Quotes about Expectation

You have to find some way to not become a cynical or negative person, a person who keeps walking around and opening your eyes in the outside world but inside you close down, a person who stops expecting tomorrow to be better than today.

Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be, and he will become what he should be.

Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes.

A world in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Whether or not the tithe is still the minimal measure of those firstfruits, I ask myself, Does God expect His New Covenant children to give less or more? Jesus raised the spiritual bar; He never lowered it (Matthew 5:27—28).

Anyone who waits for happiness will never be happy.

If I promised you a new car, would you say, "If it's new, it probably won't have an engine, a transmission, doors, wheels, or windows"? No, you'd never make such assumptions. Why? Because if a new car didn't have these things, it wouldn't be a car. Likewise, when Scripture speaks of a new Earth (2 Peter 3, and Revelation 21), we can expect that it will be a far better version of the old Earth, but it will truly be Earth.

But earth is not heaven." "And those who expect it to be," Dani said, "can never know Joy.

I always say believe for a bunch, and even if you only get half of it you are better off than believing for a little and getting all of it.

Power Thought: I expect good things to happen in my life today.

We make Him too small in our eyes and expect much less than He desires to give.

As long as you think tomorrow is dependent on yesterday, your future will never be different from your past.