THE 100 BEST EXPECTATION PHRASES [WITH IMAGES] - OTHER PHRASES - 2025

I leave you the best quotes of expectation from great authors such as Voltaire, Richard Bach, Paulo Coelho, Stephen Hawking, Michael Jordan, JK Rowling, Sam Walton, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Earl Nightingale, Brian Tracy and many more.

Some authors support the idea that it is better not to have expectations so as not to be disappointed. That is, do not expect anything from anyone or any situation. Others think that it is better to have high expectations to achieve great results.

You may also be interested in these phrases of disappointment or these of heartbreak.

-If you do not expect anything from anyone, you will never be disappointed.-Sylvia Plath.

-You see what you hope to see.-JK Rowling.

-Blessed is he who does not expect anything because he should never be disappointed.-Alexander Pope.

-The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our actions.-A. Godin.

-Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.-Earl Nightingale.

-Don't let someone's expectations run your life.-Julianne Donaldson.

-I am not in this world to live according to your expectations and you are not in this world to live according to mine.-Bruce Lee.

-Whatever you are looking for, it will not arrive in the way you expect.-Haruki Murakami.

-High expectations are the key to everything.-Sam Walton.

-We tend to live according to our expectations.-Earl Nightingale.

-There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations.-Jodi Picoult.

-Life has no obligation to give us what we expect.-Margaret Mitchell.

-The good is not good when the best is expected.-Thomas Fuller.

-The expectation is the mother of all frustration.-Antonio Banderas.

-Hope for the best, plan for the worst and prepare to be surprised.-Denis Waitley.

-The best things in life are unexpected because there were no expectations.-Eli Khamarov.

35-A great desire is not enough to satisfy the expectations of lost dreams.-Dejan Stojanovic.

-Treat a person as they are and they will remain as they are. Treat a person as he can be and he will become what he can be.-Stephen R. Covey.

-When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you will like them for what they are.-Donald Miller.

-Peace begins when expectations end.-Sri Chinmoy.

-Always expect the worst and you will never be disappointed.-Peter Wastholm.

-Never get too attached to someone, this will lead to expectations and these lead to disappointments. Anticipate everything and do not expect anything.

-Asking for the impossible we get the best possible.-Giovanni Niccolini.

-To win, you must expect to win.-Richard Bach.

35-An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of a superior personality.-Brian Tracy.

-I'd rather be placidly surprised than fatally disappointed.-Julia Glass.

10-Great achievements always take place in the framework of high expectations.-Charles F. Kettering.

-We never live; We are always in the expectation of living.-Voltaire.

-Unhappiness resides in that gap between our talents and our expectations.-Sebastian Horsley.

-Anyone who loves with the expectation of being loved back, is wasting his time.-Paulo Coelho.

19-Expecting defeat is 90% of defeat.-Henry Louis Mencken.

-We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.-Ivan Illich.

-If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, you will never change the result.-Michael Jordan.

-Don't cross the bridge until you get to it.-Proverb.

-When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one has.-Stephen Hawking.

-We find what we hope to find and we receive what we ask.-Elbert Hubbard.

-What we hope with confidence becomes our own prophecy.-Brian Tracy.

-Don't blame people for disappointing you, blame yourself for expecting too much from them.

-You can get what you expect and deserve what you tolerate.-Mark Graban.

-The future goal is what produces the character in the present.-NT Wright.

-If you are going to say what you want to say, you are going to hear what you do not want to hear.-Roberto Bolaño.

-Stop waiting for others to show you love, acceptance, commitment and respect, when not even you show them to yourself.-Steve Maraboli.

-The expected always happens.-Benjamin Disraeli.

-The best part of our life is spent counting what remains to come.-William Hazlitt

-If you want to give yourself a fair chance to succeed, never expect too much too soon.-Po Bronson.

19-Expectations are dangerous when they are high and without form.-Lionel Shriver.

-Less expectation, less pain.

-Expectation is the root of disappointment. Do not expect not to be disappointed.-Sadashivan.

-I can not imagine moving forward without more expectations.-Dame Edith Evans.

-Expectations can sometimes lead to disappointment, but the anger of disappointing you can sometimes lead to what you expected.

-Normally we receive what we anticipate.-Claude M. Bristol.

-We become what we think about all day.-Ralph Waldo Emerson.

-Expecting that the world treats you just because you are a good person is like hoping that a bull does not attack you because you are a vegetarian.-Dennis Wholey.

37-Hate always comes from frustrated expectations.-Elliott Larson.

-When you expect something to happen, strong enough, it usually happens.-John Pierpont Morgan.

-I realize that life is much easier the lower I keep my expectations.-Bill Watterson.

-We expect everything and we are not prepared for anything.-Madame Swetchine.

-You can not expect everyone to have the same dedications as you.-Jeff Kinney.

-Love hurts because we think we know what love is.-Marty Rubin.

