Expects Quotes

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

Change, Wind, Pessimist

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
Thomas Jefferson

Free, Nation, State

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Henry Ward Beecher

Yourself, Anybody, Hold

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

Blessed, Nothing, Shall

Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants.
Barack Obama

Power, Enough, Here

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
H. L. Mencken

Love, Country, Speak

I love bringing roses to a woman when she least expects it.
Esai Morales

Love, Woman, She

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
Alexander Pope

Blessed, Nothing, Shall

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
Alexander Hamilton

Age, Trust, After

A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.
Frank A. Clark

Good, Father, Son

Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Marriage, Politics, Government

God has a plan for all of us, but He expects us to do our share of the work.
Minnie Pearl

Work, God, Plan

God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you.
Meister Eckhart

God, Yourself, Far

For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses that in hand day by day - shall be full to running over.
Edgar Cayce

Nothing, Lives, Hand

I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking. It is all like an opera.
William Butler Yeats

Beautiful, Remember, Place

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes 'sight-seeing.'
Daniel J. Boorstin

Experience, Him, Happen

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched.
Thomas Fuller

Smile, Society, Him

England expects that every man will do his duty.
Horatio Nelson

No one ever expects a great lay to pay all the bills.
Jean Harlow

Great, Pay, Bills

Companies and their brands need to reach out and speak directly to consumers, to honor their values, and to form meaningful relationships with them. They must become architects of community, consistently demonstrating the values that their customer community expects in exchange for their loyalty and purchases.
Simon Mainwaring

Loyalty, Become, Speak

True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed.
Tom Robbins

True, Unexpected, Order

There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.
E. W. Howe

Men, Living, Says

I do chores around the house, but I don't get an allowance for them. I wash the dishes and sweep the floor... I'm sweeping the floor quite a lot, and my mum always expects me to get a broom and swagger it across the floor all the time.
Callan McAuliffe

Time, Around, House

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.
Robertson Davies

Time, Happy, Fool

When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn't do very well at it, so I went back to doing what I do naturally well, or what the audience expects from me - action pictures.
Sylvester Stallone

Comedy, Action, Pictures

When you say something is very different to a core base that expects heavy music from you or very aggressive music, everybody tends to go, 'Oh, they're gonna get mellow, they're gonna get soft.'
Fred Durst

Music, Different, Everybody

You do not want to talk to me on the phone. How do I know? Because I don't want to talk to you on the phone. Nothing personal, I just can't stand the thing. I find it intrusive and somehow presumptuous. It sounds off insolently whenever it chooses and expects me to drop whatever I'm doing and, well, engage. With others!
Jeffrey Kluger

Nothing, Find, Others

Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.
Dale Dauten

Birth, Benefits, Maternity

Everyone expects me to be 9 feet tall and weigh 200 pounds when they meet me.
Khloe Kardashian

Everyone, Meet, Feet

I'm not sure if men really understand this, but I don't think there's a woman in America who really expects her life to be easy. In our own ways, we all know better!
Ann Romney

Life, Men, Woman

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