Quotes about Expectations

Instead of seeing all of this as God's extraordinary grace, we come to expect the comfort and joys that God gives us as the baseline, the measure of what we believe to be our due. When our comfort level drops below our expectations, we are shocked and angered, and even foolishly express our outrage to God Himself.

Wait the end with joy. It is the end which characterizes everything and which tests a man's expectations.

Even when I was Archbishop of Wales and working with new bishops, I used to say, not realising quite how true it was, 'One of the things you will do as a bishop is disappoint people'.

It's so easy to be boxed into one part and one part only.

There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't find a parent who will admit that it is his child.

Nothing is more poisonous than the spirit of entitlement that permeates our culture and sometimes, sadly, our churches.

When I was in school, every student's grades and position in the class were printed in the leading newspapers for all to see. Success or failure was reason for public pride or shame. One of my closest friends toyed with suicide after his high-school exams because he did not stand first in the entire city of New Delhi. Another one of my classmates in college actually burned himself to death because he did not make the grade. Such

Anyone who tries to keep all the people happy all the time will never fulfill their destiny.

The best way to get along with people is not to expect them to like you.

If you are a woman who truly wants to have peaceful relationships, I encourage you to examine yourself and ask God to reveal to you any unrealistic expectations you may have of other people.

Trust God, relax, rest in Him, and enjoy the life He has given you. Put your expectations on God, not on people.

Single women should not be made to feel they are missing something because they are not married. Married women should not be made to feel they must have a career to be complete.