65 Never Expect Quotes On Success In Life

These never expect quotes will inspire you. Never expect too much from anyone, be self-confident.

Below you will find a collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging never expect quotes, never expect sayings, and never expect proverbs.

Best Never Expect Quotes

1. “I ain’t never loan friends money; I give it to ’em and I don’t expect to get it back. Even when he says, “I’ll pay you back,” I never expect it. If he gives it back, then hey, that’s a feather in his cap, but I don’t expect to get it back.” ~ Mike Tyson
2. “Never expect justice in this world. That is not part of God’s plan. Everybody thinks that if they don’t get it, they’re some kind of odd man out. And it’s not true. Nobody gets justice – people just get good luck or bad luck.” ~ Orson Welles
3. “I never expect a soldier to think.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

4. “Never expect anything, ye will never be demoralized” ~ Aftab Alam

5. “You never know what’s going to happen, so you just continue with your head down and never expect things to start being handed to you.” ~ Aya Cash
6. “I never expect anything. I am always amazed at why anybody goes to any movie or why anybody doesn’t go to any movie. Any movie you make, you make it because you’re hoping somebody wants to see it, but you never know.” ~ Clint Eastwood
7. “Never expect too much from a friend and you will never want for one.” ~ Sophie Irene Loeb

8. “I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.” ~ Alexander Hamilton

9. “It’s all about how I feel about things. I never expect much, I always felt like I obey my heart.” ~ Rickson Gracie
10. “Friends never make assumptions about you. They never expect a reason to go out with you. In fact friends only expect you to be you.” ~ Russell Lynes
11. “Look how often the unexpected happens – yet we still never expect it.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant
12. “One who doesn’t throw the dice can never expect to score a six.” ~ Navjot Singh Sidhu

13. “If you want to give yourself a fair chance to succeed, never expect too much too soon” ~ Po Bronson

14. “Never expect a loan to a friend to be paid back if you want to keep that friend.” ~ Bryant H. McGill
15. “?Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. An intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception. If you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. The best you’ll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.” ~ Janet Fitch
16. “I maintain that I never expect anything, therefore Im always pleasantly surprised.” ~ Lianne La Havas
17. “I’m the band leader. That’s not to say that the other people are my minions – they all put in a tremendous amount of personality, and push the music in ways I would never expect.” ~ Michael Gira

18. “Never expect, never presume, always work hard, and always be true to who you are.” ~ Jessie J

19. “My mother always taught me to be strong and to never be a victim. Never make excuses. Never expect anyone else to provide for me things I know I can provide for myself.” ~ Beyonce Knowles
20. “You would never expect a black woman to be the hero.” ~ Sanaa Lathan
21. “I never expect to lose. Even when I’m the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.” ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
22. “In matters of goodness, never expect any compliment or appreciation; just do your goodness and disappear!” ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan , Never expect quotes appreciation

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

24. “Leaders are hard workers. They never expect more out of the people around them than they are willing to give themselves.” ~ Jim George
25. “We can never expect to grow in the likeness of our Lord unless we follow His example and give more time to communion with the Father. A revival of real praying would produce a spiritual revolution.” ~ Edward McKendree Bounds
26. “Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He’s way, way out, doing things you never expect.” ~ Brian May

27. “Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?” ~ Mason Cooley

28. “I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world because they’d never expect it.” ~ Jack Handey
29. “The future is like the moon. You never expect to go there, or think about what it might be like.” ~ Rodman Philbrick
30. “You know, there are just some things you never expect to face even on this job. A flying primate that shoots fire out its nose is one of them.” ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

31. “That’s the thing you never expect about grieving, what a competition it is.” ~ Gayle Forman

32. “We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.” ~ Alexandre Dumas
33. “They adore you beacause they think you offer up your friendship and ask for nothing in return. But that’s not true-‘ He took a deep breath. ‘You do ask for something. You ask that we never expect you to need us.” ~ Kamila Shamsie
34. “One must believe that every living thing whatsoever must change insensibly in its organization and in its form… One must therefore never expect to find among living species all those which are found in the fossil state, and yet one may not assume that any species has really been lost or rendered extinct.” ~ Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

35. “I never expect I would become a K-pop star.” ~ PSY

36. “One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even rely upon it; but one can never expect anything from the gratitude of a nation.” ~ Otto von Bismarck
37. “Never expect anything from a particular meditation. Once you have gotten started, different methods get you into the stream, let the meditation take you wherever it would like to.” ~ Frederick Lenz
38. “Never expect women to be sincere, so long as they are educated to think that their first aim in life is to please.” ~ Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

