The thing we look forward to often comes to pass, but never precisely in the way we have imagined to ourselves.
The expected has happened, and when the expected happens, it always causes me emotion.
So many things look beautiful, before we’ve reached them. Some of the ugliest things in the world look the most beautiful…
Oftentimes, what you wind up learning is very different than what you expect.
Not knowing when the Dawn will come, I open every Door
None of us expect to be in smooth water all our days.
Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.[translation by John Willis Clark]In last year’s nests there are no birds this year.[translation by John Ormsby][En los nidos de antaño no hay pájaros hogaño.]
Life seems to me a preparation for something that never happens.
It’s hard to be disappointed when what you expected turns out to be true.
If you wait for the big things, you can wait for the little ones.[Also known as:]He who awaits much can expect little.[El que espera lo mucho espera lo poco.]
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.
Frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values and priorities.
