Gloria Vanderbilt Quotes

But why think about that when all the golden lands ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?

The future should be exciting, you know? It shouldn't be a nerve-wracking experience.

When there is hope in the future, there is power in the present, and since hope is the foundational quality of all change, there is considerable reason to be excited.

"Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them," exclaimed Anne. "You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them. Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.' But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.".

As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.

I've had many, many loves. I always feel that something wonderful is going to happen. And it always does.

When you want something so bad and when something great happens, I think it's instinct that you say, 'This is gonna be the moment that's gonna change everything. Everybody is gonna see me a different way.'

I'm excited about what the future will bring and I think the best is yet to come.

I have plenty to look forward to, I'm sure.

From where I sit now, I like the looks of tomorrow.

You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.

No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.

I'm really excited about the future.

I don't know about the future; no one really does. I'm excited about the possibilities of what can happen, and I feel good about it.

I wake up with a sense of wonder. I don't dread the future. I like it.

The future is something I'm looking forward to.

If I lose today, I can look forward to winning tomorrow, and if I win today, I can expect to lose tomorrow. A sure thing is no fun.

[H]ope takes you by the throat like a stranger, it makes your heart leap.

When I think something nice is going to happen I seem to fly right up on the wings of anticipation; and then the first thing I realize I drop down to earth with a thud. But really, Marilla, the flying part is glorious as long as it lasts. . . it's like soaring through a sunset. I think it almost pays for the thud.

Whenever you looked forward to anything pleasant you were sure to be more or less disappointed . . . perhaps that is true. But there is a good side to it too. The bad things don't always come up to your expectations either . . . they nearly always turn out ever so much better than you think.

to hope was to expect

Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability.

I think I'll just go down and have some pudding and wait for it all to turn up - it always does in the end.

It's nice to have things to look forward to.