Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.
It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.
And you know, we did it as an independent film, and we weren't expecting it to be on television, and Lifetime ended up buying it. And the viewers responded intensely to that film.
All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.
Sometimes the key to happiness is just expecting a little bit less
I think people were expecting me to be that kind of glamorous sexpot. So they were always, Wow you're not what I expected.
But seek till ye find, and, whatever ye find for the present, let your last act be to lay and leave yourselves on the righteousness of His Son, expecting life through His name, according to the promise of the Father.
Doing your best is taking the action because you love it, not because you're expecting a reward
If you aim at anything lower that is expecting your audience to be really alert and aware, then you're going to be caught out sooner or later as a composer.
I was brought up differently than the average American child because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy.
And then, not expecting it, you become middle-aged and anonymous. No one notices you. You achieve a wonderful freedom. It is a positive thing. You can move about unnoticed and invisible.
I don't do drugs. If I want a rush I just stand up when I'm not expecting it.
Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.
Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and how He delights to hear the prayers of His redeemed people. Think of your place and privilege in Christ, and expect great things!
I think Christians fail so often to get answers to their prayers because they do not wait long enough on God. They just drop down and say a few words, and then jump up and forget it and expect God to answer them. Such praying always reminds me of the small boy ringing his neighbor's door-bell, and then running away as fast as he can go.
From my point of view what I have to do now is appreciate and enjoy what football gave me, but now do something else with the same energy and enthusiasm I gave to football without expecting the same results.
I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted.
I always make this joke that I know you were expecting to see the big skirts and the hoops. But that was a long time ago. Artists aren't always seen as real people. If you start out as a teenager, sometimes people want to keep you locked as that. But I'm a woman now.
I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expecting perfection any more, just hoping for an occasional inspiration.
Let whatever is going to happen to me happen. I'm expecting the worst for myself and I'm resigned to it.
The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.
The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.
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