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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.: Fritz Perls

Results from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations:

Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)
We inhereit from our ancestors gifts so often taken for granted... Each of us contains within... this inheritance of soul. We are links between the ages, containing past and present expectations, sacred memories and future promise.: Edward Sellner
I've decided that the key to happiness is low expectations.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Merriton: Twelve Hours from San Francisco, 06-04-08
- More quotations on: [Happiness]
Almost everything: all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure. These things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011), Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
- More quotations on: [Fear]
Whenever you looked forward to anything pleasant you were sure to be more or less disappointed . . . perhaps that is true. But there is a good side to it too. The bad things don't always come up to your expectations either . . . they nearly always turn out ever so much better than you think.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908

Results from Classic Quotes:

We need never be ashamed of our tears.: Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870), Great Expectations
The case for trade is not just monetary, but moral. Economic freedom creates habits of liberty. And habits of liberty create expectations of democracy.: George W. Bush (1946 - ), speech, November 19, 1999
Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.: Paul Rand, 1997
A master can tell you what he thinks of you. A teacher, though awakens your own expectations.: Patricia Neal

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