Best 2005 quotes in «expectations quotes» category

One must not expect every thing.

One of the reasons the team on NCIS works so well-is that they live by their leader's rules-which are not a secret . What are your rules/standards? Do the people in your life know what they are? Do you hold grudges/resentments when they don't measure up? Do you pretend that everything is fine-when it's not-and close up a little every day? And most importantly- When was the last time YOU reviewed/upgraded your standards/expectations rules-and took a look at the impact around you/checked in? (Hint-most people live from rules/standards/expectations created from reactions/perceptions formed around the age of six) Might be time for a review/upgrade........

Only expectation has value as currency,

Only crazy people don’t do anything new and they expecting new result.

Only thing that makes us fail in all moments, expectations.

On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

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.

Oscar did not know what he was supposed to be feeling right now, what all the adults behind him would be expecting him to feel. He did not even know what he was, in fact, feeling. Except, whatever it was, it was a lot. Too much. More than bodies could hold.

Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

Our efforts and actions produce results. These results come unlabeled. WE label them as success or failure based on OUR expectations. Don't forget that these labels are interchangeable if we allow ourselves to be free from an unhealthy attachment to our expectations.

Our identities are tremendously warped and distorted by yesterday's trauma and tomorrow's expectations.

Our judgments betray our expectations, and our expectations betray our experience. What we project about the future reveals a lot—about the world we live in, and about our own past.

Parents are impelled by the profit motive - nothing more, nothing less. For their attentions, they expected, from me, the immense dividend of greatness.

People are going to break promises, and they will have every right to till the point you realize that you don't change plans based on someone else's words.

Patience from a Buddhist perspective is not a "wait and see" attitude, but rather one of "just be there"... Patience can also be based on not expecting anything.Think of patience as an act of being open to whatever comes your way. When you begin to solidify expectations, you get frustrated because they are not met in the way you had hoped... With no set idea of how something is supposed to be, it is hard to get stuck on things not happening in the time frame you desired. Instead, you are just being there, open to the possibilities of your life.

People aren't always who they seem, Detective. Am I anything like you thought?" "No," I admitted. You're a million times better than I could have imagined.

People are never going to act exactly like we want them to. So if we stop expecting things from others, we’ll find peace in our hearts that will last a lifetime.

People crave for more respect than love, because they expect love only from few people but they want respect from everyone.

People expect what they expect.. They never realize the possibility of surprise beyond expectations..!

People express their arrogance in their failed expectations.

People don't hurt, But Expectations from people give you sadness.

People love it when you criticise some things which they do not believe in, practices which are contrary to what they practice or contrary views. They call you objective and truthful But immediately you start disagreeing with their views, criticising their beliefs, expressing contrary views against what they support, they call you foul names, say you are not a child of God, ask who you are to judge. Listen and listen good, I love writing and I write based on inspiration and experience. I don't just write, I write to capture the minds of my readers and to spark reaction. I welcome contrary views, I love you opposing my stance cos in the process I learn some things from you. Don't get mad at me for expressing myself via writing. I love putting things down. Learn to tolerate my views and counter me when you don't agree. Stop holding grudges and developing unnecessary hatred. Life is too short to be closed minded and inclined. Life is too short for me to idolize anybody. I can't always be dancing to your tunes, you also have to dance to mine.

People relate giving to reciprocity. They expect things to be expressed in a way they can understand, which is usually their own.

People should not expect to eat if they did not work.

People should not expect to reap if they have not sown.

People tend to freak out when something diverges from their expectations.

People tend to want to live up to their friends’ high regard.

People who don't expect justice don't have to suffer disappointment.

People who expect too much are always disappointed. You would do well to remember that, my boy.

People who sit and expects miracles are wicked.

People who think nothing can go wrong are usually disappointed.

People will look at the world without seeing anything beyond their unconscious expectation.

Perfection is a thought form that thrives on the mindset that others are inferior. This inequality creates impossible expectations that cannot be fulfilled just as a tree cannot be hateful.

Play with your dolls for not more than half an hour, no more than fifteen minutes, no more than a second, a millisecond. If you learned math as fast as you ran outside to play, then you might be a genius. But you do not and you are not. You're a hole where knowledge goes to sleep.

Perhaps the reality is in the suffering. But it can't be. Love promises happiness. Art promises happiness. Yet it isn't exactly a promise . . .

Phoebe doesn't quite believe in fate the way I do. She says you have to chase your destiny, and she always expects life to be like a romantic comedy: all you have to do is dress the part of the heroine, and pretty soon you'll be kissing some hottie while fountains spew and music swells in the background.

Please do not say magic like you are discussing a bowel movement... Humanity expects the lights, so they are provided.

Positive expectations create a positive life.

Poor Sasha. Poor girls. The world fattens them on the promise of love. How badly they need it, and how little most of them will ever get. The treacled pop songs, the dresses described in the catalogs with words like 'sunset' and 'Paris.' Then the dreams are taken away with such violent force; the hand wrenching the buttons of the jeans, nobody looking at the man shouting at his girlfriend on the bus

Right expectations, from the right people at the right time, that’s the art of expecting.

Probably it is your own expectations, failed fantasies, anxious loop of mind trying to control things, made-up scenarios, wrong assumptions, negative biasness & your vanity that makes you suffer more than anything else. Let you stop being stuck, sad & safe in your sufferings. Let you choose to abandon all the falsehoods making yourself free from all kind of self created pains & distresses. Let you remind yourself that it is you who creates the next moment based on what you are doing, feeling & thinking right now. Let you always remain enthusiastic for the thoughts, feelings, responses & actions that adds to your peace, freedom, healing & happiness. Let your grateful spirit, optimistic attitude, love in heart & contented feelings make you to celebrate your life & world more & more. Stay Successful & Blessed!

Reality disappoints regularly. When people are supposed to have fun, it’s likely they won’t, because fun can’t live up to its image. Does anything live up to its image?

Reality is never what you imagined it would be. Sometimes it’s better. Sometimes it’s worse. And sometimes it’s just different. It’s not worth wasting time and energy trying to predict how things are going to turn out. Just go with the flow and keep your eyes and ears peeled.

Press conference [on the movie Carrington] yielded the usual crop of daftness. I've been asked if I related personally to Carrington's tortured relationship with sex and replied that no, not really, I'd had a very pleasant time since I was fifteen. This elicited very disapproving copy from the Brits ... No wonder people think we don't have sex in England.

Progress is a collection of expectations set and met.

Result won’t come if we don’t provide the reason for it to come.

Saint or sage or the awakened being is not the one free from all desires and expectations, but the one who has an active conscience to see the real implications of those desires and expectations and then act accordingly for the best possible outcome for the self as well as the society.

Sadness comes from expectations. To be happy, adapt to everything and expect nothing.

Seize every opportunity and make it great.

Set the standard! Stop expecting others to show you love, acceptance, commitment, & respect when you don't even show that to yourself.