#expectations

When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person's life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#life #people #philosophy #change

We changed again, and yet again, and it was now too late and too far to go back, and I went on. And the mists had all solemnly risen now, and the world lay spread before me. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#great-expectations #change

Does your reality match your expectations? If not it's time to change either your expectations or your reality. ↗

— Steven Redhead

#expectations #reality #time #change

The worst place anyone can start on is “wrong expectations ↗

— Ngina Otiende

#wrong-expectations #change