“If you expect nothing, you aren't disappointed when you get nothing”

“Expect nothing and you don't need the courage to hope, nor the strength to withstand disappointment when nothing comes.”

“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”

“...“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.”...”

“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything”

“Your mind creates your reality. If you expect nothing, you open up the universe to give you options. If you expect the worst, you usually get it.”