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“When will I ever learn to accept what is given instead of always yearning for more? My lavish expectations too often tarnish my blessings.”

Given Accepting Blessing Expectations Yearning My Blessing

Book:A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman

Source: A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman

“The most unacknowledged spending expectation among women is the amount of time spent by single mothers caring for children, not only physically, but psychologically. It is my feeling that only a small percentage of a mother's time is normally compensated for by child support, given what a woman could make adding these hours to workforce hours. It is why women who have never been married and never had children earn so much more in the workplace than women who have had children.”

Children Feelings Mother Given Hours Support Amount Married Expectations Caring Spending Workplace Percentages Workforce Time Spent Single Mother Child Care

Author:Warren Farrell

“Uh... what can I say? Made money. Given a launch pad for a working life. Set a precedent I had no interest in following. Created expectations that I was not cut-out to match. Disappointed virtually all of my readers subsequently. But I like what I've done, and I stand by it all.”

Made Done Given Interest Cutting Reader Expectations Following Disappointed Precedent Pads Working Life

Author:Alex Garland

“This truth remains: Only those you care about can hurt you. You expect more from them-after all, you've given more of yourself to them. The higher the expectations, the greater the fall.”

Care Fall Given Hurt Greater Higher Expectations Remains

Book:The Bait of Satan, 20th Anniversary Edition: Living Free from the Deadly Trap of Offense

Source: The Bait of Satan, 20th Anniversary Edition: Living Free from the Deadly Trap of Offense

“(Because) the notion of absolute truth is difficult to sustain outside the context of religion, ethical conduct is not something we engage in because it is somehow right in itself but because, like ourselves, all others desire to be happy and to avoid suffering. Given that this is a natural disposition, shared by all, it follows that each individual has a right to pursue this goal. Accordingly, I suggest that one of the things which determines whether an act is ethical or not is its effect on others' experience or expectation of happiness.”

Desire Suffering Individual Given Difficult Goal Natural Effects Truth Is Expectations Ethics Absolutes Notion Determine Pursue Ethical Disposition Absolute Truth

Author:Dalai Lama

“I've always been careful to put out the very best work I can. One of the things I value the most is the love and faith that people have given me over the years, so I try to live up to their expectations and my own standards of what I'm capable of.”

People Trying Years I Can Values Given My Own Capable Standards Expectations Careful Best Work Faith And Love

Author:Jackie DeShannon

“There is no sense of weariness like that which closes in a day of eager and unintermittent pursuit of pleasure. The apple is eaten, but "the core sticks in the throat." Expectation has then given way to ennui, appetite to satiety.”

Way Given Pleasure Expectations Sticks Core Pursuit Apples Throat Appetite Weariness Ennui Satiety

Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

“A method of child-rearing is not--or should not be--a whim, a fashion or a shibboleth. It should derive from an understanding of the developing child, of his physical and mental equipment at any given stage, and, therefore, his readiness at any given stage to adapt, to learn, to regulate his behavior according to parental expectations.”

Should Children Given Understanding Stage Fashion Behavior Expectations Method Developing Equipment Readiness Whim Parental Child Rearing

Book:The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood

Source: The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood

“When you're given something new, it's always exciting 'cause you're the first one to do it. You're not having to live up to any expectations, or be compared to anyone who's ever done it before.”

Firsts Done Given Causes Expectations Exciting Something New

Author:Anna Friel