Unrealistic Expectations Quotes

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  There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.

  Jodi Picoult

  Happiness, Happy, Reality

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes”, p.897, Simon and Schuster

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• It’s your own expectations that hurt you. Not the world you live in. Whatever happens in the world is real. What you think should happen is unreal. So people are hurt by their expectations. You know , you’re not disappointed by the world, you are disappointed by your own projections.

  Jacque Fresco

  Life, Hurt, Disappointment

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• I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Life, Karma

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not recognize it when it arrives.

  Heraclitus

  Unexpected, Greek Philosopher, Wise Man Once Said

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• What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Life, People, Expectations

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Damned”, p.6, Random House

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  Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Strength, Peace, Strong

  Calvin Coolidge (1924). “Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings”

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• Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Funny, Change

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.482, Princeton University Press

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• As you get older, you tend to be a little less patient with people - people who are not prepared, people who have unrealistic expectations, people who make unrealistic demands, people who think they're more special than other people.

  Steven Pacey

  Thinking, People, Expectations

  Source: www.paxtonrecord.net

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• Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Inspirational, Relationship, Playing Games

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• There's strong data that, within companies, the No. 1 reason for ethical violations is the pressure to meet expectations, sometimes unrealistic expectations.

  Stephen Covey

  Strong, Data, Expectations

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• Emphasize reconciliation, not resolution. It is unrealistic to expect everyone to agree about everything. Reconciliation focuses on the relationship, while resolution focuses on the problem. When we focus on reconciliation, the problem loses significance and often becomes irrelevant.

  Rick Warren

  Focus, Problem, Resolution

  Rick Warren (2012). “The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?”, p.143, Zondervan

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• I would like my car to fly and make me breakfast, but that's an unrealistic expectation.

  Jack Tretton

  Expectations, Car, Breakfast

  "SCEA VP on backwards compatibility: 'I would like my car to fly and make me breakfast'" by Chris Kohler, www.wired.com. November 16, 2006.

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• Don't expect anyone to give you anything. If you really believe in something, then fight for it.

  Damon Dash

  Motivational, Believe, Struggle

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• Relationships become rocky when men and women fail to acknowledge they are biologically different and when each expects the other to live up to their expectations. Much of the stress we experience in relationships comes from the false belief that men and women are now the same and have the same priorities, drives and desires

  Barbara Pease

  Love, Friendship, Relationship

  Allan Pease, Barbara Pease (2016). “Why Men Don't Listen & Women Can't Read Maps: How to spot the differences in the way men & women think”, p.236, Hachette UK

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• Some people have an unrealistic expectation when it comes to getting published; the fact is most publishers will turn down your work which is why you need to be persistent.

  Judith Guest

  People, Expectations, Needs

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• I've always said that people have unrealistic expectations.

  Bette Midler

  People, Expectations, Said

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• The more invested I am in my own ideas about reality, the more those experiences will feel like victimizations rather than the ups and downs of relating. Actually, I believe that the less I conceptualize things that way, the more likely it is that people will want to stay by me, because they will not feel burdened, consciously or unconsciously, by my projections, judgments, entitlements, or unrealistic expectations.

  David Richo

  Believe, Reality, Ideas

  David Richo (2011). “Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy”, p.14, Shambhala Publications

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• The idea that positive illusions are in the service of sef-esteem virtually requires that they stay in check. If one develops substantially unrealistic expectations regarding the future that greatly exceed what one is actually able to accomplish, then one is set up for failure and disappointment, leading to lower self-esteem.

  Shelley E. Taylor

  Disappointment, Self Esteem, Ideas

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• It's better to look strong and healthy.

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Strong, Healthy, Looks

  "Hunger Games actress Jennifer Lawrence says it's "disgusting" that young sex sells" by Jess Wilson, www.mirror.co.uk. November 12, 2013.

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• In media, there's a distance and an unrealistic expectation of knowledge about a person that's created.

  Crowder

  Distance, Media, Expectations

  "A conversation with award-winning recording artist David Crowder". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• I warn young people that I interact with about this - you get into unrealistic expectations where you think that, "Oh, we're gonna eliminate racism like that. After Obama's elected how could there be any racism?".

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Racism, People

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Girls see enough of this body that we can't imitate, that we'll never be able to obtain, these unrealistic expectations...it's better to look strong and healthy...

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Girl, Strong, Expectations

  "Jennifer Lawrence: Hunger Games actress says Hollywood should rid itself of "unrealistic" skinny female body images" by Sam Adams, www.mirror.co.uk. November 12, 2013.

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• Regulators have not been able to achieve the level of future clarity required to act pre-emptively. The problem is not lack of regulation but unrealistic expectations. What we confront in reality is uncertainty, some of it frighteningly so...

  Alan Greenspan

  Ignorance, Reality, Expectations

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• Holidays in general breed unrealistic expectations. The minute you start wondering, 'is it going to be wonderful enough?,' it never will be.

  Pepper Schwartz

  Holiday, Expectations, Wonder

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• I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many ways. It helped me because, in general, they've made me hopeful. I just figure things will eventually work out for me. But nobody is like any Tom Hanks character. Nobody is Hugh Grant. No one is Meg Ryan!

  Mindy Kaling

  Hurt, Character, Work Out

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