Expectations
EXPECTATIONS:
Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers.
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People are lucky and unlucky . . . according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.
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Good is not good, where better is expected.
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To expect life to be tailored to our specifications is to invite frustration.
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The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our actions.
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remaining brotherless.
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Have a high standard for yourself and a medium one for everyone else.
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Hope for a miracle. But don't depend on one.
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If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters.
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Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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When nobody around you seems to measure up, it's time to check your yardstick.
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Life guarantees a chance---not a fair shake.
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The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
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The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.
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The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.
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To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.
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Learn to . . . be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
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It is only fools who keep straining at high C all their lives.
EXPECTATIONS:
Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers.
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Better is the enemy of the good.
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To expect life to be tailored to our specifications is to invite frustration.
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The greatest and most important problems in life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved, but only outgrown.
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Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
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Wisdom never kicks at the iron walls it can't bring down.
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Prospect is often better than possession.
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Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold.
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My expectations-which I extended whenever I came close to accomplishing my goals-made it impossible ever to feel satisfied with my success.
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I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.
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Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected.