Are you feeling antsy? Like you just need to do something, but you’re not sure what? You’re not alone. A lot of people feel that way, especially entrepreneurs. That’s because entrepreneurship is all about anticipation. You’re always looking ahead, trying to figure out the next step. And that can be a really exciting thing. But it can also be tough, because you never know what might happen. So how do you deal with all that anticipation? By using quotes to help you stay focused and inspired.

The best anticipation quotes

1. None are happy but by anticipation of change. — Samuel Johnson

2. There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op–ed page. — Ted Koppel

3. Christmas — silence breathed childlike anticipation in your heart.

4. It is anticipation and recollection that fill the heart–never the sensation of the moment. — Roger Zelazny

5. I have to show who I am, play with the crowd, play with the camera. When people come to a race, part of it is the anticipation, ‘What is he going to do? — Usain Bolt

6. None are happy but by anticipation of change. — Samuel Johnson

7. As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn’t sleep at night from anticipation. — Rosecrans Baldwin

8. Remember this: Anticipation is the ultimate power. Losers react; leaders anticipate. — Tony Robbins

9. Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. — Samuel Johnson

10. Therein lies the defect of revenge: it’s all in the anticipation; the thing itself is a pain, not a pleasure; at least the pain is the biggest end of it. — Mark Twain

11. Anticipation tingled in my stomach: the kind of tingle that at first you don’t know if it’s a good tingle or a bad tingle–just a tingle. — Terry Weible Murphy

12. It is anticipation and recollection that fill the heart–never the sensation of the moment. — Roger Zelazny

13. If happiness is anticipation with certainty, we were happy. — Toni Morrison

14. We go from anticipation to anticipation, not from satisfaction to satisfaction. — Samuel Johnson

15. There is a lot I could have anticipated but I live in present & there is no anticipation to it, I wish I had a time machine — Pushpa Rana, Just the Way I Feel

16. If happiness is anticipation with certainty, we were happy. — Toni Morrison

17. The poetry is all in the anticipation, for there is none in reality. — Mark Twain

18. Anticipation tingled in my stomach: the kind of tingle that at first you don’t know if it’s a good tingle or a bad tingle–just a tingle. — Terry Weible Murphy

19. As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn’t sleep at night from anticipation. — Rosecrans Baldwin

20. Gratitude is arriving at the point where your expectations, accumulation and anticipations make way for appreciation, reflection and celebration. — Mensah Oteh

21. (baseball) is a game with a lot of waiting in it — it is a game with increasingly heightened anticipation of increasingly limited action

22. Therein lies the defect of revenge: it’s all in the anticipation; the thing itself is a pain, not a pleasure; at least the pain is the biggest end of it. — Mark Twain

23. It’s the anticipation of jumping that is terrifying, once you do it, It’s super awesome and super fun and you want to do it again! — Neil Patrick Harris

24. It is anticipation and recollection that fill the heart–never the sensation of the moment. — Roger Zelazny

25. As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn’t sleep at night from anticipation. — Rosecrans Baldwin

26. There’s) so much anticipation, and so many (oscar–viewing) parties where people are hoping that things go wrong. it’s not really an audience wanting you to win. — Neil Patrick Harris

27. Her skin hummed with anticipation of Jaxon’s touch. She squeezed her thighs as her womb clenched. This could all go brilliantly or it could all go to hell. — Senayda Pierre, Temptation

28. Worry is a morbid anticipation of events which never happen. — Russell Green

29. There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op–ed page. — Ted Koppel

30. None are happy but by anticipation of change. — Samuel Johnson

31. There’s) so much anticipation, and so many (oscar–viewing) parties where people are hoping that things go wrong. it’s not really an audience wanting you to win. — Neil Patrick Harris

32. Worry is a morbid anticipation of events which never happen. — Russell Green

33. Worry is a morbid anticipation of events which never happen. — Russell Green

34. Once I was on the job, once I had got started, I felt safe enough, but the anticipation made me tense. — Seamus Heaney

35. He who matures early lives in anticipation. — Theodor Adorno

36. We go from anticipation to anticipation, not from satisfaction to satisfaction. — Samuel Johnson

37. Unanticipated novelty, the new discovery, can emerge only to the extent that his anticipations about nature and his instruments prove wrong. — Thomas S. Kuhn

38. There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation. — Umberto Eco

39. For what we cannot accomplish, what is denied to love, what we have lost in the anticipation a descent follows, endless and indestructible. — William Carlos Williams

40. Therein lies the defect of revenge: it’s all in the anticipation; the thing itself is a pain, not a pleasure; at least the pain is the biggest end of it. — Mark Twain

41. When you want to encourage a greater sense of responsibility in others (and yourself), emphasize the anticipation of accomplishment, not the penalties for failure. — Roger Crawford

42. Anticipation forward points the view. — Robert Burns

43. Worry is a morbid anticipation of events which never happen. — Russell Green

44. Perpetual anticipation is good for the soul but it’s bad for the heart. — Stephen Sondheim

45. Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. — Samuel Johnson

46. Unanticipated novelty, the new discovery, can emerge only to the extent that his anticipations about nature and his instruments prove wrong. — Thomas S. Kuhn

47. Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. — Samuel Johnson

48. Once I was on the job, once I had got started, I felt safe enough, but the anticipation made me tense. — Seamus Heaney

49. Only the poet or the saint can water an asphalt pavement in the confident anticipation that lilies will reward his labour. — W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon And Sixpence

50. As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn’t sleep at night from anticipation. — Rosecrans Baldwin

Conclusion

We all experience anticipation in our lives, and these quotes capture the feeling perfectly. Whether it’s the anticipation of a big event, something new, or just a feeling of excitement, it’s something we all share. May these quotes bring a bit of anticipation into your life, and may they remind you to appreciate and cherish the moments of anticipation.