You can't base your life on other people's expectations.
- Stevie Wonder
"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
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
People see you as an object, not as a person,
and they project a set of expectations onto you.
- Candice Bergen
Question every assumption and expectation.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Choice, Not Obligation
Value Your Self Respect
A Choice for Joy
Criticism and Complaint
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