Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

Many possessions if they do not make a man better are at least expected to make his children happier and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions.

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.

Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope.

Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.

Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission.

Hollywood has a history of raising expectations beyond Washington's reach of appealing to the very American desire to mythologize political leaders particularly the president.

We can't understand when we're pregnant or when our siblings are expecting how profound it is to have a shared history with a younger generation: blood genes humor. It means we were actually here on Earth for a time - like the Egyptians with their pyramids only with children.

Americans are rising to the tasks of history and they expect the same of us.

I never expected in a million years that I would have the honor to become an advocate of women's health care and education and I'd dive on a live grenade to get this message out so thank you for this forum.

Myths about the dire effects of genetically modified foods on health and the environment abound but they have not held up to scientific scrutiny. And although many concerns have been expressed about the potential for unexpected consequences the unexpected effects that have been observed so far have been benign.

President Obama stands ready to work with everyone because that's what the American people expect and deserve - not for the short term political advantages but the long term health of our country. We don't spend time trying to figure out what's in the minds of Republicans we try to keep our focus on the American people.

Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the world.

It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing.

What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things.

The sexes were made for each other and only in the wise and loving union of the two is the fullness of health and duty and happiness to be expected.

The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression all the time that I lived there that they do not want to be happy they want to be right.

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.

The secret to true happiness is a combination of low expectations and insensitivity.

Unhappiness is something we are never taught about we are taught to expect happiness but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive.

My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance and in inverse proportion to my expectations.

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.

I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.

If I had my way if I was lucky enough if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.