Top 1200 Societal Expectations Quotes & Sayings - Page 14

Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations.

Great expectations are placed on this generation for the establishment of peaceful and neighborly relations in the North Caucasus.

There's high expectations for Cowboys. There's been some great quarterbacks who have come through that organization.

When you depend on another's perceptions to match your expectations, you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

There is nothing like early promiscuous sex for dispelling life's bright mysterious expectations.

Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience.

Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier.

I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.

There are happy stories out there, but I think some of them may raise false expectations for teens.

GREAT SECRET Whenever I’m learning something difficult, I keep expectations low, and aspirations high.

Unless those of us who love our wives (and thus, our lives) make a conscious change to the way we speak of them, unless we begin choosing to elevate and praise our spouses instead of denigrate, we will be letting an incredibly corrosive, self-perpetuating societal meme destroy the very institution that defines our lives.

I spent an awful lot of my life underestimating myself and, as a result, not exceeding my own expectations.

Contrary to general expectations, caste, regionalism, criminalisation, and parochial interests continue to sway the nation.

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten.

I've said it lots of times before, I play for myself, so I'm not worried about other people's expectations.

Rather than seeing the opportunities that feminism created they very easy morph into expectations.

All of us - we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations.

My family had a lot of characteristics - achievements, ambitions, talents, expectations - that all seemed to be recessive in me.

When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it’s not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end.

I was a veritable Johnny Appleseed of grand expectations, and all I reaped for my trouble was a harvest of bitter fruit.

I enjoy creating. And if you can do it in a cool way, do it. You can't worry about disappointing people or what their expectations might be.

I'm not setting too many expectations for myself. I'm just trying to create opportunities for something interesting.

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

It's important that we challenge the culture of low expectations. You need to believe every child can do well.

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.

When you slide into television, no one tells you exactly how manage expectations and work with your staff.

Changing professional expectations and technological tools have created an impossibility of balancing work and life.

I didn't have all the expectations and the publicity. It probably made me work harder and learn more. It was a blessing in disguise.

Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance.

I think all scientists are like detectives. We are most happy when we find something that doesn't fit our expectations.

Expectations should not always be taken as reality; because you never know when you will be disappointed.

I'm pretty much an out-front, straightforward chick, and I get a bit confused by expectations.

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.

I am not worried about people's expectations. I just want to get the film right.

Emerging from embattled and humble beginnings, the Jewish state has exceeded all expectations for its success and prosperity.

No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.

Modern problems proliferate and remain unsolved because we spend so much time trying to deal with societal and world problems without first dealing with family and community problems. If we organized for normal families and communities - if these two groups provided the functions they are designed for - world problems would diminish and fade out in two or three generations.

Computer literacy is a contact with the activity of computing deep enough to make the computational equivalent of reading and writing fluent and enjoyable. As in all the arts, a romance with the material must be well under way. If we value the lifelong learning of arts and letters as a springboard for personal and societal growth, should any less effort be spent to make computing a part of our lives?

Russia and the U.S. must jointly manage expectations to ensure that attempts to 'reset' our relationship succeed.

When people say stuff to us casually in reviews, if they write about it in a condescending way with really gendered language, that's not really about me. It used to hurt my feelings more than it does now. That's not about us as a band or me as a person. That's about how you feel about women, and that's a societal thing.

It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.

I suppose expectations are strange and I shy away from them. And the whole point of being an actor is to connect.

What's hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society.

In this industry, where things change so quickly, I've found that having no expectations is the happiest way to go.

I honestly believe true happiness lies in lowered expectations. In opening the door to let the air in.

Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.

I think that any time reality doesn't match your expectations, it means that marketing was involved.

I think the danger with using the term 'trilogy' is that it sets up particular expectations in the reader's mind.

We want to play a great a role as possible in making sure this country lives up to the expectations.

If you are an industry kid, the first film is given to you on a platter. However, the pressure and expectations are immense.

We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.

By characterizing the use of illegal drugs as quasi-legal, state-sanctioned, Saturday afternoon fun, legalizers destabilize the societal norm that drug use is dangerous. They undercut the goals of stopping the initiation of drug use to prevent addiction.... Children entering drug abuse treatment routinely report that they heard that 'pot is medicine' and, therefore, believed it to be good for them.

It was stupidity that forced us to discard anything that did not conform with ourself - reflective expectations.

It doesn't matter what you're hitting - if you're not living up to your own expectations, then it's hard to have fun.

Love one another without any expectations. Then, there is no need to go anywhere in search of heaven.

The key is allowing your partner to be who they are and not having expectations that really have nothing to do with the person you married.

So, yeah, I can say I always set my expectations so high that I had a lot to live up to.

I think it's good to sort of push people's expectations a little bit. I've always been doing that.

Investment based on genuine long-term expectations is so difficult today as to be scarcely practicable.

I liked the fact that my father had a lot of expectations from my brother. I probably wanted to be that person who he could be proud of.