Quotes about Expectation
Most people think that Heaven is a choir, and all you will do is sing.
— Bruce Wilkinson
One believes others will do what he will do to himself.
— Victor Hugo
The future will be better tomorrow
— George W. Bush
Much, much stress results from your wanting to make things happen before their times have come.
— Sarah Young
In each instance Jesus advocates grace beyond retribution and expectation. He does not advocate passivity but active generosity that deconstructs the system because of the presence of the kingdom. Surrendering one's rights for the good of the other manifests the Jesus Creed and its variant, the Golden Rule
— Scot McKnight
Every Jew in Galilee and everywhere else, and I mean every one of them, when they heard Jesus say "the kingdom," looked for three things: king, land, citizens.
— Scot McKnight
Perhaps it is easiest to define "meek" by saying Jesus was meek: "for I am gentle [same word as our beatitude] and humble31 in heart" (11:29). Moreover, in entering Jerusalem on a donkey, Jesus fulfilled an Old Testament expectation of the meek king (21:5).
— Scot McKnight
Having experienced everything you don't want in a partner over time, it starts to narrow down to what you actually do want.
— Jennifer Aniston
... that when you're buying books, you're optimistically thinking you're buying the time to read them. (Paraphrase of Schopenhauer)
— Arthur Schopenhauer
By and by never comes.
— St. Augustine
I could not really complain, because he had only given me his word of honor as security; I ought to have required of him something substantial.
— Mark Twain
The Doors Open at 7, The trouble begins at 8.
— Mark Twain