“My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.”

— Stephen Hawking

As quoted in "The Science of Second-Guessing", The New York Times (12 December 2004)
Unsourced variant: "When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have."

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