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"The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be."
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"Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny."
"Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows."
"The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be."
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"I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise."
"Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself."
"Expectations create and shape reality."
"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."
"Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter."
"Whatever you search for will either meet you halfway or wait for you."
"What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven."
"When we set expectations and nourish them with appreciation, we will get better results."
"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."
"American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers."
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