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 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. 
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
Blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall never be disappointed.
Blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall never be disappointed.
 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. 
 Many a time and oft
 Have you climbed up to walls and battlements,
  To tow'rs and windows, read more 
 Many a time and oft
 Have you climbed up to walls and battlements,
  To tow'rs and windows, yea, to chimney tops,
   Your infants in your arms, and there have sat
    The livelong day, with patient expectation,
     To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome. 
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.
 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. 
 Although I enter not,
 Yet round about the spot
  Ofttimes I hover;
   And near read more 
 Although I enter not,
 Yet round about the spot
  Ofttimes I hover;
   And near the sacred gate,
    With longing eyes I wait,
     Expectant of her. 
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.