“Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.”
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Motivational speaker, writer 1924–1998Related quotes
“Never neglect your daily living, for it builds up your habits.”
Witness Lee (1905–1997) Chinese Christian preacher
Character, of Witness Lee - By Living Stream Ministry, ISBN 978-0-87083-322-9
“We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.”
Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer, historian, and philosopher
“You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.”
Bette Davis (1908–1989) film and television actress from the United States
Gerhard Gschwandtner, Great Thoughts to Sell By: Quotes to Motivate You to Success, McGraw-Hill Professional, 2007, ISBN 0071475990, p. 89.
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Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker
At an Unleash the Power Within seminar, on video at The Next Level Newsletter (September 2005) http://www2.anthonyrobbins.com/nextlevel/SEP05/Success/index.html
“Never expect God to do for you what you don't do to others.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
“Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
Variant: If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.