Quotes about Anticipation

her eye fell upon a little bottle that stood near the looking-glass. There was no label this time with the words 'DRINK ME,' but nevertheless she uncorked it and put it to her lips. 'I know SOMETHING interesting is sure to happen,' she said to herself, 'whenever I eat or drink anything; so I'll just see what this bottle does.

came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, 'Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess!

Surely your gladness need not be the less for the thought that you will one day see a brighter dawn than this.

Advent is the spiritual season of hope par excellence, and in this season the whole Church is called to be hope, for itself and for the world.

I believe that better times are coming.

No holiday is ever anything but a disappointment.

And, anyhow, hadn't you better wait till you actually see the new world?

I drank to the imminent of His Coming, he repeated, with a sincere attempt to feel that the coming was imminent; but the eyebrow continued to haunt him, and the Coming, as far as he was concerned, was horribly remote.

I'm born to be a father. And I've been looking forward to this all my life.

Blessed are they who feel like pilgrims and strangers in this life, and whose best things are all to come!

We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon.

Even though I was sitting on the bench at Arsenal, I made myself prepare like I was going to play, thinking about the game properly. I had to be ready.