“We have no honorable intentions in Vietnam. Our minimal expectation is to occupy it as an American colony and maintain social stability for our investments. This tells why American helicopters are being used against guerrillas in Colombia and Peru. Increasingly the role our nation has taken is the role of those who refuse to give up the privileges and pleasures that come from the immense profits of overseas investment.” GivingAmericaUsedNationsSocialPleasureRolesTakenGiving UpExpectationsIntentionInvestmentPrivilegeProfitRefuseStabilityVietnamImmenseHonorableColonyColombiaHelicoptersPeruGuerrillas Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“If you put fleas in a shallow container they jump out. But if you put a lid on the container for just a short time, they hit the lid trying to escape and learn quickly not to jump so high. They give up their quest for freedom. After the lid is removed, the fleas remain imprisond by their own self policing. So it is with life. Most of us let our own fears or the impositions of others imprison us in a world of low expectations.” IfsWorldGivingTryingSelfGiving UpLowsExpectationsQuestsShallowShort TimeFleasContainersImpositionLow Expectations Author:John Taylor Gatto
“We have been underserved, underprivileged and unfortunate for far too long. There are no more excuses. It's not enough to have limited progress and allow our expectations and sense of purpose to evaporate. So, if that means we must sacrifice some nights at the club and give up buying the latest designer handbags and sneakers... well then damn, so be it.” IfsGivingWellsMeanLongHas BeensEnoughPurposeNightProgressSacrificeGiving UpExpectationsClubsExcuseDamnDesignerBuyingUnfortunateSneakersHandbagsUnderprivileged Author:T.I.
“I cannot take you out and say you are separate from the whole. If someone says to me, "Well, how do I find my life purpose?" I first say, "You've never lost your life purpose." Number two, I say, "Have no judgments about your life. No expectations. Give up the need to know what happens tomorrow. Just be fully present and appreciate all that is in your life right now."” IfsKnowsNeedsGivingFirstsWellsTwoWholeHappensPurposeLostNumbersTomorrowRight NowGiving UpJudgmentExpectationsAppreciatePurpose Of Life Author:Caroline Myss
“The time comes when each of us has to give up as illusions the expectations which, in his youth, he pinned upon his fellow-men, and when he may learn how much difficulty and pain has been added to his life by their ill-will.” MenLifeGivingMayHas BeensPainLearningYouthGiving UpIllusionExpectationsDifficultyFellowsIllFellow ManIll Will Book:Civilization and Its Discontents Source: Civilization and Its Discontents
“We all give up great expectations along the way.” WayGivingGiving UpExpectationsGreat Expectations Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.” IfsGivingAbleGiving UpExpectationsPerceive Book:Reflections Source: Reflections