C. S. Lewis Quotes

When there is no expectation there is no possibility of frustration. Expectation is the mother of all frustrations; expectation gone, frustration disappears. And when there is no frustration in your life, life really becomes a bed of roses. Then God is a constant blessing; he goes on raining his grace, his beauty on you.

Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.

There will be no misgiving, no shrinking back, no calculation of overpowering odds, no terror of possible consequences, if you frankly accept the gift which God offers you tomorrow.

You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.

What? No one wants my bouquet! Somebody better pick it up! Somebody better pick up my bouquet!

We have tried you good people of the public and we have found you wanting.

The joy of losing consists in this: Where there are no expectations, there is no disappointment.

Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it.

We should know that faith is a gift of God, and that it may not be given to men, except it be graciously. Thus, indeed, all the good which we have is of God; and accordingly, when God rewardeth a good work of man, he crowneth his own gift.

Oh, I suppose you've given me as square a deal as you could. We shouldn't expect from any person something beyond his capacity.

What one hopes for is always better than what one has.

Once one feels content about what one has, then humiliation does not arise. If one could never feel content, one would never even get what one wished to have.

High expectations produce high frustrations.

Hope is a tease designed to prevent us from accepting reality.

I consent to this constitution because I can expect no better.

My entire life goal was to be accepted by everyone. I think that's what I wanted the most. I never got it.

I think if you don't expect anything from the world, you'll have a lovely time.

Get used to disappointment.

This is a day that God has given me. It's a gift. I can never relive this day. And I'm not going to live it angry, in unforgiveness, and mad at somebody. If I don't get my way, I'm going to believe that God's still in control.

It's always better to have what you have than to get what you wanted.

The gifts of God are not to be rejected on account of the channel that brings them.

Wants and needs are closely connected. And all our needs, even the ones we're not completely aware of yet, will be met. Be grateful that God knows more about what we need than we do. Sometimes when we pray, we get what we want. Sometimes we get what we need. Accept both answers-the yes's and the something else's-with heartfelt gratitude. Then look around and see what your lesson and gift is.

By focusing too myopically on what we want God to do on our behalf, we may miss the significance of what he has already done.

Live without expectations and there will be no frustration.

Just because you have so much to give does not mean that they'll all be accepted. There's more to giving than just giving.