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The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations.
The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations.
'Tis silence all,
And pleasing expectation.
'Tis silence all,
And pleasing expectation.
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.
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.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
I suppose, to use our national motto, something will turn up.
[Motto of Vraibleusia.]
I suppose, to use our national motto, something will turn up.
[Motto of Vraibleusia.]
He was fash and full of faith that "something would turn up."
He was fash and full of faith that "something would turn up."
Anger always comes from frustrated expectations
Anger always comes from frustrated expectations
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.