Expectations Quotes

Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

I don't have high expectations anymore. Maybe they've just been beaten out of me.

If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have the expectations of yourself that you should have.

Though, since the first record, I've dramatically changed my expectations for our records.

Everybody out there watches the show and has expectations of wanting to be an 'Idol,' but we're going to teach them how much hard work goes into it.

Obviously, everybody has their own expectations of you, but you have to have your own expectations for yourself. For me, I'm right on track.

Your expectations opens or closes the doors of your supply, If you expect grand things, and work honestly for them, they will come to you, your supply will correspond with your expectation.

I felt trapped and fabricated in the fifties living up to other people's expectations.

But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.

It's great being blonde - with such low expectations it's easy to impress.

And they know I didn't hold expectations for them like I do for myself. But I also tell them I'm not going to lower the expectations I do have for them because we're playing Division II.

Winning a Grand Slam changes everything. There is so much off-court stuff to deal with. And there are expectations of keeping it going that make it tough.

I was grateful to have two weeks to shoot this one scene in Harry Potter. It's a big, big scene, but they have to deliver. And they have high expectations.

Having that amount of nominations makes me a little nervous, because you feel that the bar is really high, the expectations are really high, but it also feels great.

We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.

Walking into a show when I was 16, at that time when it was the No. 1 hit show, and replacing a character comes with so many expectations. I felt a lot of pressure with that.

I would like to do more dramas when I find a good role that will allow me to politely upset people's expectations of me as a comic actor.

I do my best not to have any expectations when I go into a movie because it's not fair.

It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.

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.

I think the President himself is a remarkably intelligent, decent, ethical man. I think he did very well, but I think the job builds up over expectations which all candidates contribute to including this President that simply cannot be fulfilled.

One of the things that's influenced me musically was my experience at Brown University. I was surrounded by musicians that I really admired, and felt challenged to come up with music, lyrics, and recordings that stood up to the expectations of those musicians and myself.

Hoover was incredibly ambitious as a young man. He was highly motivated to succeed in Washington, primarily due to his mother's expectations of him.

I think the bar is higher these days in terms of audience expectations of authenticity.

I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.

I've always got such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.

Well, for us, it's always better not to have too many expectations and to just go with the flow because then it's always a big plus no matter what happens.

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.