Lowering Expectations Quotes

I think that many Californians have been accustomed to, have normalized, that being good sometimes is good enough.

Don't struggle to get what you want, but modify your wants.

The light that shined upon the summit now seems almost to shine at our feet.

Standards are declining left and right, and it doesn't matter. It's whatever is necessary to prop up Obama.

My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.

Sometimes, we're so focused on being consistent that we also lower the bar on amazing. After all, the thinking goes, if we can't be amazing all the time, better to reset the expectation to merely good. Which robs us of the ability to (sometimes) be amazing.

I've learned to not have expectations. I think the first movie I did, I was like, 'Oh my God, I'm going to win an Oscar!' You can't do that, you're going to let yourself down.

It's funny, I talk to some of my friends and they don't want to to get a job at Starbucks. They don't want to get a job at, wherever, because they feel like it's below them. And I think the only thing that can be below you is to not have a job. Go work until you can get the job that you want to have.

Make yourself look really stupid so you don't feel bad doing something a little stupid.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority.

Sometimes you want things so bad you will kind of lower your standards, and I've learned that once you do that, it's really hard to go back, to get people to respect you and respect your craft.

Sometimes good enough is good enough.

It's tough to say this, but sometimes it's better if you are losing because then you don't expect anything.

Taking full advantage of all that college offers can be tough for teens facing a major life transition under pressure to perform. Perhaps we should all lower our expectations and let kids find their way.

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.