Favorite Quotations
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Surprise
Be Still and Know
When I was born, I was so surprised I couldn't talk for a year and a half. ~ Gracie Allen If you are mindful of death, it will not come as a surprise--you will not be anxious. You will feel that death is merely like changing clothes. Consequently, at that point you will be able to maintain your calmness of mind. ~ Dalai Lama If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it. ~ Malcolm Forbes
Expect nothing; live frugally on surprise. ~ Alice Walker I doubt whether the world holds for anyone a more soul stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice cream. ~ Heywood C. Broun Being happy is something you have to learn. I often surprise myself by saying, "Wow, this is it. I guess I'm happy." I got a home I love. A career that I love. I'm even feeling more and more at peace with myself. ~ Harrison Ford Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. ~ George Patton Life is full of surprises, isn't it? ~ Charlton Heston Love is a constant source of inspiration, surprise and wonderment. ~ Gloria Estefan When you give a lesson in meanness to a critter or a person, don't be surprised if they learn their lesson. ~ Will Rogers Poetry should surprise by a fine excess, and not by singularity; it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance. ~ John Keats Surprise is where creativity comes in. ~ Ray Bradbury
"Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing. That's one of the greatest things about life--its wonderful surprises." ~ Marlo Thomas