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No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.

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

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

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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