Never Expect Quotes

• Leaders are hard workers. They never expect more out of the people around them than they are willing to give themselves.

  Jim George

  Hard Work, People, Giving

  Jim George (2012). “A Leader After God's Own Heart: 15 Ways to Lead with Strength”, p.36, Harvest House Publishers

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• If you expect nothing from anybody, you’re never disappointed.

  Sylvia Plath

  Expectations, Feminism, Classic

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• In matters of goodness, never expect any compliment or appreciation; just do your goodness and disappear!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Appreciation, Matter, Compliment

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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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• I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Softball

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• You would never expect a black woman to be the hero.

  Sanaa Lathan

  Hero, Black, Black Women

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• My mother always taught me to be strong and to never be a victim. Never make excuses. Never expect anyone else to provide for me things I know I can provide for myself.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Mother, Strong, Taught

  "Beyonce Yours And Mine video: Watch star talk fame, feminism, marriage and happiness" by Zoe Shenton, www.mirror.co.uk. December 12, 2014.

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• Never expect, never presume, always work hard and always be true to who you are.

  Jessie J

  Hard Work, Being True, Be True To Who You Are

  Twitter post from Nov 10, 2011

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• I'm the band leader. That's not to say that the other people are my minions - they all put in a tremendous amount of personality, and push the music in ways I would never expect.

  Michael Gira

  People, Personality, Leader

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I maintain that I never expect anything, therefore Im always pleasantly surprised.

  Lianne La Havas

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Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. An intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception. If you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.

  Janet Fitch

  Inspirational, Disappointment, Loneliness

  "White Oleander". Book by Janet Fitch, 1999.

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• One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six.

  Navjot Singh Sidhu

  Gambling, Six, Dice

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• If you want to give yourself a fair chance to succeed, never expect too much too soon

  Po Bronson

  Giving, Want, Too Much

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• Never expect a loan to a friend to be paid back if you want to keep that friend.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Want, Loan, Paid

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• Friends never make assumptions about you. They never expect a reason to go out with you. In fact friends only expect you to be you.

  Russell Lynes

  Wise, Facts, Assumption

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• I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Work, Men, Perfect

  Alexander Hamilton (1831). “The Federalist on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788, with an Appendix Containing the Letters of Pacificus and Helvidius on the Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793”, p.435

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• It's all about how I feel about things. I never expect much, I always felt like I obey my heart.

  Rickson Gracie

  Heart, Mma, Feels

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• Look how often the unexpected happens - yet we still never expect it.

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Hilarious, Looks, Unexpected

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• You never know what's going to happen, so you just continue with your head down and never expect things to start being handed to you.

  Aya Cash

  Down And, Happens, Knows

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Never expect too much from a friend and you will never want for one.

  Sophie Irene Loeb

  Friends, Want, Too Much

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• I never expect anything. I am always amazed at why anybody goes to any movie or why anybody doesn't go to any movie. Any movie you make, you make it because you're hoping somebody wants to see it, but you never know.

  Clint Eastwood

  Want, Amazed, Knows

  "Gran Torino - Clint Eastwood interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Never expect anything, ye will never be demoralized

  Aftab Alam

  Demoralized

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• I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.

  Voltairine de Cleyre

  Men, Giving, Liberty

  Eugenia C. DeLamotte, Voltairine De Cleyre (2004). “Gates of Freedom: Voltairine de Cleyre and the Revolution of the Mind”, p.249, University of Michigan Press

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• We'd never expect to understand a piece of music on one listen, but we tend to believe we've read a book after reading it just once.

  Ali Smith

  Book, Reading, Believe

  "Ali Smith". Book by Ali Smith, therumpus.net. 2012.

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• Every time I play in a movie, I never expect that it'll be huge. I don't like thinking about that, because it's so scary.

  Melanie Laurent

  Thinking, Play, Scary

  "Mélanie Laurent's Grand Performance". Interview with Bilge Ebiri, www.ifc.com.

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