Expectations Of People Quotes

“I surrendered myself to the cages of others' expectations, cultural mandates and institutional allegiances. Until I buried who I was in order to become what I should be. I lost myself when I learned how to please.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living / A Toolkit for Modern Life

“Wrath springs only from thwarted desires. I do not expect anything from others, so their actions cannot be in opposition to wishes of mine. I would not use you for my own ends; I am happy only in your own true happiness.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

“Sometimes you aren’t listening to your body because you’re listening to everybody else’s expectations.”
― Ann Voskamp

“No one expects perfection, except when they do, which is always.”
― Kelli Russell Agodon, Dialogues with Rising Tides

“In order to make a lasting contribution to humanity, we cannot allow other people’s expectancies to limit our development or restrict our dreams. We must live our own lives unaffected by other people’s expectations.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Hold yourself up to a high standard, not an impossible one.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“Strive to leave a legacy beyond your limitations and far beyond the expectations of others.”
― Stewart Stafford

“Expectations actually make us focus on what we want, instead of being happy and content with what is.”
― Ari Gunzburg, The Little Book of Greatness: A Parable About Unlocking Your Destiny

“It's true that I was an average, maybe below-average, student. But is there something I am unaware of? Do you really have to abide by a set of certain rules? Do you really have to be special to be loved?”
― Emiko Jean, Tokyo Dreaming

“We tend to live down to other people’s expectations, especially the people closest to us. It is more difficult to obtain approval of people who hold us in high regard than to accept the lower standards that other people hold of us.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Maybe that was the problem - Expectations!”
― Tina Sequeira, Bhumi: A Collection of Short Stories

“We don’t gain anything by lowering the bar so that everyone can clear it.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“Semua orang menyuruh gue untuk bisa, Semua orang berterima kasih atas kerja keras gue tanpa meminta maaf karena terus-menerus menyuruh gue bekerja keras”
― Valerie Patkar, Lukacita

“If you see only goodness in people, then people will be good.”
― Debasish Mridha

“If you reward people for nothing, why expect anything?”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“Measure your expectations of where someone is and not where you are.”
― Dr Ikoghene S Aashikpelokhai