning about what your expectations of the other person are, and you can't make any promises you don't intend to keep.
Jesse Williams
#64. You should do things because of what your expectations are of yourself.
Mike Krzyzewski
#65. We live in a cruel world, Isabel," he says, without looking at me. "I am only a man, and will not always live up to your expectations. And to me, that is a painful reality. But we must never be cruel to one another. Let there be peace between us.
Sylvia Bambola
#66. The person who dumps garbage into your mind will do you considerably more harm than the person who dumps garbage on your floor, because each load of mind garbage negatively impacts your possibilities and lowers your expectations.
Zig Ziglar
#67. I read THE WICKED + THE DIVINE last night, and no matter how high your expectations are for it, its better.
Scott Snyder
#68. People lead complicated lives and aren't hanging on your every word or the company mission statement. You have to become a broken record of your expectations of the organization and show people why it is relevant and how it works in specific ways.
Douglas Conant
#69. For the longest time all I cared about was getting through the day. When your every breath was an effort, that quickly became the extent of your expectations.
A Meredith Walters
#70. Do not lower your expectations in order to avoid hurt. Instead, keep your expectations high and learn to tackle with disappointments.
Dhaval Gajera
#71. As a new artist - I don't care who you talk to - I think everyone would agree, it's hard to get your expectations right.
Hunter Hayes
#72. Sex is not a tryout. If she fails to live up to your expectations in the bedroom, will you love her less? If so, you can be certain you never loved her to begin with.
Jason Evert
#73. The past is never a mistake if you have learnt from it. I have learnt never to trust someone so much that it hurts your expectations.
Sudeep Nagarkar
#75. You are still guided by your expectations.
Zhuangzi
#77. Always make your expectations known, she used to say. That way you never get hurt.
Sarah Addison Allen
#78. Your life will follow your expectations. What you expect is what you will get. If you dwell on positive thoughts, you will move in that direction; if you continually think negative thoughts, you will live a negative life.
Joel Osteen
#79. Life will be perfect if your expectations and responses to events are humble and perfect.
Debasish Mridha
#80. When you see a finished film, it's very rare that it exceeds your expectations.
Matthew Goode
#81. When flash of hope scans through your dreams. When news of goodness skims the surface of your expectations and bravery abates, break not, keep pressing less the dreams of your fingers suffer extinction.
Darmie Orem
#82. Everything. I have done everything you wanted ... You asked that the child be taken. I took him. You cowered before me. I was frightening ... I have reordered time ... I have turned the world upside down ... And I have done it all for you. I am exhausted from living up to your expectations.
A.C.H. Smith
#83. A mathematical formula for happiness:Reality divided by Expectations.There were two ways to be happy:improve your reality or lower your expectations.
Jodi Picoult
#84. The easiest way to maintain happiness is to lower your expectations of other people and raise them of yourself!
Garrison Wynn
#85. Keep calm when things don't go according to your expectations! Beautiful things always meet friction!
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
#86. If you want to change your life in the fastest way possible, trade your expectations of others for appreciation.
Tony Robbins
#87. Larry Hein, who wrote the blessing: May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you may experience the powerlessness and poverty of a child and sing and dance in the love of God who is Father, Son, and Spirit
Brennan Manning
#88. He would find a way to make it work, because he finally understood that sometimes you have to raise your expectations. And sometimes you need to make a claim on the world and the people you love to get what you most desire
Cinda Williams Chima
#89. Do the work. Out-work. Out-think. Out-sell your expectations. There are no shortcuts.
Mark Cuban
#90. The universe has no restrictions. You place restrictions on the universe with your expectations.
Deepak Chopra
#91. 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
#92. Compromise in your arguments, not in your expectations.
Ron Kaufman
#93. Trade your expectations for appreciation and the world changes instantly.
Tony Robbins
#94. May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you may experience the powerlessness and poverty of a child and sing and dance in the love of God who is the Father, Son and Spirit.
Brennan Manning
#95. Live simply", she said. "Don't expect so much out of life. You can only be disappointed when your expectations are not met so strive for the best but keep your expectations simple." I
Donald Murray
#96. To avoid being disappointed, avoid placing your expectations on others. Love lets them be who they are and it allows them to react the way they want to react.
Praying Medic
#97. I think sometimes your worst enemy is inside your head. All your insecurities, your ego, your fears, your expectations.
Luis Gerardo Mendez
#98. I think it's a problem when something's a dream because it'll never live up to your expectations. It's better to go somewhere thinking it'll be horrible, and then be pleasantly surprised.
Karl Pilkington
#99. I am hellbent on defying your expectations, at every turn, and even if you don't like what's being done, I dare you to find it uninteresting.
Alan Rickman
#100. Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get their agreement on a course of action; and give them your ultimate trust.
John F. Akers
