Surprise Quotes

• The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.

  Ashley Montagu

  Happiness, Happy, Being Happy

  Ashley Montagu (1967). “The American Way of Life”

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• The best part of the journey is the surprise and wonder along the way.

  Ken Poirot

  Journey, Way, Wonder

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• Life is full of surprises, but the biggest one of all is learning what it takes to handle them.

  Deborah Wiles

  Life Is, Life Is Full Of Surprises, Handle

  Deborah Wiles (2002). “Love, Ruby Lavender”, p.215, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Surprise, unpredictability: these are the main materials of creativity.

  Gueorgui Pinkhassov

  Creativity, Materials, Unpredictability

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• One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Life, Education

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• There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's finger on man's shoulder.

  Charles Morgan

  Love, Godly, Men

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• Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

  Boris Pasternak

  Life, Leadership, Morning

  Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1959). “Poetry, 1917-1959”

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• Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

  Alice Walker

  Life, Gratitude, Attitude

  Alice Walker, Barbara Christian (1994). “Everyday Use”, p.142, Rutgers University Press

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• The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Should, Stills

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• I love surprises! That's what is great about reading. When you open a book, you never know what you'll find.

  Jerry Spinelli

  Book, Reading, Knows

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• Life is full of surprises.

  John Major

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

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• Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

  Thomas Hardy

  Change, Time, Changing Everything

  Thomas Hardy, Joanna Cullen Brown (1990). “Let me enjoy the earth: Thomas Hardy and nature”

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• If you weren't surprised by your life you wouldn't be alive. Life is surprise.

  William S. Burroughs

  Live Life, Alive, Life Is

  William S. Burroughs (2001). “Burroughs Live: The Collected Interviews of William S. Burroughs, 1960-1997”, Semiotext

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• Perhaps the safest prediction we can make about the future is that it will surprise us.

  George Leonard

  Future, Predictions

  George Leonard (2009). “The Silent Pulse”, p.139, Gibbs Smith

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• Practise wonder today - be present, begin again, know nothing, and allow everything to surprise you, inspire you, excite you, entertain you, teach you. Be fully open to life, today, and let yourself live wonder-fully.

  Robert Holden

  Life, Inspire, Today

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• Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

  "War As I Knew It". Book by George S. Patton. Chapter "Reflections and Suggestions", 1947.

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• The secret to humor is surprise.

  Aristotle

  Philosophical, Humor, Secret Love

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• I believe such illumination comes if you're open to the surprises the universe throws at you. You must be able to let go of the past, whatever success you may have seen, whatever your comfort, whatever your habits. To me, that's the key to loving life: Enabling yourself to step bravely into the unknown. Only there will you find yourself again.

  Juliette Binoche

  Letting Go, Believe, Past

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• Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

  Julia Cameron

  Heart, Creativity, Creative

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.248, Souvenir Press

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• The joy of living, its beauty, is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you.

  Frank Herbert

  Life, Joy, Facts

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.80, Penguin

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• Doing the right thing is fun. If nothing else, it surprises people.

  Thomas Sowell

  Fun, People, Ifs

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• Maybe I don't like people as much as the rest of the world seems to...But occasionally, people will pleasantly surprise me and I'll fall in love with them, so go figure.

  Mark Oliver Everett

  Falling In Love, People, World

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• The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

  Voltaire

  Inspirational, Husband, Wife

  "La Femme Qui a Raison,". Book by Voltaire, 1759.

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• Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Pleasant Surprises, Foolish

  'Emma' (1816) ch. 26 (Mr John Knightley)

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• The real artist's work is a surprise to himself.

  Robert Henri

  Real, Artist, Surprising

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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