- “Act without expectation.” ― Lao Tzu
- “We tend to get what we expect.” ― Norman Vincent Peale
- “Who hurt you? My own expectations.”
- “Life is largely a matter of expectation.” ―Horace
- “Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.” ―Alice Walker
- “Peace begins When expectation ends.” ―Sri Chinmay
- “Frustration is the result of failed expectations.” ― Stuart Kidder
- “Put your expectations on God, not on people.” – Joyce Meyer
- “Ask no questions, and you’ll be told no lies.” ― Charles Dickens
- “Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.“— George Eliot
- “Expectation is the mother of all frustration.” ― Antonio Banderas
- “All expectation hath something of torment.“— Benjamin Whichcote
- “The secret of happiness is low expectations.” – Barry Schwartz
- “Don’t believe in miracles – depend on them.” ― Laurence J. Peter
- “Expecting too much can lead to so much disappointment.“
- “Anger always comes from frustrated expectations.“
- “The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our action.” ― Godin
- “Lower your expectations of earth. This isn’t heaven, so don’t expect it to be.” ― Max Lucado
- “We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.” ― Voltaire
- “Once you give up expectations, you have learned to live.” – Osho
- “I blame movies for my high expectations in relationships.“
- “A relationship requires a lot of work and commitment.“
- “Sometimes the stuff you expect to happen can hurt you.” ― Jennifer Brown
- “We find what we expect to find, and we receive what we ask for.” ― Elbert Hubbard
- “Your expectations give pain, not people or circumstances.” ― Unknown
- “I’d rather be pleasantly surprised than fatally disappointed.” ― Julia Glass
- “When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.” ― Ryan Reynolds
- “You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations.” ― Stevie Wonder
- “I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.” ―Charles Dickens
- “Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect.” ― Margaret Mitchell
- “The secret to happiness is having low expectations.” – Warren Buffett
- “If you expect nothing from anybody, you’re never disappointed.“– Sylvia Plath
- “Sometimes your perfect mate does not come in the package you are expecting.“
- “It’s a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.” ― Danny Boyle
- “Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.” ― Haruki Murakami
- “Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself.” ― Oprah Winfrey
- “I am happy with what comes, I don’t have expectations of any stature.” Leon Russell
- “To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves – there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.” –Joan Didion
- “You get what you expect and you deserve what you tolerate.“– Mark Graban
- “I think a relationship is like a shark. It has to constantly move forward or it dies.“
- “Never expect anything from anyone, if you want to live a happy life.” ― Rashid Jorvee
- “Do not expect much from humans. Expect much more from God.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
- “I hope you do not let anyone else’s expectations direct the course of your life.” ― Julianne Donaldson
- “Unhappiness lies in that gap between our talents and our expectations.” ― Sebastian Horsley
- “Expectations are disappointments under construction.“— Anonymous
- “Women run on expectations, the way a car is fueled by gas.“— Amy Lindgren
- “High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.” –Charles F. Kettering
- “Just because it’s not what you were expecting, doesn’t mean it’s not everything you need right now.” –Paulo Coelho
- “I am open to the guidance of synchronicity, and do not let expectations hinder my path.” – Dalai Lama
- “Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.” – Leo Buscaglia
- “Life delivers far less disappointment when your expectations are low.” – Brad Meltzer
- “I really don’t ask or expect much from people, just loyalty and honesty.“
- “If you want peace, accept. If you want suffering, expect.” ― Maxime Legace
- “Expectations are resentments waiting to happen.“— Anne Lamott
- “Now I’m just not surprised when people leave, but I’m actually more surprised when they stay.“
- “I kept my expectations low, which is one of the secrets of life.” ― Anne Lamott
- “Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.” ― Charlotte Bronte
- “How tedious is time, when his wings are loaded with expectation!“— Mary Collyer
- “I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations.” –Bill Watterson
- “Most things don’t work out as expected, but what happens instead often turns out to be the good stuff.” – Judi Dench
- “My expectations were reduced to zero when I was Everything since then has been a bonus.” – Stephen Hawking
- “We live in a world where expectation exceeds inspiration.” ― Louise Philippe Dulay
- “High expectations are the key to everything.“— Sam Walton
- “What screws us up most in life is the picture in our head of how it’s suppose to be.”
- “I have enough patience to wait for the fulfillment of my wishes.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
- “He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.” ― Robert Jordan
- “There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations.” – Jodi Picoult
- “Expectations are like hidden rocks in your path, All they do is trip you up.” — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- “Nobody seems to care that with every push to live up to their expectations, my own dreams vaporize.” – Elen Hopkins
- “Expect more, get less, and feel sadness or expect less, get more, and feel happiness.” ― Vijay Dhameliya
- “Events never arrive as we fear they will, nor as we hope they will.“— Comtesse Diane de Beausacq
- “Always make your needs and expectations known, she used to say. That way no one gets hurt.” –Sarah Addison Allen
- “No expectations, No disappointments.“ – Tony Robbins
- “To halve the number of times that other people hurt you: halve the number of expectations that you have from other people.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- “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
- “Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible.” ― Alan Dundes
- “There is no joy involved in following others’ expectations of yourself.” ― Miriam Toews
- “We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.” –Johnson
- “Unrealistic expectations are often the seeds of bitterly stuffed emotions.” – Lisa TerKeurst
- “The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.” – Michael J. Fox
- “There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.” – Jodi Picoult , Realistic expectations quotes
- “Expectation is hope colored by fancy.“— Lady Morgan
- “Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.” –Edward de Bono
- “Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it.” –Rasheed Ogunlaru
