“Expect nothing and you don't need the courage to hope, nor the strength to withstand disappointment when nothing comes.”
“If you expect nothing, you aren't disappointed when you get nothing”
“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”
“When you pray and hope for a change. Don't expect a change to come. Expect the opportunity for a change to come.”
“But children die how they have been living-with hope. They don't what is happening, so they expect nothing, they don't ask you to hold their hand-but you end up needing them to hold yours.”
“Don't wish me happinessI don't expect to be happy all the time...It's gotton beyond that somehow.Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor.I will need them all.”