Expect nothing Quotes

“There are two ways to avoid getting disappointed.Expect everything - or expect nothing.”

“Mrs Lynde says, "Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed." But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.”

“Sadness comes from expectations. To be happy, adapt to everything and expect nothing.”

“If you expect nothing, you can never be disappointed.Apart from a few starry-eyed poets or monks living on a mountaintop somewhere, however, we all have expectations. We not only have them, we need them. They fuel our dreams, our hopes, and our lives like some super-caffeinated energy drink.”

“Life has not taught me to expect nothing but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.”

“...“Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them,” exclaimed Anne. “You mayn’t get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them. Mrs. Lynde says, ‘Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.’ But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.”...”

“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”

“I expect nothing of man, and disown the race. The only folly is expecting what is never attained; man is most contemptible when compared with his own pretensions. It is better to laugh at man from outside the universe, than to weep for him within.”

“If I expect nothing of you, it will be far easier to forgive your offenses than if I place my whole world in your hands.”