Favorite Quotations
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Expectations
Great Expectations
Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations and small needs. ~ H. Stein If you think it's going to rain, it will. ~ Clint Eastwood When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have. ~ Stephen Hawking I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte If a nation expects to be ignorant and free . . . it expects what never was and never will be. ~ Thomas Jefferson If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. ~ Michael Jordan A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations. ~ Patricia Neal We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn. ~ Henry David Thoreau One of the things that my parents have taught me is never listen to other people's expectations. You should live your own life and live up to your own expectations, and those are the only things I really care about it. ~ Tiger Woods, IBD, 3/26/04 Always expect the best. Then if you have to hurdle a few tough problems, you will have generated the strength and courage to do so. ~ George Matthew Adams
"Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise." ~ Alice Walker