Quotes about Expectation

When we plant a rose seed in the earth, we notice it is small, but we do not criticize it as "rootless and stemless." We treat it as a seed, giving it the water and nourishment required of a seed.

We are used to thinking that what we give is the same as what we receive, but people who love, expecting to be loved in return, are wasting their time. Love is an act of faith, not an exchange.

Experience has taught me that people only give values to things if they have, at some point, been uncertain as to whether or not they will get it

Although we cannot control God's time, it is part of the human condition to want to receive the things we are waiting as quickly as possible.

You've discovered a wellspring, simply allow it to flow and it will fill your world. Don't try to keep a safe distance so as to see what happens. Don't wait to be certain before you take a step. What you give, you will receive, although it might sometimes come from the place you least expect. (p229)

I think, knowing full well that we always try to interpret things in accordance with what we want ant as they are.

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties, And youth in Expectation. Youth is wise.

Real Christians revel in desperate ventures for Christ, expecting from God great things and attempting the same with exhilaration.

I live in constant anticipation of good stuff. It's not being 'Pollyanna' about things, but most stories don't have the ending we would give them right away. The better endings come later.

The best is yet to come and won't that be fine.

Expect the world to be Heaven, and it will feel like Hell. Expect it to be Purgatory, and it will feel like Heaven. The two most salient facts about Purgatory are pain and hope, suffering and meaning.