Yet the true test of a ruler is not to pander to his people s expectations, but to peer into the future and match the country s aspirations with its needs and capacities.

Over the past three days, our leaders brought into the General Assembly their peoples' expectations of the United Nations but also their pain and anger resulting from unmet needs and unfulfilled aspirations.

The Albanian majority must have realistic expectations regarding the decision concerning the status issue otherwise frustration can lead to resentment and turmoil, which would in fact be detrimental to the fulfilment of their own aspirations.

Goals and expectations

Seminar expectations

A resolution reflects aspirations of multiple sponsors and constituencies.

Young persons are full of aspirations, energy, and potential.

Others have lower expectations.

The expectations are high.

Kids can be full of inspiring aspirations and hopeful thinking.

The PLO embodies Palestinian national aspirations for independence and statehood.

And such expectations can only end in disappointment.

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Such expectations are patently unrealistic.

The world's expectations are high.

Hence, their expectations were met.

Our expectations are indeed minimal.

Dan Gilbert on our mistaken expectations

The first useful lesson concerns expectations.

Defining performance expectations for programme delivery

Again, maintaining realistic expectations must be paramount.

So, contrary to expectations, things stayed put.

Those expectations turned out to be illusory.

In each instance, our expectations are defied.

The album did not initially meet expectations.

Until now, this transformation was framed in terms of broad goals and aspirations.

Objectives not in line with these aspirations have been criticized and often shunned.

Soaring speeches, high hopes, and great expectations have yielded minimal returns.

Ideally, it would affect employees and citizens by changing their expectations.

The subject varies greatly depending on social norms and community expectations.

Adversity is the dominant feature of their existence and their expectations.

There were aspirations for a free trade area by 2010.

Half of normal people have these small aspirations during sleep.

Rather, they are the places where technology and public policy support citizens welfare and aspirations.

The achievements and aspirations of that liberal experiment today unite Egyptians who favor reform.

The principles and purposes enshrined in the Charter reflect the true aspirations of humanity.

Such an outcome should be driven by the hopes and aspirations of Member States.

Sometimes we even have these formalized cultural expectations.

OK. We can violate your expectations about shape.

It is the government s job to stabilize expectations.

If expectations are low, talks can only fail.

Employment levels globally had fallen short of expectations.

That diplomacy must be closely managed and requires setting realistic goals and expectations.