

“You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded you.”
― Love in the Afternoon
― Love in the Afternoon

“Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed.”
― Cut
― Cut

“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar

“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.”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person's life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
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