Quotes about Expectation

Do you have other things like that to look forward to? Just everyday. I look forward to everyday.

Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised. It is to have a blessed home in the Lord, where I can go in and shut the door, and kneel to my Father in secret, and am at peace as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and above is trouble.

Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and how He delights to hear the prayers of His redeemed people. Think of your place and privilege in Christ, and expect great things!

All men are driven by faith or fear—one or the other—for both are the same. Faith or fear is the expectation of an event that hasn't come to pass or the belief in something that cannot be seen or touched. A man of fear lives always on the edge of insanity. A man of faith lives in perpetual reward.

The universe can take quite a while to deliver.

Duty is too often what one expects from others and not what one does.

The problem is, I think, that so many of us pray as if we are ordering groceries. We pick up the telephone and say, 'Is this the right place to place my order?' and we proceed right to dictating our order. When we have then ended that list, we hang up.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

Anchoring our hope to Christ means we live with a confident expectation that he will therefore fulfill his promises to us.

Biblical hope is the confident expectation that God is willing and able to fulfill the promises he has made to those who trust in him.

The Mad Hatter: Would you like some wine? Alice: Yes... The Mad Hatter: We haven't any and you're too young.