Properly understood, Imagination and Prayer are directly proportional —the more they pray beyond their bounds, they expand their vision beyond their resources, their experiences, their expectations.
People win 'Oscars', and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head.
I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.
The message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is that we can and must expect to become better as long as we live.
As a new artist - I don't care who you talk to - I think everyone would agree, it's hard to get your expectations right.
Expect to make some mistakes when you try new and different approaches. Sometimes colossal failures lead to spectacular successes.
I always loved playing the sidekick, and that's what I expected - I didn't think I was pretty enough or diva enough to play the lead.
I would never abdicate, nor would I expect any other governor to abdicate, the responsibility to protect the people of my state.
Americans have an expectation that the Postal Service will abide by its well-known, although unofficial, motto - a commitment to deliver.
Follow your star, it's never too late, even if it doesn't quite happen as you expect.
Only half of writing is saying what you mean. The other half is preventing people from reading what they expected you to mean.
Because we believe ourselves to be better parents than our parents, we expect to produce better children than they produced.
If I would expect better spiritual conditions to serve, I would not have started until the present moment.
But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.
It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles.
If there was a distraction I'd get up and jump out the window. I was quite out of hand. In schools like that I don't think they expect that girls are going to behave in such an outrageous fashion.
Let's say there are things about 'G.I. Joe' that you specifically expect and some things that need to be in the film at certain points, whether it be relationships or certain costume aspects.
Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books is the same as giving them away.
I don't expect that we're going to become the biggest craze. If it happened, I'd be really shocked. I think people will dig it, but there will be a sea of people who just don't get it.
Because I grew up with this naive expectation of people doing right, I get shocked by every little violation.
