Top 1200 Great Expectations Quotes & Sayings

People who come to see me have expectations. If I don't live up to those expectations, I'd be a failure.

The shortest path to exceeding expectations doesn't generally pass through meeting expectations.

By choice, we have become a family, first in our hearts, and finally in breath and being. Great expectations are good; great experiences are better.

With 'The Angel's Game', there was a lot of pressure from the expectations - expectations from the book industry and from readers; it's natural.

If your expectations aren't to be the best, then... you know, nobody rises to low expectations.

I use those expectations as a color on my palette, a certain temperature in the room. You can use those expectations for the great punchline, but also for a great painting, in society.

This is my definition of selling out: When you change what you do or do what you do as a reaction to someone else's expectations or lack of expectations.

If you don't know, then it's all right. There need not be any expectations. If there are no expectations, then you are free. If you expect, then you are in bondage. Choose whatever you want. Expectations are never fulfilled.

Because gratitude is the key to happiness, anything that undermines gratitude must undermine happiness. And nothing undermines gratitude as much as expectations. There is an inverse relationship between expectations and gratitude: The more expectations you have, the less gratitude you will have.

Great leaders do not see people for who they are, but who than can become. Further, the great leader compels those that follow them to become that man or woman of the future, likely exceeding the expectations of both.

There are limits on what a president can achieve or do, but the expectations are so great.

Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes it harder because people's expectations of you are higher. So, you have to fulfill those expectations. Or, try to exceed those expectations. But, it becomes more difficult as time goes on.

I think all of us as NBA players have expectations of ourselves that are different from expectations from external forces and sources.

There's strong data that, within companies, the No. 1 reason for ethical violations is the pressure to meet expectations, sometimes unrealistic expectations.

Anytime we're interacting with someone, we're judging them, we're sharing expectations, we think they didn't live up to those expectations.

'Great Expectations' is one of the greatest stories.

We are grateful, as artists, as individuals, that people have such big expectations of us, and we are ready to take on the burden that comes with the expectations.

I like expectations, with expectations, you have people coming at you from a place of doubt.

It is always a challenge to work when people have big expectations. I would much rather feel comfortable working without expectations.

I'm a big sports fan even outside of baseball. I love watching guys that are supposed to be great, and are great, live up to the expectations. So I really appreciate consistency.

I don't really focus on other people's expectations of me. I only care what my own expectations are.

A scheme is unjust when the higher expectations, one or more of them, are excessive. If these expectations were decreased, the situation of the less favored would be improved.

I keep my expectations low, so nobody disappoints me." "Yeah, well, I have high expectations." I look toward Miranda. "I guess my friends do, too." "Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier.

The challenge we face as a government is meeting expectations - not specific expectations, but the larger expectations: things that need to be changed and that Narendra Modi will do it as though he has a magic wand.

We all think we’re going to be great and we feel a little bit robbed when our expectations aren’t met. But sometimes our expectations sell us short. Sometimes the expected simply pales in comparison to the unexpected. You got to wonder why we cling to our expectations, because the expected is just what keeps us steady. Standing. Still. The expected's just the beginning, the unexpected is what changes our lives.

Great teachers have high expectations for their students, but higher expectations for themselves.

If you don't measure up to your expectations, realize that you should just be life without expectations.

I don't burden myself too much with others' expectations - or even my own expectations. I think your happiness grows in direct proportion to your acceptance, and in inverse proportion to your expectations. It's just a matter of putting one foot in front of the other - or doing the next right thing, so to speak.

Ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of my election I received many letters from people representing all segments of the population and all professions, especially from the younger generation, linking my inauguration with great - far too great - expectations.

I've been a fool to allow dreams to become great expectations.

You cannot live with expectations because life has no obligation to fulfill your desires. You can live with an open heart, but you cannot live with expectations. The more expectations you have, the more frustrated you will be.

The first step in exceeding your customer's expectations is to know those expectations.

You work hard and you have expectations. So I'm living my expectations right now.

To exceed the expectations of others, we must first raise expectations of ourselves.

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

Have rational expectations for future returns and avoid changing those expectations in response to the ephemeral noise coming from Wall Street.

'Great Expectations' has become one of my favorite books.

When life's conditions don't equal your expectations you are unhappy, have no expectations only appreciations (especially in the area of relationships)

We all give up great expectations along the way.

In life and in movies, it's a similar challenge, where you have expectations, and you end up in situations that are not meeting your expectations.

I wouldn't say I'm a victim of high expectations. The expectations are going to be there.

I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.

Meeting expectations is good. Exceeding expectations is better.

If I fulfill YOUR expectations, how am I going to transform you? I have to DESTROY your expectations. I have to destroy the very mind that creates those expectations. If you come to me, never come with expectations, otherwise you will be disappointed - because I have no obligation to fulfill your expectations in any way. In fact, if I see that there are some expectations, I do things DELIBERATELY to destroy those expectations. That is the price you have to pay to be with me.

Do you think that we're products of our environments? I think so, or maybe products of our expectations. Others' expectations of us or our expectations. I mean others' expectations that you take on as your own. I realize how difficult it is to seperate the two. The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves.

The expectations of the viewer are what you're asking about. And the expectations of the viewer are manifold. However, they are very fixed, given who I am in the world. People have certain expectations of me as an artist.

I try not to think about the expectations of other people because there's always going to be expectations.

You have expectations always when you buy players. Mostly, you have positive expectations.

Although we deal with probabilities and expectations, the actual results can deviate substantially from such expectations, particularly on a short-term basis.

Women come into marriage with great inflated expectations for what they want this relationship to be, and men don't give it that much thought. Men come into it with reluctance about being capsized or trapped or whatever their fear is. When you check in later, women are disappointed because their expectations have not come to pass, and men are pleasantly surprised.

If I answer questions every time you ask one, expectations would be high. And as you know, I like to keep expectations low.

People come with expectations and as a bandleader I constantly try to remind the audience to leave its expectations in the lobby.

Become aware of your negative expectations and practice replacing them with positive expectations.

I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments.

We don't use the term 'big data' - not on our website, not with customers. Saying it sets up expectations, the wrong expectations.

We had a bunch of models for user adoption of Robinhood Gold. The data team had some silly names for a range of adoption levels: 'Mediocre expectations,' 'middle-of-the-road expectations' and 'great expectations.' The numbers we ended up with were significantly higher than 'great expectations.'

I'm aware of how pop culture really infiltrates your expectations in a way that even if you think you're savvy about pop culture, it's so hard not to have these expectations of what a relationship should be. So I constantly feel like I have to bat those expectations down.

Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations.

There is no one with higher expectations of me than myself. I cannot control other's expectations.

Great expectations are better than a poor possession.