Expectations Of Others Quotes

“I surrendered myself to the cages of others' expectations, cultural mandates and institutional allegiances. Until I buried who I was in order to become what I should be. I lost myself when I learned how to please.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living / A Toolkit for Modern Life

“In order to make a lasting contribution to humanity, we cannot allow other people’s expectancies to limit our development or restrict our dreams. We must live our own lives unaffected by other people’s expectations.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Virtue isn’t demanding more of others; it’s expecting more of yourself.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“Expectations actually make us focus on what we want, instead of being happy and content with what is.”
― Ari Gunzburg, The Little Book of Greatness: A Parable About Unlocking Your Destiny

“I now stood at a crossroads, and I didn't dare look back at the road behind me—the road littered with monotony, complacency and other people's expectations.”
― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary

“If we were to behave half as well as we believe others ought to behave, we might prove ourselves as grand in character as excuses and justifications prevent us from being.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

“Maybe that was the problem - Expectations!”
― Tina Sequeira, Bhumi: A Collection of Short Stories

“Some people expect too much from others and too little of themselves.”
― Christy Ann Martine

“Do not expect anything from anyone that you are not willing to give to yourself.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“If you reward people for nothing, why expect anything?”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“It’s hard to demand equality and expect special treatment.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“Αναζητώντας εκείνο, το πρώτο τρυφερό χάδι χάθηκα σε απάνθρωπα και σκληρά χέρια.”
― Nikolina Lekka

“Sometimes you laughed just because you felt like laughing. Sometimes because other people laughed and you felt you ought to join in.”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Blythes Are Quoted