Expected Quotes

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

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.72, Prabhat Prakashan

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• We are all born into families and cultures we didn't choose, given names we didn't pick, instructed in behaviour and values we might not have freely chosen, and too often we end up expected to live lives designed by others.

  Sheldon B. Kopp

  Live Life, Names, Culture

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• Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

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• It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day.

  Frank B. Kellogg

  Human Nature, Humans

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• How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Marriage, Valentines Day

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  Good is not good when better is expected.

  Vin Scully

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Motivational Sports

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• Always deliver more than expected.

  Larry Page

  Business, Young Entrepreneurs, Marketing

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• The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win

  Jack Youngblood

  Loss, Winning, Joy

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• A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Long, Expectations

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.473, Courier Corporation

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• Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task.

  Haim Ginott

  Appreciation, Teacher, Teaching

  "Teacher and child". Book by Haim Ginott, 1972.

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• Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.

  Samuel Johnson

  Art, Philosophy, History

  Letter to Francesco Sastres, 21 Aug. 1784

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• Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions.

  George Santayana

  Children, Men, Possession

  George Santayana (2015). “The Life of Reason: Human Understanding”, p.48, 谷月社

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• When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian.

  Billy Sunday

  Sports, Christian, Grieving

  Billy Sunday (1970). “Billy Sunday speaks”

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• We had to learn...that it did not really matter what we expected from life but rather what life expected from us.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Live In The Moment, Matter, Moments

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• Why is it apparently the philosopher who is expected to be "easier" and not some scientist or other who is even more inaccessible to the same readers?

  Jacques Derrida

  Philosopher, Scientist, Easier

  "Points...: Interviews, 1974-1994".

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• Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.

  Margaret Chase Smith

  Expectations, Criticism, Courtesy

  Margaret Chase Smith (1972). “Declaration of Conscience”

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• Also, my mom and family are very important to me and I know that this is not expected.

  Christina Milian

  Family, Mom, Important

  "Christina Milian music maven". Interview with AskMen, www.askmen.com.

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• Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.

  Og Mandino

  Inspirational, Motivational, Parenting

  Og Mandino (2009). “The Greatest Miracle in the World”, p.99, Bantam

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• I never expected to be anybody important.

  Elvis Presley

  Important

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• I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Funny, Girl

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• 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

  Writing, Expectations, Want

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• Probably every new and eagerly expected garment ever put on since clothes came in, fell a trifle short of the wearer's expectation.

  Charles Dickens

  Fashion, Clothes, Expectations

  1860-1 Great Expectations, ch.19.

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• My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.

  Sara Paretsky

  Sibling, Home, Parent

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• What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Life, Attitude, Learning

  Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.82, Beacon Press

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• I never expected I would be connected to the Alpha male as some kind of ancillary object and to this day it mystifies me.

  Courtney Love

  Males, Would Be, Kind

  "Courtney Love: 'my daughter is the most important thing in my life'". www.telegraph.co.uk. February 13, 2010.

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