Quotes on expectations

“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.”

“Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed.”

“I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations.”

“Expectation has brought me disappointment. Disappointment has brought me wisdom. Acceptance, gratitude and appreciation have brought me joy and fulfilment.”

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

The best way to avoid disappointment is to not expect anything from anyone.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

People have a way of becoming what you expect them to be.

She had never expected love to find her, but now that it had, she could not imagine life without it.

Perhaps she had always been a monster, but even the lady monsters of the world couldn't escape the expectations that came of being women.

Somewhere, sometime I'd stopped expecting my father to father.

Sometimes, the world gives you exactly what you need, but not in the way you expect.

I feel as if he is judging me, only to find I’ve fallen short of his expectations. I recognize it, because I've seen such a disappointing look before. Father’s.

I feel as if he is judging me, only to find I’ve fallen short of his expectations. I recognize it, because I've seen such a disappointing look before. Father’s.

I feel as if he is judging me, only to find I’ve fallen short of his expectations. I recognize it, because I've seen such a disappointing look before. Father’s.

I feel as if he is judging me, only to find I’ve fallen short of his expectations. I recognize it, because I've seen such a disappointing look before. Father’s.

I feel as if he is judging me, only to find I’ve fallen short of his expectations. I recognize it, because I've seen such a disappointing look before. Father’s.

Life is full of surprises, and sometimes, the things you expect the least can be the best things for you.

Life is full of surprises, and sometimes, the things you expect the least can be the best things for you.

People rarely live up to our expectations, and that’s the beauty of relationships: they’re unpredictable and always teaching us.