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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.
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.
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. 
He was fash and full of faith that "something would turn up."
He was fash and full of faith that "something would turn up."
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.
The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations.
The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations.
Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best read more
Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.
 What else remains for me?
 Youth, hope and love;
  To build a new life on a ruined read more 
 What else remains for me?
 Youth, hope and love;
  To build a new life on a ruined life.