39. “Never expect what you write to be any good, ’cause it’s the fear of writing badly that stops you from finding the right words.” ~ Kate Tempest

40. “As a novelist, there are three phone calls you never expect to receive in your lifetime because if you waited for them you would grow despairing – one calling from Stockholm with a Swedish accent, one from the NBA, and one from Oprah Winfrey.” ~ Chris Bohjalian
41. “Never expect any recognition here–the system prohibits it. The cross is not affixed to the genius, no, the genius is affixed to the cross.” ~ Franz Grillparzer
42. “Well, it might have been if I’d had success earlier in life, but having success that much later meant I was far more grounded when it came. The last few years of my life have just been surreal and after a lifetime of disappointment and heartache and rejection, I still don’t believe this is all actually happening. I’m extremely grateful for my success – I just never expect it to last and my motto, if I have one, is just put your head down and do the job.” ~ Steve Carell

43. “I always told my team two things: Never expect them to give you anything and always expect them to make the next shot.” ~ Beth Daniel

44. “Involve yourself every day. Work hard and figure out how to love acting all day, every day. It’s getting into a made-up situation and making it good and making it real and just playing, just practicing and playing. Like the musicians that I played piano with: they never expect to be rich or famous, but they, for the sheer joy of it, play every day, all day.” ~ Jeff Goldblum , Never expect quotes good
45. “If I have all the tears that are shed on Broadway by guys in love, I will have enough salt water to start an opposition ocean to the Atlantic and Pacific, with enough left over to run the Great Salt Lake out of business. But I wish to say I never shed any of these tears personally, because I am never in love, and furthermore, barring a bad break, I never expect to be in love, for the way I look at it love is strictly the old phedinkus, and I tell the little guy as much.” ~ Damon Runyon
46. “I’ve learned to never expect or require performances that exceed the player’s ability. If they just equal their ability, that’s what you want.” ~ Ned Colletti

47. “One can never expect critics to behave in any predictable way.” ~ Robert Greene

48. “I’m never ashamed to read a book twice or as many times as I want. We never expect to drink a glass of water just once in our lives. A book can be that essential, too.” ~ Natalie Goldberg
49. “We can never expect to grow in the likeness of our Lord unless we follow His example and give more time to communion with the Father. A revival of real praying would produce a spiritual revolution.” ~ Edward McKendree Bounds
50. “Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He’s way, way out, doing things you never expect.” ~ Brian May
51. “I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world because they’d never expect it.” ~ Jack Handey

52. “Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?” ~ Mason Cooley

53. “The future is like the moon. You never expect to go there, or think about what it might be like.” ~ Rodman Philbrick
54. “You know, there are just some things you never expect to face even on this job. A flying primate that shoots fire out its nose is one of them.” ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
55. “We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.” ~ Alexandre Dumas
56. “They adore you beacause they think you offer up your friendship and ask for nothing in return. But that’s not true-‘ He took a deep breath. ‘You do ask for something. You ask that we never expect you to need us.” ~ Kamila Shamsie

57. “That’s the thing you never expect about grieving, what a competition it is.” ~ Gayle Forman

58. “One must believe that every living thing whatsoever must change insensibly in its organization and in its form… One must therefore never expect to find among living species all those which are found in the fossil state, and yet one may not assume that any species has really been lost or rendered extinct.” ~ Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
59. “One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even rely upon it; but one can never expect anything from the gratitude of a nation.” ~ Otto von Bismarck
60. “Never expect anything from a particular meditation. Once you have gotten started, different methods get you into the stream, let the meditation take you wherever it would like to.” ~ Frederick Lenz

61. “I never expect I would become a K-pop star.” ~ PSY

62. “Never expect women to be sincere, so long as they are educated to think that their first aim in life is to please.” ~ Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
63. “As a novelist, there are three phone calls you never expect to receive in your lifetime because if you waited for them you would grow despairing – one calling from Stockholm with a Swedish accent, one from the NBA, and one from Oprah Winfrey.” ~ Chris Bohjalian
64. “Never expect any recognition here–the system prohibits it. The cross is not affixed to the genius, no, the genius is affixed to the cross.” ~ Franz Grillparzer
65. “Never expect what you write to be any good, ’cause it’s the fear of writing badly that stops you from finding the right words.” ~ Kate Tempest

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