#anticipation

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#among #anticipation #bullets #direction #every

To do justice to a lifelong dream of being a writer, I must give it the intense concentration and focus I gave to track. To do both with excellence is not possible. It is with a sense of sadness and joyous anticipation that I leave track and move on. ↗

— Florence Griffith Joyner

#being #both #concentration #dream #excellence

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. ↗

— Aristotle

#arising #evil #fear #pain

I never assume anything. I anticipate the possibilities and allow my imagination to create the future. ↗

— Lionel Suggs

#imagination #insight #prediction #imagination

Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting. ↗

— Khaled Hosseini

#acting

He ran his finger along my jawline and down my neck. "The wait will be fun, but it's not going to be easy. ↗

— Amy Plum

#die-for-me #lust #vincent #fun

Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work's important, family's important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You're cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what's coming. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#life #family

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#anticipation #calamity #future #great #great source

I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christians, we'll be able to look back and have a little more clarity on why certain things in life happened. ↗

— Amy Grant

#anticipation #back #certain #certain things #christians

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. ↗

— Alfred Hitchcock

#bang #only #terror