“GREAT SECRET Whenever I’m learning something difficult, I keep expectations low, and aspirations high.” DifficultSecretLowsExpectationsAspiration Author:James Marcus
“And so, in calm expectation of a blessed future and a finished work which will explain the past, in honest submission of out way to God, in supreme delight in Him who is the gladness of our joy, the secret of tranquillity will be ours.” WayPastJoySecretHonestExpectationsBlessedCalmDelightFinishedSupremeSubmissionGladnessTranquillityFinished Work Book:MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture Source: MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture
“So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they're already met?” SelfSecretSelf EsteemMetsExpectationsEsteemCalvin And Hobbes Friendship Author:Bill Watterson
“The secret of adventure, then, is not to carefully seek it out but to travel in such a way that it finds you. To do this, you first need to overcome the protective habits of home and open yourself up to unpredictability. As you begin to practice this openness, you'll quickly discover adventure in the simple reality of a world that defies your expectations. More often than not, you'll discover that “adventure” is a decision after the fact-a way of deciphering an event or an experience that you can't quite explain.” WorldWayNeedsFirstsFactsHomeRealitySimpleDecisionSecretPracticeEventsAdventureHabitExpectationsOvercomingOpennessProtectiveUnpredictability Author:Rolf Potts
“Disillusions all come from within ... from the failure of some dear and secret hope. The world makes no promises; we only dream it does; and when we wake, we cry!” ThinkingWorldDoeDreamSecretCryPromiseExpectationsDearWishful ThinkingDisillusion Author:Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie
“The secret to happiness is having low expectations.” SecretLowsExpectationsSecret To HappinessLow Expectations Author:Warren Buffett
“I have always had an interest in performers who play against the most obvious of expectations and are able to find something secret, something withheld, and some level of restraint.” PlayAbleInterestLevelsSecretExpectationsObviousPerformersRestraint Author:Todd Haynes
“The secret to living in the rush of the world with a minimum of pain is to get as many people as possible to string along with your delusions; the trick to living alone up here, away from all agitating entanglements, allurements, and expectations, apart especially from one's own intensity, is to organize the silence, to think of its mountaintop plenitude as capital, silence as wealth exponentially increasing. The encircling silence as your chosen source of advantage and your only intimate.” PeopleThinkingWorldPainWealthSecretSilenceSourceExpectationsAdvantageTricksChosenIntimateDelusionStringsIntensityMinimumOrganizeEntanglementLiving AlonePlenitude Book:The Human Stain: A Novel Source: The Human Stain: A Novel