I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated. Votes: 1
My expectations are not in any future event. I would rather just be prepared for whatever might take place. Votes: 1
I'm already the most fortunate girl in the world, so I have zero expectations for what the future will bring. Votes: 1
The future is, of course, imaginary - an unreal place that I create from my expectations, which are made from my remembered experiences, especially repeated experiences. Votes: 1
Recent research suggests that New Deal programs may actually have had their primary impact on the economy by influencing consumer and business expectations of future growth and inflation. Votes: 1
The reality of the writer's world is that you set yourself up for future disappointment with every success that you deliver because you end up raising your audience's expectations. Votes: 1
Words matter, especially words defining complicated political arrangements, because they shape perceptions of the events of the past, attitudes toward policies being carried out in the present, and expectations about desirable directions for the future. Votes: 1
I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don't know if I'm the monarch of all I survey. Votes: 1
I think people in Europe are generally pessimistic about the future. They have low expectations; they're not working hard to change things. When you're a slacker with a pessimistic view of the future, you're likely to meet those expectations. Votes: 1
High expectations weren't nurtured in my neck of nowhere back then - children weren't fawned over from an early age as 'gifted' and groomed for a prizewinning future; self-esteem was considered something you had to pick from the garden yourself. Votes: 1
As long as there are people in education making excuses for failure, cursing future generations with a culture of low expectations, denying children access to the best that has been thought and written, because Nemo and the Mister Men are more relevant, the battle needs to be joined. Votes: 1
As the future is never known with certainty, the evaluation of the prospective benefits requires the formation of expectations. An acceptable house, partner or job, then, is one that offers an expected stream of future benefit that has a value in excess of the option to continue to search for an even better alternative. Votes: 1
You never go into a marriage expecting to get divorced. You go into a marriage expecting it's going to last forever, and you have a lot of ways you dream about the future. You have all these expectations, and then you have to adjust those expectations, and it can be a very unnerving, confusing time. Votes: 1
All hopes are lies, all expectations of the future are lies. Votes: 0
Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance. Votes: 0
You are actually pre-paving your future experiences constantly. ... You are continually projecting your expectations into your future experiences. Votes: 0
Don't expect the future to look like the past. Clear away expectations, and let yourself picture a wild, grand new world. Votes: 0
The key to changing our past, present, and future is to create our piece of the PIE (our Perceptions, Interpretations, & Expectations) on purpose. Votes: 0
The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings, the past and the future are not as real, but rather more real than the present. Votes: 0
Trust is simply a set of expectations about the present and the future. The key is to ensure that these are chosen and evaluated based upon awareness versus fear. Votes: 0
I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine. Votes: 4 Bruce Lee
The future starts today, not tomorrow. Votes: 6 Pope John Paul II