The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

问题不在于存在问题。问题是期望有别的结果，认为有问题就是问题。

The quality of expectations determines the quality of our action.

期望的质量决定了我们行动的质量。

The school was prone to dishing out punishments for anything creative that didn't fit with expectation - I just followed the logic and figured the folk club was probably much the same.

学校很容易对任何不符合预期的创造性活动进行惩罚——我只是按照逻辑，认为民间俱乐部可能也差不多。

There were times in my career I went a little further than I wanted because of expectations. Doing certain things onstage when children were in the audience, wearing certain clothes, singing certain lyrics.

在我的职业生涯中，有时我会因为期望而走得比我想要的更远。当孩子们在舞台上，穿着特定的衣服，唱着特定的歌词，做着特定的事情。

Those who will play with cats must expect to be scratched.

和猫玩的人一定会被抓伤。

To explore what it would mean to live fully, sensually alive and passionately on purpose, I have to drop my preconceived ideas of who and what I am.

为了探索有目的地充实地、感性地、充满激情地生活意味着什么，我必须放弃对我是谁和我是什么的先入之见。

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves -- there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

把我们从别人的期望中解放出来，让我们回归自我——这就是自尊的伟大而独特的力量。

To listen is to continually give up all expectation and to give our attention, completely and freshly, to what is before us, not really knowing what we will hear or what that will mean. In the practice of our days, to listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear.

倾听就是不断地放弃所有的期待，把我们的注意力完全地、新鲜地放在我们面前的事物上，而不是真正地知道我们将听到什么或那将意味着什么。在我们的日常生活中，倾听就是轻轻地向前倾，愿意被我们所听到的改变。

Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be, and he will become what he should be.

以其人之道还治其人之身。以其人之道还治其人之身，其人之道还治其人之身。

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.

不确定和期待是生活的乐趣。安全是一件平淡无奇的事情。

We live in an era of revolution, the revolution of rising expectations.

我们生活在一个革命的时代，革命的期望越来越高。

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

我们可能会经过紫罗兰，寻找玫瑰。我们可以通过满足来寻求胜利。

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

我们必须学会重新醒来，让自己保持清醒，不是靠机械的帮助，而是靠对黎明的无限期待。

We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.

我们应该对我们的孩子有很高的期望，但政治家不应该告诉老师如何满足他们。

We tend to live up to our expectations.

我们往往不辜负自己的期望。