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Expectation

(noun) The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

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"Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be."
— Thomas Jefferson
"Never expect God to do for you what you don't do to others."
— Bob Marley
"An expectation is a hidden agenda with control at its root."
— Caylor Parish
"I never expected to be a star, never counted on it, never even wanted it. Not that I didn't enjoy it all when it happened."
— Audrey Hepburn
"Good things aren't supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first."
— Audrey Hepburn
"You can change someone by loving them more the way they expect."
— Sophie Smith
"Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true."
— Bill Gates
"Love and hope can conquer hate."
— Barack Obama
"Have no expectations is an expectation."
— Elezabeth Symond
"You cannot plant an acorn in the morning, and expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of an oak."
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles."
— George Washington
"Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected."
— Sun Tzu
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