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Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations.
The family is in flux, and signs of trouble are widespread. Expectations remain high. But realities are disturbing.
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.
If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.
These are the pieces of my youth, the small secrets and the not-so-great expectations that defined my coming of age.
My parents are wonderful, practical, sensible people, and the expectation was that I would study something academic.
It is a terrifying as well as hopeful truth that we tend to bring into being in form whatever we fashion in thought.
The rules of grammar exist in large part to permit readers and writers to operate from a shared set of expectations.
You look upon the seasons with expectation and await them: wy not seize the seasonal opportunities and exploit them?
The more you do for others without expectation of return, the more you'll get back from the most unexpected sources.
I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.
All of Christian existence ... stands within an expectation. Its fulfillment may be sure, but its timing is unknown.
Changing professional expectations and technological tools have created an impossibility of balancing work and life.
To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise.
The more that you expect, the less happy you will be-- because if the expectations are realized you won't be grateful
It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.
We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.
I love a challenge. And I love defying limitation, gender stereotypes, and people's expectations of me as an actress.
I don't think that I want to meet any of the icons. I don't think that anybody can quite live up to your expectations.
Confidence is the sweet spot between arrogance and despair-consisting of positive expectations for favorable outcomes.
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.
Never raise expectations in others that you cannot realize: promise is less pleasing than disappointment is vexatious.
No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.
You can build up expectations for a song before you record it, and then it's like nothing's good enough in the studio.
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
What's hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society.
When I am fighting I am keeping my mind empty for any expectations. I am waiting for something unique, completely new.
I think sometimes your worst enemy is inside your head. All your insecurities, your ego, your fears, your expectations.
Confidence isn't optimism or pessimism, and it's not a character attribute. It's the expectation of a positive outcome.
In times of shrinking expectations,... everyone feels like a victim and pushes away outsiders to defend his own corner.
Summit meetings tend to be like panda matings. The expectations are always high, and the results usually disappointing.
As a new artist - I don't care who you talk to - I think everyone would agree, it's hard to get your expectations right.
It is in the expectations of happiness that much of happiness itself is found. And it takes courage to expect happiness.
In science novelty emerges only with difficulty, manifested by resistance, against a background provided by expectation.
What is trust, sidhe-seer, but expectation that another will behave in a certain fashion, consistent with prior actions?
I feel like if you don't put too much expectations and too much high hopes into things, everything will fall into place.
No varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself.
I do think once I get into expectations, I've just trained myself. I've just trained myself to just move on to the next.
The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.
Instead of getting wound up, simply relax your expectations of your family, friends, business associates...and yourself.
Self-efficacy beliefs differ from outcome expectations, judgments of the likely consequence [that] behavior will produce.
Putting our expectations on others is a habit that keeps us feeling frustrated. It diminishes the amount of love we feel.
But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.
The way to success is strategically along the way of least expectation and tactically along the line of least resistance.
(memory is) A strange echo, which stores its replicas according to some other acoustic than consciousness or expectation.
The best use of history is as an inoculation against radical expectations, and hence against embittering disappointments.
If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.
Don't expect the future to look like the past. Clear away expectations, and let yourself picture a wild, grand new world.
I don't use the word 'pressure.' I use the word 'expectation.' I have very high expectations of myself. It starts with me.