Expectations Sayings and Quotes
• “Peace begins when expectation ends.” —Sri Chinmoy
• “Anger always comes from frustrated expectations.” —Elliott Larson
• “Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpected.” —Norton Juster
• “Expectation is the mother of all frustration.” —Antonio Banderas
• “Good is not good, when better is expected.” —Thomas Fuller
• “Creating perfection will also create expectations for the future.” —Rick Helders
• “We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.” —Ivan Illich
• “You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations.” —Stevie Wonder
• “There’s a victory in letting go of your expectations.” —Mike White
• “The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our action.” —A. Godin
• “Unhappiness lies in that gap between our talents and our expectations.” —Sebastian Horsley
• “You can’t expect everyone to have the same dedication as you.” —Jeff Kinney
• “Do what you can with what you have where you are.” —Theodore Roosevelt
• “If you align expectations with reality, you will never be disappointed.” —Terrell Owens
• “High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.” —Charles F. Kettering
• “Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.” —Alexander Pope
• “The best things in life are unexpected – because there were no expectations.” —Eli Khamarov
• “Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments.” —Confucius
• “We find what we expect to find, and we receive what we ask for.” —Elbert Hubbard
• “If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.” —Thomas Alva Edison
• “Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.” —Achaan Chah
• “Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.” —Paulo Coelho
• “When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.” —Donald Miller
• “A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment.” —Douglas Adams
• “Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.” —Brandon Sanderson
• “If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.” —Michael Jordan
• “We don’t want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else.” —Lauryn Hill
• “So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they’re already met?” —Bill Watterson
• “We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.” —Samuel Johnson
• “The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.” —Confucius
• “Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.” —Margaret Chase Smith
• “There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.” —Orison Swett Marden
• “It’s a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.” —W. Somerset Maugham
• “The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.” —Theodore Rubin
• “You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.” —Paulo Coelho
• “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
• “You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” —Zig Ziglar
• “We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.” —Henry David Thoreau
• “The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us.” —Henry David Thoreau
• “If you do not they expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.” —Heraclitus
• “When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as it is.” —Tara Brach
• “You don’t ask nobody to give what they can’t give, or be what they can’t be. You’ve learnt that, you got a headstart on heartbreak.” —Jack Farris
• “Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” —Princess Diana
• “Whatever happens in the world is real, what one thinks should have happened is projection. We suffer more from our fictitious illusion and expectations of reality.” —Jacque Fresco
• “I did what I came here to do. What I’ve done I’ve done with sincerity and to the best of my ability. You can’t expect much more from life.” —Bruce Lee
• “Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.” —Sarah Ban Breathnach
• “That was the thing about the world: it wasn’t that things were harder than you thought they were going to be, it was that they were hard in ways that you didn’t expect.” —Lev Grossman
• “Don’t lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.” —Ralph Marston
• “To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don’t want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.” —Madonna
• “Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, and no dependency. I do not demand that you make me happy; my happiness does not lie in you. If you were to leave me, I will not feel sorry for myself; I enjoy your company immensely, but I do not cli.” —Anthony De Mello
Inspiring Quotes On Expectations
“If you expect nothing from anybody, you’re never disappointed.” —Sylvia Plath
“You can’t expect everyone to have the same dedication as you.” —Jeff Kinney
“A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect.” —Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.” —Alexander Pope
“I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations.” —Bill Watterson
“There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.” ―Jodi Picoult
“I hope you do not let anyone else’s expectations direct the course of your life.” —Julianne Donaldson
“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.” —Donald Miller
“My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.” —Stephen Hawking
“Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.” —Brandon Sanderson
“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
“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.” —Paulo Coelho
“Set the standard! Stop expecting others to show you love, acceptance, commitment, & respect when you don’t even show that to yourself.” —Steve Maraboli
“You don’t ask nobody to give what they can’t give, or be what they can’t be. You’ve learnt that, you got a head start on heartbreak.” —Jack Farris
“You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded you.” —Lisa Kleypas
“Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.” —Stephen R. Covey
“That was the thing about the world: it wasn’t that things were harder than you thought they were going to be, it was that they were hard in ways that you didn’t expect.” —Lev Grossman
“We’re wired to expect the world to be brighter and more meaningful and more obviously interesting than it actually is. And when we realize that it isn’t, we start looking around for the real world.” —Lev Grossman