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Quotes about Expectation
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“We tend to get what we expect.”
“If something can go wrong it will.”
“Expect victory and you make victory.”
“We tend to live up to our expectations.”
“In order to win, you must expect to win.”
“Life is largely a matter of expectation.”
“Prospect is often better than possession.”
“Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.”
“How much of human life is lost in waiting.”
“Good is not good, when better is expected.”
“Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise.”
“High expectations are the key to everything.”
“Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.”
“We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.”
“You begin by always expecting good things to happen”
“You can't base your life on other people's expectations.”
“By asking for the impossible we obtain the best possible.”
“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it is.”
“Always expect the worst, and you will never be disappointed.”
“One gift creates appreciation, many gifts create expectation.”
“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”
“We find what we expect to find, and we receive what we ask for.”
“I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat.”
“We will always tend to fulfill our own expectation of ourselves.”
“If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.”
“Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.”
“The best part of our lives we pass in counting on what is to come.”
“Even if it is to be, what end do you serve by running to distress?”
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
“When you expect things to happen -- strangely enough -- they do happen.”