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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.
 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. 
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.
Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
 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. 
 Serene I told my hands and wait,
 Nor care for wind or tide nor sea;
  I rave read more 
 Serene I told my hands and wait,
 Nor care for wind or tide nor sea;
  I rave no more 'gainst time or fate,
   For lo! my own shall come to me. 
 Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of 
expectation. Performance is ever duller for read more 
 Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of 
expectation. Performance is ever duller for his act; and, but in 
the plainer and simpler kind of people, the deed of saying is 
quite out of use. To promise is most courtly and fashionable; 
performance is a kind of will or testament which argues a great 
sickness in his judgment that makes it. 
 Blessed are those that nought expect,
 For they shall not be disappointed.  
 Blessed are those that nought expect,
 For they shall not be disappointed.