Expectations

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

William Arthur Ward

Giving love to others and not expecting it back is also a form of self-love.

Giving love to others and not expecting it back is also a form of self-love.

Sylvester McNutt

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

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

Real love begins where nothing is expected in return.

Real love begins where nothing is expected in return.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

He who wants a mule without fault may go afoot.

He who wants a mule without fault may go afoot.

Spanish proverbs

Hope and expectation are a fool's income.

Hope and expectation are a fool's income.

Danish proverbs

Sooner or later we get just what we expect.

Sooner or later we get just what we expect.

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

Margaret Mitchell

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

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

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness.

A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness.

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

When you're trying to get something for nothing you often end up getting nothing for something.

When you're trying to get something for nothing you often end up getting nothing for something.

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.

If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.

If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.

Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.

In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.

In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.