#expectation

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I hadn't bargained for. Of curse it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#experience #grief #mourning #others #personal-experience

You don't ask nobody to give what they can't give, or be what they can't be. You've learnt that, you got a headstart on heartbreak. ↗

— Jack Farris

#experience #heartbreak #experience

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation. ↗

— Charlotte Bronte

#constructed #does #event #expectation #life

I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations. ↗

— Dane Cook

#anyone #anything #benefit #else #exceed

I also want to draw attention to the responsibilities that people have to live up to their election promises and to live up to the votes that were cast by the people of Wales, in the General Election, in the expectation that we would deliver this promise. ↗

— Ron Davies

#attention #by the people #cast #deliver #draw

We are Liverpool Football Club and the expectations are so high. ↗

— Steven Gerrard

#club #expectations #football #high #liverpool

I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments. ↗

— Michael Landon

#expectations #giant #i #just #lead

Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating. ↗

— Michael Landon

#dreaming #expectations #mind #one thing #self-defeating

It's now expected of me that I will defy expectation, so I really generally seem to be free to write what I want. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#expectation #expected #free #generally #i

Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't heaven, so don't expect it to be. ↗

— Max Lucado

#expect #expectations #heaven #lower #your