50+ EXPECTATIONS QUOTES TO INSPIRE YOUR BETTER FUTURE

Having Expectations is extremely important when it comes success. They are a form of measuring stick, albeit an imaginary measuring stick. Without expectations, the achievement of high standards, the creation of quality, and the attainment of goals gets watered-down and ultimately becomes elusive. Expectations are key to keeping our eye on the prize, giving us a sense of anticipated direction, and getting better results in life and work. So, to inspire a greater appreciation for the value of having great expectations, we’ve rounded up some of the best expectations quotes we could find.

Our hope is that they’ll help you level up your expectations, and as a result, improved outcomes for you, your career, your business, and your life. If you’re ready to be inspired, let’s dive right in:

BEST EXPECTATIONS QUOTES FOR SUCCESS

1. “Don’t lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.” – Ralph Marston Jr.

2. “Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.” – Earl Nightingale

3. “Great expectations are better than a poor possession.” – Miguel Cervantes

4. “Be the person your dog thinks you are.” – Anonymous

5. “High expectations are the key to everything.” – Sam Walton

6. “An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.” – Brian Tracy

7. “Planting the trees of positive expectancy in your mind is the best way to reap a positive harvest in the future.” – Shivan Singh

8. “Positive self-expectancy is the first, most outwardly identifiable quality of a top achieving, winning human being.” – Denis Waitley

9. “High achievement always takes the place in the framework of high expectation.” – Charles Kettering

10. “In order to win, you must expect to win.” – Richard Bach

11. “The best is yet to be.” – Robert Browning

12. “Become aware of your negative expectations and practice replacing them with positive expectations.” – Debbie Ford

13. “Meeting expectations is good. Exceeding expectations is better.” – Ron Kaufman

14. “You cannot hang out with negative people and expect to live a positive life.” – Expectations Quote

15. “Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.” – Jim Rohn

16. “I think sometimes you have high expectations for people because you have high expectations for yourself.” – Gisele Bundchen

17. “Expect little and you’ll get little.” – Atlas Rowe

18. “The quality of your life is a direct reflection of the expectations of your peer group. Choose your peers wisely.” – Tony Robbins

19. “You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” – Zig Ziglar

20. “No one rises to low expectations.” – Les Brown

21. “Negative expectations can never give you positive life.” – Anonymous

22. “It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.” – Brad Henry

23. “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” – Norman Vincent Peale

24. “Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but non about his or her own.” – Paulo Coelho

25. “We become what we believe.” – Oprah Winfrey

26. “I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.” – Bruce Lee

27. “In our own lives, having a mind-set of expecting to win increases our odds of wining. It helps us get better results. And better results helps us increase our credibility and self-confidence, which leads to more positive self-expectancy, and more winning — and the upward cycle continues. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.” – Stephen Covey

28. “Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.” – Brian Tracy

29. “Expect more from yourself, and less from others.” – Anonymous

30. “Our expectations drive our performance.” – Robin Sharma

31. “Hope is outreaching desire with expectancy of good. It is a characteristic of all living things.” – Edward S. Ame

32. “I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.” – Sylvester Stallone

33. “You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations.” – Stevie Wonder

34. “Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.” – Stephen Covey

35. “Do more than you have to, be better than what’s expected of you. Go beyond the goals you set.” – Darren Hardy

36. “The measure of a great life is whether it matches your dream.” – Marie Forleo

37. “Our children can achieve great things when we set high expectations for them.” – Jeb Bush

38. “There never was a winner who didn’t expect to win in advance. Winners understand that life is a self-fulfilling prophecy. And they know that you usually get what you expect in the long run.” – Denis Waitley

39. “Expect change. Analyze the landscape. Take the opportunities. Stop being the chess piece; become the chess player. It’s your move.” – Tony Robbins

40. “Whatever you accept is exactly what you’ll get out of life.” – Ed Mylett

41. “Some people claim that expectations are the reason for unhappiness. However, I can assure you from personal experience that you’ll suffer greatly by setting subpar targets.” – Grant Cardone

42. “The starting point of moving to mastery is to raise the expectations you set for yourself.” – Robin Sharma

43. “If you expect nothing from anybody, you’re never disappointed.” – Sylvia Plath

44. “Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.” – Will Smith

45. “Do the work. Out-work. Out-think. Out-sell your expectations. There are no shortcuts.” – Mark Cuban

46.  “My goals are so high that I don’t have time to relax, in any way, shape, or form.” – Kevin Hart

47. “What you expect is what you will get.” – Joel Olsteen

48. “You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect.” – Charles H. Spurgeon

49. There’s no straighter road to success than exceeding expectations on day at a time.” – Robin Crow

50. “We tend to live up to our expectations.” – Earl Nightingale

51. “I had found that taking risks, being true to myself, and making decisions with good intentions can exceed even my own expectations.” – Jennifer Lopez

52. “One of the biggest killers of success is expecting to succeed… rather than working toward it.” – G. Boston

53. “High expectations and belief in people leads to high performance so very often belief creates fact.” – Paul Hersey

54. “You get what you expect and you deserve what you tolerate.” – Mark Graban

55. “Raise the expectations and you continue to raise the results.” – Mike Ferry

Bonus Expectations Quote

Bonus: Alright, here is one of our favorite quotes about expectations. We added it as bonus, because it highlights exactly why expectations are paramount for success. Enjoy!

“If You Aim At Nothing, You’ll Hit It Every Time.”

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FINAL THOUGHTS

Great job making it to the end of these expectations quotes! We hope you found a few that inspired or moved you to want to level of your expectations, or double down on the ones you already have.

That said, if you think any of these quotes would be enjoyed by anyone in your circles, please share the quote or the entire page with them. You just never know who needs a good word of encouragement or a shift in perspective.

Till you reach your aims,

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed these expectations quotes then you’ll likely love these quotes about The Magic of Thinking Big.