Top 1200 Positive Expectations Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

The millennial generation in the US is the first that has reduced expectations from those of their parents. And I think there is something decadent and declinist about that.

I think as a filmmaker you try not to have any expectations other than that the film have a fairly substantial beginning, middle and end.

As a new artist - I don't care who you talk to - I think everyone would agree, it's hard to get your expectations right.

With every literary genre or form come some conventional expectations that the biblical authors either follow or deviate from.

We are often less grieved at disappointments than at ourselves for having said much concerning the certainty of our expectations.

Putting our expectations on others is a habit that keeps us feeling frustrated. It diminishes the amount of love we feel.

The demands at Real Madrid are huge. The expectations are enormous. Sometimes, it is good. When you're winning, it's an amazing place and the fans are happy.

I'm so glad I got an opportunity to meet Shawn Michaels, because he didn't let any of my expectations down. He's the coolest guy ever.

Honestly, that is the most important thing to me: Can I continue to live up to my own expectations of myself - and not fall back into slacking?

In times of shrinking expectations,... everyone feels like a victim and pushes away outsiders to defend his own corner.

Ringo: 'I do get emotional when I think back about those times. My make-up is emotional. I'm an emotional human being. I'm very sensitive and it took me till I was forty-eight to realize that was the problem! We were honest with each other and we were honest about the music. The music was positive. It was positive in love. They did write - we all wrote - about other things, but the basic Beatles message was Love.

I would say that I am a jaded man beyond most expectations, but, like everyone else, I still have hope.

I don't think anything ever "needs" to happen. I don't think it's more positive to have a Twitter account, a Tumblr, and a blog. Someone without those things will use their time to do other things, like read books or swim or talk to their children or read websites or listen to music or write books or lie in bed or sit in a chair. I don't think any of these things are more positive than any other things.

My cartoons appear in newspapers, which are full of words, but there's something about having it in this little box that confounds people's expectations.

I'm excited, happy, nervous, anxious, all those feelings about playing for the Jets again. If I didn't have high expectations, I wouldn't come back here.

America's lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller, better existence.

Whether you have a leadership title or not, you have the potential to either lead your organization beyond all expectations or inhibit its growth through entropy.

I try not to have high expectations of people because it just sets you up for disappointment, but it's great to work with actors who are that talented and accomplished.

Girls have all the same parts, basically, and so much of how they look depends on the attitude, expectations, and obsessions of those who are looking at them.

Now I know that if I surf without expectations and have a map for making my passion my life's plan, I'm always in the present and smiling.

I've dealt with expectations my whole life and have been blessed to be able to play at a high level, whether it's football or baseball.

Debt - like sin - implies that one party in the transaction didn't live up to expectations, at least in the moment, and has done something wrong.

I fully understand the expectations of the state governments. Thus, I am better placed to work closely with the chief ministers.

It was a big step for me to go to Bayern Munich. Of course, the expectations were different than at Dortmund, but that's what I wanted.

I think that for me, as far as audience expectations and how you manage your anxiety, it helps to keep things in perspective.

Students, in particular, now find themselves in a world in which heightened expectations have been replaced by dashed hopes.

It makes my skin crawl when people tell me, 'Don't worry, you'll get another series.' Their expectations have little to do with mine.

Today's generation has tremendous pressure to perform well at work. And if one can't match up to expectations then it can lead to depression.

It's better to not set your expectations high. And that's what happens when you have a long career - not every album is going to be record setting.

You have to be up-front from the very beginning about what your expectations of the other person are, and you can't make any promises you don't intend to keep.

I think if you don't give people the tools and the expectations for success, and yet hold them to some value, then you're difficult to work with.

I first got into music when I heard punk, and it was saying maybe it's OK if you don't live up to the expectations various authorities have for you.

I thought I was managing my expectations, but on hearing the news I discovered new and unfamiliar vocal tones. Perhaps I should do another musical.

I think since 'Aladdin' my expectations for things releasing and what they're going to do in my career, I've had to really pull them back.

I think where genre is limiting is that in the marketplace, you have to put things in a box to create expectations to make a profit, and that's where you run into trouble.

I write poems, I meditate. I don't live up to people's expectations. I don't do the conventional cool things - I know I am the coolest person.

... reality stands before them, yet they don't see it, because what you call real is just the mirror image of your expectations.

I take responsibility for the times I was arrested and the things that I did. Me being 33 now, I look back on those times and I wish that a lot of things I didn't do. I wish I could have back because I see how much I influence people. People wanna follow in my footsteps and I wish that I can now do more positive things, and that back then I'd done more positive things.

I'm not a birthday person. Maybe because I don't like to build expectations around that one day. You never know how it'll turn out to be.

Tied to consciousness are all positive qualities, so that ocean within is an ocean of unbounded intelligence, unbounded creativity, unbounded happiness, unbounded love, unbounded energy, and unbounded peace. And when students start expanding consciousness in those positive qualities, their relationships improve, their grades go up, their happiness goes up, the fighting and bullying stops, and things get very, very, very good.

When I came from Europe, I was told that Americans don't care about soccer and this and that. But the way people cared was beyond my wildest expectations. You can't manufacture that.

I'm where I need to be, so my heart is light. Whatever happens, I know - I mean, I feel - that this is absolutely where I should be and I've lived up to my own expectations.

I'd rather play here in this small bar and just do a good show. Because it's fun and there's no expectations, it's encouragement to be different, do something new.

I always want to fulfill genre expectations and think that should be the bedrock of any film - then you can layer in thematics.

One of the things that gets me up in the morning is knowing that customer expectations are always rising, and I find that very exciting.

Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones.

So many want me to do another 'Paruthiveeran'; others are fans of my 'Siruthai' avatar. Extreme expectations, but I have to strike a balance.

Perceived value is paramount for most diners; a feeling of satisfaction that what you've paid for is commensurate with what you've received. That is, provided your expectations are rational.

The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race.

Men put all kinds of expectations on you. They want you to scream 'You're the best' while swearing you've never done this with anyone before.

Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations.

One positive statement of good is more powerful than 1,000 negative thoughts; and two positive statements of good are more powerful than 10,000 negative thoughts.

The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

Holidays in general breed unrealistic expectations. The minute you start wondering, 'is it going to be wonderful enough?,' it never will be.

Don't expect the future to look like the past. Clear away expectations, and let yourself picture a wild, grand new world.

Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.

My mother has a very chic sense of style, but she also has high expectations for her clothes to be functional and practical.

Except for events that carry great weight, it is not experience per se, but how they match expectations, that governs their emotional impact

I don't really have dream roles. Every single time I've gotten a great job, it's far exceeded my expectations and my dreams.

Many fathers and sons never get to reconcile their differences or come to an understanding that fills the gap between love and expectations.