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No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.
Julius Caesar
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Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains.
Diane Ackerman
Nature
,
Mountains
,
Momentary
You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
Paulo Coelho
Chance
,
Happen
,
Allow
Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.
Jamais Cascio
Goal
,
Survival
,
Able
No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.
Julius Caesar
Brave
,
Disturbed
,
He
I've always tried to control everything and every aspect of my life, and this is maybe the biggest lesson I've learnt with motherhood - you just can't control everything, and I'm much more relaxed now about unexpected changes and things that happen.
Margherita Missoni
My Life
,
Maybe
,
About
One day I looked at something in myself that I had been avoiding because it was too painful. Yet once I did, I had an unexpected surprise. Rather than self-hatred, I was flooded with compassion for myself because I realized the pain necessary to develop that coping mechanism to begin with.
Marianne Williamson
One Day
,
Been
,
Rather
To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
Oscar Wilde
Intelligence
,
Expect
,
Shows
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau
Dreams
,
Which
,
Hours
Every man should make his son or daughter learn some useful trade or profession, so that in these days of changing fortunes of being rich today and poor tomorrow they may have something tangible to fall back upon. This provision might save many persons from misery, who by some unexpected turn of fortune have lost all their means.
P. T. Barnum
Being Rich
,
Some
,
Save
The only real things in life is the unexpected things. Everything else is just an illusion.
Watkin Tudor Jones
Only
,
Things
,
Else
Sometimes we let life guide us, and other times we take life by the horns. But one thing is for sure: no matter how organized we are, or how well we plan, we can always expect the unexpected.
Brandon Jenner
Always
,
Other
,
Sure
God can cause opportunity to find you. He has unexpected blessings where you suddenly meet the right person, or suddenly your health improves, or suddenly you're able to pay off your house. That's God shifting things in your favor.
Joel Osteen
Blessings
,
Right Person
But life inevitably throws us curve balls, unexpected circumstances that remind us to expect the unexpected. I've come to understand these curve balls are the beautiful unfolding of both karma and current.
Carre Otis
Karma
,
Circumstances
,
Curve
If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.
Heraclitus
Search
,
Trail
,
Expect
Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.
Doris Lessing
Blossom
,
Given
,
Hundred
A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.
Robert Baden-Powell
Surprise
,
Never
,
Taken
Life just doesn't care about our aspirations, or sadness. It's often random, and it's often stupid and it's often completely unexpected, and the closures and the epiphanies and revelations we end up receiving from life, begrudgingly, rarely turn out to be the ones we thought.
Khaled Hosseini
Thought
,
Stupid
,
Revelations
Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.
Leo Rosten
Some
,
Things
,
Prepared
If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.
Ralph Marston
New
,
Bring
,
Possibilities
I tried out various experiments described in treatises on physics and chemistry, and the results were sometimes unexpected. At times, I would be encouraged by a little unhoped-for success; at others, I would be in the deepest despair because of accidents and failures resulting from my inexperience.
Marie Curie
Sometimes
,
Experiments
Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
Carl Sandburg
Life
,
Been
,
Nearly
The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.
Robert Doisneau
Daily Life
,
Director
,
Movie
The winter solstice has always been special to me as a barren darkness that gives birth to a verdant future beyond imagination, a time of pain and withdrawal that produces something joyfully inconceivable, like a monarch butterfly masterfully extracting itself from the confines of its cocoon, bursting forth into unexpected glory.
Gary Zukav
Winter
,
Beyond
,
Been
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.
George Bernard Shaw
Learning
,
Always
,
Repeats
People who ask confidently get more than those who are hesitant and uncertain. When you've figured out what you want to ask for, do it with certainty, boldness and confidence. Don't be shy or feel intimidated by the experience. You may face some unexpected criticism, but be prepared for it with confidence.
Jack Canfield
Shy
,
Some
,
Prepared
There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths.
Sonia Sotomayor
Financial
,
Reveal
,
Tested
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