Carl Sagan Quotes, Our World Quotes, Expectations Quotes

So those who wished for some central cosmic purpose for us, or at least our world, or at least our solar system, or at least our galaxy, have been disappointed, progressively disappointed. The universe is not responsive to our ambitious expectations.

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All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself.

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There have been occasions in my later life (I suppose as in most lives) when I have felt for a time as if a thick curtain had fallen on all its interest and romance, to shut me out from anything save dull endurance any more. Never has that curtain dropped so heavy and blank, as when my way in life lay stretched out straight before me through the newly-entered road of apprenticeship to Joe.

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I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours.

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Those, and those only, can expect to be taught by God, who are ready and willing to do as they are taught... Those who go up to the house of the Lord with an expectation that He will teach them His ways, must go with a humble resolution that they will walk in His paths.

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Other people are not here to fulfill our needs or meet our expectations, nor will they always treat us well. Failure to accept this will generate feelings of anger and resentment. Peace of mind comes with taking people as they are and emphasizing the positive.

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God's Word must be the guide of your desires and the ground of your expectations in prayer.

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It isn't expectations that carry us forward, it's our desire to go on.

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The case for trade is not just monetary, but moral. Economic freedom creates habits of liberty. And habits of liberty create expectations of democracy.

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Expectations always lead to frustrations. Expectations are the seeds, and frustration is the crop that sooner or later you will have to reap. It is your own doing.

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Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible.

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Can you love or guide someone without any kind of expectation?

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We fight to keep something alive rather than in the expectation that anything will triumph.

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I didn't listen to half of the criticism I received. I just didn't let it enter my brain. It affects people around me, but it was my job to see through that. When you are in charge of a top club, where expectations are high you have to deal with that.

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Things never come when they are expected.

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Our lives are shaped not as much by our experiences as by our expectations.

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The secret to happiness is having low expectations.

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Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance.

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Our God has boundless resources. The only limit is in us. Our asking, our thinking, our praying are too small. Our expectations are too limited.

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With a popular show, you know that there's expectations there, so that's a little nerve-wracking when you're new and you're just trying to find your legs on something, but it's exciting, too, because that's what we work so hard for.

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