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"Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today."
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"A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two."
Battle
"The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin."
Knowledge
"No untroubled day has ever dawned for me."
Trouble
"The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it."
Hope
"Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism."
Nature
"Do everything as in the eye of another."
Behavior
"Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart."
Heart
"It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it."
Life
"To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power."
Art
"The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity."
Heart
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"I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise."
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Personal Development
"Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself."
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Personal Development
"Expectations create and shape reality."
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Personal Development
"Long ago, before I had ever seen a diamond, I read about them and I tried to imagine what they would be like ... When I saw a real diamond in a lady's ring one day I was so disappointed I cried. Of course, it was very lovely but it wasn't my idea of a diamond."
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Personal Development
"Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter."
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Personal Development
"Whatever you search for will either meet you halfway or wait for you."
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Personal Development
"What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven."
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Personal Development
"When we set expectations and nourish them with appreciation, we will get better results."
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Personal Development
"I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely catered event should be 'the happiest moment' of one's life."
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Personal Development
"American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers."
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Personal Development
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