“The Creator only gives, but does not expect anything from us. He invests in us without expecting any interest in return.”

“To be rich is to give a smile with no expectation of return.”

Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007) Indian writer and guru

“Give without expecting any worldly reward here on Earth.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.”

Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress

“If we give what we treasure most to a Being we love with all our hearts, if we can do that without expecting anything in return, then the world becomes a beautiful place.”

Orhan Pamuk book The Museum of Innocence

“To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves--there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.”

Joan Didion (1934) American writer

“The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.”

Viktor E. Frankl (1905–1997) Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist, and Holocaust survivor

“Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.”

Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949) American author and journalist

“He returns years later, has no demands.
He wants only one, most precious thing:
To see, purely and simply, without name,
Without expectations, fears, or hopes,
At the edge where there is no I or not-I.”

Czeslaw Milosz (1911–2004) Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator

“Give love to whoever deserve it, but expect it only from yourself.”

Yusuf Cornelius Otijenu