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We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the read more
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
 Since yesterday I have been in Alcala.
 Erelong the time will come, sweet Preciosa,
  When that dull read more 
 Since yesterday I have been in Alcala.
 Erelong the time will come, sweet Preciosa,
  When that dull distance shall no more divide us;
   And I no more shall scale thy wall by night
    To steal a kiss from thee, as I do now. 
I do my thing and you do yours. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, read more
I do my thing and you do yours. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, then it is beautiful. If not, it can't be helped.
Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die... Still you wait and will not try - A read more
Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die... Still you wait and will not try - A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.
 Blessed are those that nought expect,
 For they shall not be disappointed.  
 Blessed are those that nought expect,
 For they shall not be disappointed. 
We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.
We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.
If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by read more
If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.
 I have known him [Micawber] come home to supper with a flood of 
tears, and a declaration that nothing read more 
 I have known him [Micawber] come home to supper with a flood of 
tears, and a declaration that nothing was now left but a jail; 
and go to bed making a calculation of the expense of putting 
bow-windows to the house, "in case anything turned up," which was 
his favorite expression.