“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.” CareFallGivenHurtGreaterHigherExpectationsRemains 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
“It's your choice, what you do with the moment. If you're stuck in a traffic jam, you can get angry and honk your horn, or listen to Mozart. But when you have a very specific expectation of how things should be, then, of course, you end up hurting yourself.” IfsShouldEndsMomentsChoicesCoursesHurtExpectationsAngryStuckTrafficHornsJamTraffic JamHurting Yourself Author:Deepak Chopra
“We are expected, somehow, not to offend anyone on our way to liberation. There's an absurd expectation that the women's movement must be the first revolution in history to accomplish its goals without hurting anyone's feelings.” WayFirstsFeelingsGoalHurtMovementRevolutionExpectationsAccomplishExpectedAbsurdLiberation Author:Mary Blakely
“It's hard to see potential in a rough cut - especially with comedy, which is hit or miss. This is where my lack of experience hurt me - not in the execution of the final product, but with my expectations for it in the early stages of post.” HardHurtComedyCuttingStageMissingProductsExpectationsFinalsPostsRoughExecutionHurt Me Author:Desiree Akhavan
“When you use force, people get hurt, and when you kill people, their relatives don't like it. And usually war has some unanticipated consequences so it's something you shouldn't launch into, on the expectation that this is going to rally the nation. This is not like 'Friday Night Lights'.” PeopleWarUseLightNightForceNationsHurtExpectationsConsequenceFridayFriday NightNight LightFriday Night Lights Author:Wesley Clark
“I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many ways. It helped me because, in general, they've made me hopeful. I just figure things will eventually work out for me. But nobody is like any Tom Hanks character. Nobody is Hugh Grant. No one is Meg Ryan!” WayKindMadeCharacterHurtComedyFiguresExpectationsWork OutHopefulGrantsTomsHurt MeMegUnrealistic Expectations Author:Mindy Kaling
“God and the universe said to me one day, "You're only going to get what's good for you." That's kind of how I try to look at things. Isn't that true, when you look back at things? "Ooh, I'm glad I didn't get that!" You get more philosophical when you get older, with the more life experiences you have. But I don't have any bad feelings towards anybody that was ever involved in any of that stuff, because I don't think that people usually set out to hurt you. I think that hurt is all manufactured by yourself and your expectations.” PeopleThinkingTryingKindFeelingsUniverseHurtOne DayExpectationsPhilosophicalGladLife Experience Author:Louie Anderson