Pastoral Resources

I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of their first successful book, that the next book never pleases the way the prior one did. It simply increased my sense of being challenged.

We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.

Everything this series is being built up to be - I think it's going to live up to those expectations.

The progress of the natural sciences in modern times has of course so much exceeded all expectations that any suggestion that there may be some limits to it is bound to arouse suspicion.

A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups.

Ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of my election I received many letters from people representing all segments of the population and all professions, especially from the younger generation, linking my inauguration with great - far too great - expectations.

Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.

It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.

We don't want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else.

To be successful in real estate, you must always and consistently put your clients' best interests first. When you do, your personal needs will be realized beyond your greatest expectations.

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

I don't think that I want to meet any of the icons. I don't think that anybody can quite live up to your expectations.

Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.

It's when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached.

We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true.

If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have the expectations of yourself that you should have.

Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes it harder because people's expectations of you are higher. So, you have to fulfill those expectations. Or, try to exceed those expectations. But, it becomes more difficult as time goes on.

I try not to have high expectations of people because it just sets you up for disappointment, but it's great to work with actors who are that talented and accomplished.