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    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.

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Everything comes if a man will only wait.

Everything comes if a man will only wait.

by Benjamin Disraeli Found in: Expectation Quotes,
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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.

by A. A. Milne Found in: Expectation Quotes,
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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.

by Frederick Perls Found in: Expectation Quotes,
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I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world read more

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

by Fritz Perls Found in: Expectation Quotes,
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He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing in the
figure of a lamb the feats read more

He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing in the
figure of a lamb the feats of a lion. He hath indeed bettered
expectation than you must expect of me to tell you how.

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Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

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I am giddy; expectation whirls me round.
Th' imaginary relish is so sweet
That it enchants my read more

I am giddy; expectation whirls me round.
Th' imaginary relish is so sweet
That it enchants my sense.

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It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be
expected to do.

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be
expected to do.

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He was fash and full of faith that "something would turn up."

He was fash and full of faith that "something would turn up."

by Benjamin Disraeli Found in: Expectation Quotes,
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