Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect considering their value on the personality market.

There is hardly any activity any enterprise which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations and yet which fails so regularly as love.

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.

I love bringing roses to a woman when she least expects it.

I love argument I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me that's not their job.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved we love to love.

Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy they heed not our expectancy But round some corner of the streets of life they of a sudden greet us with a smile.

To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.

Never try to impress a woman because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life.

Man's real life is happy chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy healthy and rewarding life.

I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life at the drop of a hat you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

I decided very early on just to accept life unconditionally I never expected it to do anything special for me yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.

Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life and you'll find that you have more of it.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

I would expect illegal alien parents to take care of their children. If it means the kids go back home with them that's what happens. If it means there are legal relatives in the United States that can take care of them that can happen to. But I believe it's the parents responsibility to take care of the kids.

Some kids don't know where they'll spend the night. How can we expect them to focus on learning?

I only have one child. But I am learning that there is a lot to being a parent that you did not expect.