“A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

“Do a little more every day than you are expected to do, and soon you will be expected to do more.” – Evan Esar

“A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.” – Mark Twain

“There is abundant reason to believe that optimism – big, little, and in between – is useful to a person because positive expectations can be self-fulfilling.” – Christopher Peterson

“The best things in life are unexpected – because there were no expectations.” – Eli Khamarov

“Good is not good, when better is expected.” – Thomas Fuller

“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.” – Orison Swett Marden

“Expectation is the mother of all frustration.” – Antonio Banderas

“Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpected.” – Norton Juster

“High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.” – Charles F. Kettering

“The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our action.” – A. Godin

“To succeed in life and achieve results, you must understand and master three mighty forces— desire, belief, and expectation.” – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam