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Expectations Quotes

I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government, the ever favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust, of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.

The Marquis de Lafayette is extremely solicitous of having a command equal to his rank. I do not know in what light Congress will view the matter, but it appears to me, from a consideration of his illustrious and important connexions, the attachment which he has manifested for our cause, and the consequences which his return in disgust might produce, that it will be advisable to gratify him in his wishes; and the more so, as several gentlemen from France, who came over under some assurances, have gone back disappointed in their expectations.

My focus is on governance. Country has been at greatest loss because governments were run only for elections. Governments must not run only for elections. The government should be a bona fide attempt of meeting the demands and expectations of the common people.

You must be a soldier, and then a soldier, and again a soldier; bivouac with your advance guard, be in the saddle night and day, march with your advance guard to have the latest information, or else stay in your harem. You make war like a satrap. Good God, is it from me that you have learned that? From me who, with an army of 200,000 men, am at the head of my skirmishers?

If calamities had the weight of physical objects we should long have been crushed down, or else, we should by now have been hunchbacked, unsteady on our feet, and with faces full of gloom and utter despair. Yet my entire body throbs with life and is full of expectations. Each day brings a fresh stock of experiences and new dreams.

The ideals we cherish, our fondest dreams and fervent hopes may not be realised in our lifetime. But that is besides the point. The knowledge that in your day you did your duty, and lived up to the expectations of your fellow men is in itself a rewarding experience and magnificent achievement.

People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It's very selfish, but it's understandable.

My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.

We don't want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else.

Live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!

We're fussy and finicky and have very high standards. If a song can't be done properly, we'd rather it isn't done at all.

The last Simply Red album, 'Stay,' was good, but the first three tracks were designed for radio play. They were written to meet people's expectations of Simply Red.

My family has never been there for me. They expect things because we're blood.

People - especially white people - they want me to be a role model just because of the life I lead. The things I say in my songs, they expect it of me.

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

The secret to happiness is having low expectations.

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.

Customers don't measure you on how hard you tried, they measure you on what you deliver.

Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.