Expectancy Quotes

• I walk ahead of myself in perpetual expectancy of miracles.

  Anais Nin

  Miracle, Anticipation, Walks

  Anais Nin (1992). “La casa dell'incesto”, p.42, Feltrinelli Editore

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  Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles.

  Edwin Louis Cole

  Christmas, Miracle, Atmosphere

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• I welcome each new day with a hopeful expectancy that I, too, will rise above the ordinary. For I am not content to live a merely 'normal' life or settle for an average existence. No, I am destined for more - much, much more.

  Melody Carlson

  Average, New Day, Hopeful

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• Live in a constant state of expectancy, and leave room for God to come in as He decides.

  Oswald Chambers

  Rooms, States, Constant

  Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.11, Discovery House

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• Hope means expectancy when things are otherwise hopeless.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Hope, Mean, Hopeless

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• Release your problem to God with a prayer that the answer will come in its own good time and place. Hold the attitude of faith and expectancy, knowing that God has all the answers, that His knowledge is limitless and can never be exhausted.

  Wilferd Peterson

  God, Christian, Religious

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• Expectancy speeds progress. Therefore, live in a continual state of expectancy. No matter how much good you are experiencing today, expect greater good tomorrow. Expect to meet new friends. Expect to meet new and wonderful experiences. Try this magic of expectancy and you will soon discover a dramatic side to your work which gives full vent to constructive feeling.

  Ernest Holmes

  Hope, Giving, Feelings

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• How often we expect big things from God without preparing for big things from him

  Beth Moore

  God, Christian, Bigger And Better Things

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• Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.

  Richard J. Foster

  Worship, Obedience, Holy

  Richard J. Foster (1995*). “Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline”, Jossey-Bass

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• Keep your life in its constant contact with God that his surprising power may break out on the right hand and on the left.  Always be in a state of expectancy, and see that you leave room for God to come in as he likes.

  Oswald Chambers

  Life, God, Faith

  Oswald Chambers (1994). “My Utmost for His Highest: The Golden Book of Oswald Chambers : Features the Author's Daily Prayers”, Discovery House Pub

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• Ambition has to be joined with expectancy. A sense that you have a dream for yourself that you believe can happen.

  Brendon Burchard

  Dream, Believe, Ambition

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• A state of expectancy is a great assetl; a state of uncertainty-one moment thinking "perhaps" and the next moment thinking "I don't know"-will never get desired results.

  Ernest Holmes

  Change, Thinking, Next

  Ernest Holmes, Michael Beckwith (2010). “How to Change Your Life: An Inspirational, Life-Changing Classic from the Ernest Holmes Library”, p.15, Health Communications, Inc.

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• Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

  Doug Larson

  Life, Hilarious, Food

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• Fatalism, whose solving word in all crises of behavior is All striving is vain, will never reign supreme, for the impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race. Moral creeds which speak to that impulse will be widely successful in spite of inconsistency, vagueness, and shadowy determination of expectancy. Man needs a rule for his will, and will invent one if one be not given him.

  William James

  Life, Determination, Successful

  William James (2015). “Essays in Popular Philosophy: Top Essays”, p.58, 谷月社

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• Creative power is that receptive attitude of expectancy which makes a mold into which the plastic yet undifferentiated substance can flow and take the desired form.

  Thomas Troward

  Attitude, Creativity, Creative

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• In the NFL, you have a short shelf life. As a running back, if you're the first pick, and you're NFL life expectancy is only 3.5-6 years, your first big contract might not come until three years in - well, you might never get there. They need to get those signing bonuses up front because nothing is guaranteed.

  Eric Dickerson

  Running, Years, Nfl

  "Eric Dickerson Interview: Hall of Fame RB Talks Randy Moss, NFL in LA and Rams". Interview with Bear Heiser, bleacherreport.com. November 5, 2010.

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• In our sad condition our only consolation is the expectancy of another life. Here below all is incomprehensible.

  Martin Luther

  Hope, Another Life, Consolation

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• Not by appointment do we meet Delight And Joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner in the streets of life, They, on a sudden, clasp us with a smile.

  Gerald Massey

  Smile, Joy, Delight

  "The Poetical Works of Gerald Massey".

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• I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality of opportunity. Weve got to work harder at it. I think, you know, the heartland issue for us is the gap; the gap in life expectancy in this country.

  Quentin Bryce

  Country, Children, Hard Work

  "Stateline" with Eliza Blue, www.abc.net.au. March 22, 2010.

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• Most people understand life expectancy has changed since Social Security started in 1937 when folks lived to be 59 years old. Today, they live to be 77 years old.

  Jack Kingston

  Years, People, Today

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• More retirees, longer life expectancy, larger benefits, and fewer workers - these trends have meant substantial increases in the payroll tax. Since the social security program began, the payroll tax has increased more than 500 percent.

  Alex Tabarrok

  Payroll Tax, Benefits, Trends

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• The life expectancy of people going to Mars may be decreased by the higher level of radiation that they receive.

  Buzz Aldrin

  People, Radiation, Mars

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• The average life expectancy of a celebrity is 20 years less than someone working in a coal mine.

  Moby

  Average, Years, Coal

  "I long for that sober connection" by Dave Simpson, www.theguardian.com. February 28, 2008.

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• The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Philosophy, Humor

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• We've got to make sure our younger workers understand that as life expectancy increases, the retirement date for benefits increases also.

  Ken Buck

  Retirement, Benefits, Increase

  "Interview with Colorado Senate Candidate Ken Buck". "The John King, USA Show", www.realclearpolitics.com. August 11, 2010.

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