A desert is a place without expectation.

沙漠是一个没有期待的地方。

A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the "why" for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any "how."

一个人如果意识到自己对一个深情地等待着他的人所承担的责任，或者意识到自己对一项尚未完成的工作所承担的责任，他就永远不能抛弃自己的生命。他知道他的存在的“为什么”，并将能够忍受几乎任何“如何”。

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.

大师能告诉你他对你的期望。然而，老师会唤醒你自己的期望。

Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation.

成就在很大程度上是一个人不断提高愿望和期望水平的产物。

Act without expectation.

无所期待的行为。

Always do right--this will gratify some and astonish the rest.

永远做正确的事——这会让一些人感到满足，让其他人感到惊讶。

An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me.

期望是一个未来的物体，被认为是属于我的。

Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.

任何期望得到爱的回报而去爱的人都是在浪费时间。

Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience.

期望和记忆不仅仅是建立在过去经验基础上的图像。

But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.

但如果我过于担心出版商的期望，我可能会麻痹自己，什么也写不出来。

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.

与预期相反地检查决策结果，可以向高管展示他们的优势是什么、他们需要在哪些方面改进、以及他们在哪些方面缺乏知识或信息。

Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it.

毕竟，死亡是人们对出生的普遍期望。英雄和懦夫都逃不掉。

Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.

不要短打。瞄准球场外。志在长生不老。

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

不要辜负期望。走出去，做一些非凡的事情。

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

不要降低你的期望来满足你的表现。提高你的表现水平，以满足你的期望。期待最好的自己，然后做必要的事情使它成为现实。