-I do not expect anything, I fear nothing, I am free.-Nikos Kazantzakis.

-What makes the Earth look like hell is our expectation that it should look like hell.-Chuck Palahniuk.

19-Expectations should not always be taken as realities, because you never know when you will be disappointed.-Samuel P. Huntington.

-Fate is formed half by expectation and half by inattention.-Amy Tan.

-In most cases, the problems you expect never happen.

-A good expectation is better than a bad possession.

-If we cannot connect the strongest points and the power of our imagination in a world of withering expectations, we have to rewrite the script of our lives.-Erik Pevernagie.

-When perception, consideration and understanding meet, we can create a range of viable expectations and create a world of union.-Erik Pevernagie.

-The expectation and disappointment are far from becoming friends, but they are close relationships.-Rasheed Ogunlaru.

-If I do not expect anything from you, it will be much easier to forgive your offenses.-Richelle E. Goodrich.

-It is easy to see how quickly expectations become competitive and conflicting.-Brené Brown.

-With mindfulness, loving kindness and self-compassion, we can begin to put aside our expectations about how life should be and the people we love.-Sharon Salzberg.

-Love is wrapped in the idea of ​​expectation.-Sharon Salzberg.

-Your vision will determine your future, the mirror only helps to see your ugly or pretty face, but only with vision can you go beyond your expectations.-Bamigboyes Olurotimi.

-Relationships are meant to complement your life and not to complete your life. If they cannot bring you a healthy sense of self-love, you will always seek validation and in the end you will be disappointed by the expectations of others.-Nanette Mathews.

-People will see the world without seeing anything beyond their unconscious expectations.-Chuck Klosterman.

11-Expectations are emotional signals that prevent your growth.-Balroop Singh.

-The key to letting go is practice. Every time we let it go, we unravel from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.-Sharon Salzberg.

-Expectations dictate who we should be, what we should be, how we should be.-Brené Brown.

-Progress is a collection of expectations established and fulfilled.-Ashlecka Aumrivani

-There are two ways to avoid being disappointed. Expect everything or expect nothing.-Hasse Jerner.

-You cannot beat your own expectations.-Assegid Habtewold.

-The expectation is the root of all valid transactions and their fulfillment.-Ashlecka Aumrivani.

-If it is not violently knocked down, the expectation can have power in itself.-Siri Hustvedt.

- Zero expectations? What is that? I believe in intelligent expectations.-Ashlecka Aumrivani.

-It is often a disgrace to have brilliant men in charge of important matters. They expect too much from ordinary men.-Thucydides.

-I think that things are beautiful when you do not plan and have no expectations, and you are not trying to get to a particular place.-Alison Mosshart.

-When you do not achieve your goals and dreams, ask yourself if it is your way of thinking, your perspective, your expectations, your effort, your focus, your acceptance, your company or a combination of all those elements that you must change.-Rasheed Ogunlaru.

-Every time you feel insulted by injustice, try to speak against it, make an effort to confront it and hope to see a change.-Sunday Adelaja.

-Never expect others to be the way you are, it can be the biggest nightmare.-Harrish Sairaman.

-People will never act the way we want them to. If we stop expecting things from others, we will find peace in our hearts and it will last a lifetime.-Ron Baratono.

-Unless you expect the unexpected, you will not find it, because it is hidden very tangled.-Heraclitus.

-Maintain your expectation only with God, not with a human.-Rashid Jorvee.

-Never expect anything from anyone, if you want to live a happy life.-Rashid Jorvee.

-What you want may not come in the way you expect. Maybe it's just under your nose right now.-Jennifer Ho-Dougatz.

-In order to grow, sometimes we must stop striving to meet the expectations of others and we must begin to set new goals that develop our personal potential.-Kilroy J. Oldster.

17-If we live a life to meet the expectations of others, we will end up living a life full of regret.-Kilroy J. Oldster.

-Loving hurts only when we do it with expectation. And that's not true love, love doesn't hurt when it's real. Love, more than anything in this world, heals us.-Scott Stabile.

-Love has no expectations, no qualifiers, no conditions. Love is pure, when it is not touched by the demands of our mind.-Scott Stabile.

37-Candy always tastes better when expectations are high.-Anthony T. Hincks.

-We write, edit and rewrite the story of our own life using descriptive words, metaphors and symbols. Our lives are full of symbols… symbols inspire lasting hope by formulating idealistic expectations.-Kilroy J. Oldster.

-Everyone dreams of greatness and hopes that it will happen in the future automatically.-Sunday Adelaja.

-If good feelings and discomfort collide, expectations are at war.-Erik Pevernagie.

When we have expectations, our good karma can be expelled by anguish and frustration, if negative waves are emitted.-Erik Pevernagie.

-The disappointment comes from the experience. The expectation comes from intimacy. Intimacy comes from the common interest. And common interest comes from friendship. So to nurture friendship, give up expectation.-Uma Shanker.