Quotes about Expectations
At my graduation, I thought we had to marry what we wished to become. Now you are becoming the men you once would have wished to marry.
— Gloria Steinem
Just because we all have wombs doesn't mean we have to be mothers, just like we all have vocal cords doesn't mean we're all opera singers.
— Gloria Steinem
Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
— Gloria Steinem
There is no more compelling motivation to worthwhile endeavor than the knowledge that we are children of God, that God expects us to do something with our lives, and that He will give us help when help is sought.
— Gordon Hinckley
Since I'm the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it's understandable that people are saying, you know, 'What have you done?'
— Barack Obama
Some of us have been told what we want our whole lives. We've been told we should want to go out for sports or not. We should want a college education or a graduate degree or a particular career. We should want to date this person and not the other.
— Bob Goff
Men are not our problem; it's what we are trying to get from them that messes us up. We use guys like mirrors to see if we're valuable.
— Beth Moore
The man who puts into the marriage only half of what he owns will get that out.
— Ronald Reagan
Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.
— Erica Jong
When a man does exactly what a woman expects him to do she doesn't think much of him. One should always do what a woman doesn't expect, just as one should say what she doesn't understand.
— Oscar Wilde
Be not angry that you cannot make another what you wish them to be; since you cannot make yourself what you wish to be.
— Thomas a Kempis
Things move on quickly in football. You win the FA Cup: 'So?' We won the league the next year: 'So what? Go out and win it again.'
— James Milner