We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation it sometimes floats forth and opens.

Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

Many possessions if they do not make a man better are at least expected to make his children happier and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions.

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.

Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope.

Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.

Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission.

Hollywood has a history of raising expectations beyond Washington's reach of appealing to the very American desire to mythologize political leaders particularly the president.

We can't understand when we're pregnant or when our siblings are expecting how profound it is to have a shared history with a younger generation: blood genes humor. It means we were actually here on Earth for a time - like the Egyptians with their pyramids only with children.