Quotes about Expectation
Image promises much but produces little. Integrity never disappoints.
— John Maxwell
We tend to become what the most important person in our life thinks we will become.
— John Maxwell
Downsides rarely have an upside unless you are ready for them on the front end.
— John Maxwell
We've all heard the old cliché God moves in mysterious ways. It's probably more accurate to say that God specializes in surprising us. A God-surprise... - is unexpected and unexplainable, - disrupts the status quo, - turns the ordinary into the spectacular, - shows you how much bigger God is than what you have known or seen, - changes your expectations and your destiny, and - leaves no room for doubt-- God is God.
— John Maxwell
Inspiring communicators always expect a lot from their listeners.
— John Maxwell
If you expect to fail, sure enough, you will. If you expect to succeed, sure enough, you will. You will become on the outside what you believe on the inside.
— John Maxwell
Begin your thirty-day trial of expecting the best of everything.
— John Maxwell
Expectation ... quickens desire, while possession deadens it.
— Hannah More
In a home where there is an able-bodied husband, he is expected to be the breadwinner.
— Ezra Taft Benson
I think the things we want most in life, the things we think will set us free, are not the thing we need.
— Donald Miller
I will love you like God, because of God, mighted by the power of God. I will stop expecting your love, demanding your love, trading for your love, gaming for your love. I will simply love.
— Donald Miller
The fig tree without fruit is symbolic, in my opinion, of the nation Israel. The owner of the fig tree expected it to bear fruit and was disappointed when it was barren. He had the unquestioned right to take the fruit and to act in judgment by cutting down the tree. Israel had been promised blessings if they walked in the light God had given them and curses if they rejected the light.
— J. Vernon McGee