Nicholas Sparks Quotes

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.

Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.

I'm grateful this ordeal is over, and I'm so looking forward to getting back to the job I love.

When you like something, it's not work, it's a pleasure.

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

When you're really looking forward to something, you don't feel the sense of pressure.

Excitement about things became a habit, a part of my personality, and the expectation that I should enjoy new experiences often engendered the enjoyment itself.

Everyone should have a goal in mind. I don't care what you do for a living. But you also need to live your life a little bit. Look around, and see what's there. Find some fun.

Life is not intellectual or critical, but sturdy. Its chief good is for well-mixed people who can enjoy what they find, without question.

It will come sometime. Some beautiful morning she will just wake up and find it is Tomorrow. Not Today but Tomorrow. And then things will happen ... wonderful things.

Anticipation makes pleasure more intense

I think training and being dedicated is very important, but one aspect that I always live by is that I enjoy myself in what I do!

How important is excitement to happiness? The key is to get excited about the mundane-- not just extraordinary things

Make the most of every moment. Get excited about every little thing. Why not? Why not have your wonderful moment of excited anticipation? Why not be happy NOW? This is my greatest challenge, but something I'm pouring my heart into: learning how to enjoy what I have, right here, right now. Every moment is precious and although sometimes I struggle to see it, I see it more and more every day.

"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.".

Often, the most enjoyable part of an activity is the anticipation.

If all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee, / Take the good the gods provide thee.

That in all these worldly Things, that a Man pursues with the greatest Eagerness and Intention of Mind imaginable, he finds not half the Pleasure in the actual Possession of them, that he proposed to himself in the Expectation.

The best birthdays of all are those that haven't arrived yet.

We get such a kick out of looking forward to pleasures and rushing ahead to meet them that we can’t slow down enough to enjoy them when they come.

Be happy in anticipation of what's coming.

We can no more enjoy life by hoping for a future result than we can enjoy music by waiting for the final note.

Life was not longer something to endure, but to live.

I think its very important that we enjoy our life, that we get everything we can out of it.