208 Quotes About Anticipation

And I will never again underestimate the power of anticipation. There is no better boost in the present than an invitation into the future.

The history of the failure of war can almost be summed up in two words: too late.

The natural world is built upon common motifs and patterns. Recognizing patterns in nature creates a map for locating yourself in change, and anticipation what is yet to come.

The space between fear and anticipation is a waking nightmare of recrimination and doubt. I'm perpetually trapped in the knowledge of my own inferiority.

The intensity of the love of the upright is not so much to be judged by what it appears as by what the upright long for. It is our daily lament that we cannot love enough.

Thank the past for all the lessons it taught you; anticipate the future for all the blessings it has in store for you.

Thrills are much more about anticipation than action. An unfired bullet is more dangerous than one that has already met its target.

... fearing the worst is worse than knowing the worst. So you eventually start wanting the worst possible thing to happen—finding your wife in bed with another man, or watching the worm finally come into the light. Until the worst happens, it always might happen. When it actually does happen? Now, at least, you know.

I knew how when you really liked a boy, all the little daily incidents shrank and slipped away. You carried around you anticipation of seeing him again and retrieved it when you felt bored or anxious, like a memory of something good.