Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you to be the big lifesaver or something when you play a sport.
People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart.
All clients' needs and expectations are vastly different.
So, yeah, I can say I always set my expectations so high that I had a lot to live up to.
The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are.
Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.
To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in a democratic Nigeria.
It is great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people.
It's great being blonde - with such low expectations it's easy to impress.
The fewer expectations you have, the better.
Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to.
Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience.
The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth or by desires of varying degrees of coldness.