"Expectation is the springboard of achievement."

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Ngaio Marsh

#Expectations Quotes #Achievement Quotes

“If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; If you are excited, it will calm you.”
“Golf isn't like other sports where you can take a player out if he's having a bad day. You have to play the whole game.”
“If you die, I'll die.' 'But is you live, I'll live.' - Bowman and Kestrel, Firesong”
“A writer writes what interests him and what he can manage, and what he can make live, as Flannery O'Connor said. So my reaction to someone saying "You must!" or "You should!" or even "Hey, why don't you?" is basically to sort of shrug and politely walk off and do whatever I want to do. It's nobody else's business, really, and even if I happened to agree with one of those "musts" or "shoulds" what would I do about it, if my heart wasn't in it?”
“Theoretical physicists accept the need for mathematical beauty as an act of faith... For example, the main reason why the theory of relativity is so universally accepted is its mathematical beauty.”
“If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.”

Source : Alfred North Whitehead, Lucien Price (2001). “Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead”, p.183, David R. Godine Publisher
“And I know how he feelsâ€”itâ€™s so good it hurts. I think Iâ€™m going to die from happiness. I think Iâ€™m going to die from pain. Time has stopped; time is racing.”
“The clothes donâ€™t have to suit you; you have to suit the clothes.”

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