Other People's Expectations

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.
- Stevie Wonder

People see you as an object, not as a person,
and they project a set of expectations onto you.
- Candice Bergen

It is a better thing to weigh and measure priorities
in the illuminating light of your own mission
than to have your activities formed by the
impressions and expectations of others.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

"You always..." and "you never..." are code phrases for
"you don't meet my expectations, so I am declaring you inadequate and unacceptable."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Question every assumption and expectation.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Value Your Self Respect

Choice, Not Obligation

Criticism and Complaint

A Choice for Joy