To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect
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Jane Austen
Set the standard! Stop expecting others to show you love, acceptance, commitment, & respect when you don't even show that to yourself.
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Steve Maraboli
Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed.
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Patricia McCormick
My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.", December 12, 2004)]
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Stephen Hawking
Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality.
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Brian Tracy
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