Unexpected Quotes to Prepare You for the Unforeseen
November 18, 2022 5:00 AM EST
If you like the saying “Expect the Unexpected”, you’ll love these unexpected quotes.
Unexpected things are just a part of life.
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One of the only things you can be assured of is that many unexpected things will come your way throughout your life.
How you handle these unexpected things will determine who you become as a person.
How do you react to unexpected situations?
Do you become nervous, angry, scared, excited, or do you take anything thrown your way in stride?
At each stage of life you can plan all you want, but learn to expect the unexpected because whether you want it or not, the unexpected will be a part of your life!
Please enjoy the quotes below about the unexpected.
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Unexpected quotes about overcoming the unknown
1. “Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.” – Jamais Cascio
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2. “Those who don’t know how to suffer are the worst off. There are times when the only correct thing we can do is to bear out troubles until a better day.” – Deng Ming-Dao
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3. “A creative train of thought is set off by the unexpected, the unknown, the accidental, the disorderly, the absurd, the impossible.” – Asger Jorn
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4. “The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” – Moliere
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5. “Don’t give up in times of difficulty. Persevere on as there will be an end to these.” – Edward Dunedin
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6. “Knowledge is power, and it can help you overcome any fear of the unexpected. When you learn, you gain more awareness through the process, and you know what pitfalls to look for as you get ready to transition to the next level.” – Jay Shetty
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7. “Without being pushed to the wall, we will have remained in our comfort zone. But this circumstance challenges us to find the courage to move on.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
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8. “The twists and turns of your life can be so unexpected, and that’s a good thing to learn.” – Christina Baker Kline
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9. “Sometimes the best things in life are unexpected.” – Faith Sullivan
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10. “If you take control of those things you can, you are better able to negotiate the unexpected.” – Judy Sheindlin
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11. “Some fish love to swim upstream. Some people love to overcome challenges.” – Amit Ray
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12. “You can’t make a recipe for something as complicated as surgery. Instead, you can make a recipe for how to have a team that’s prepared for the unexpected.” – Atul Gawande
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13. “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.” – George Bernard Shaw
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14. “Never trust someone that claims they care nothing of what society thinks of them. Instead of conquering obstacles, they simply pretend they don’t exist.” – Tiffany Madison
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15. “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
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16. “There are almost unlimited possibilities for making discoveries and to uncover the unknown. It is in the nature of the discovery that it can not be planned or programmed. On the contrary, it consists of surprises and appears many times in the most unexpected places.” – Bengt I. Samuelsson
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17. “Take a limitation and turn it into an opportunity. Take an opportunity and turn it into an adventure by dreaming BIG!” – Jo Franz
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18. “Always listen to experts. They’ll tell you what can’t be done, and why. Then do it.” – Robert A. Heinlein
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19. “You are an artist when you make someone feel something deep and unexpected.” – Amanda Palmer
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20. “Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome.” – E.A. Bucchianeri
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21. “The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.” – Julian Casablancas
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22. “All creative people want to do the unexpected.” – Hedy Lamarr
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23. “We must stop regarding unpleasant or unexpected things as interruptions of real life. The truth is that interruptions are real life.” – C.S. Lewis
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24. “Some of us, for better or worse, develop very stable, consistent, and largely predictable machineries of self. But in others, the self machinery is more flexible and more open to unexpected turns.” – Antonio Damasio
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25. “Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take.” – Angela N. Blount
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26. “Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.” — Viktor E. Frankl
27. “Expect the unexpected, my mother once said. Because the unexpected most certainly will be expecting you.” — Marjorie M. Liu
28. “Positively dealing with the unexpected by looking for solutions, not excuses, is the choice you need to make.” — David Cottrell
29. “There is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes.” — R. Buckminster Fuller
30. “The thing about love was that it caught you unawares, turned up in the most unexpected places, even when you weren’t looking for it.” — Sarra Manning
31. “For me it’s more fun to find an unexpected moment for a character to sing when you don’t expect them to.” — Stephen Sondheim
32. “Difference of opinion has never been sufficiently appreciated. It is the unexpected, the unknowable, the divine irrationality of life that saves us.” — Florida Scott-Maxwell
33. “Regardless of your age, you will always have adventures, unexpected joys and unexpected sorrows.” — Betty Friedan
34. “With training and self discipline; clear focus and confidence; problems can be overcome and even lead to unexpected gains.” — Georges St-Pierre
35. “There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.” — Lynn Abbey
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What did you learn from these unexpected quotes?
Hopefully, after reading the quotes about the unexpected, you have an appreciation for the unforeseen things in life.
In fact, life would end up boring if nothing unexpected ever happened.
If you look back at your life are your favorite experiences and events all expected, or are some unexpected?
The roads of our lives are so twisted back and forth by the unexpected.
We don’t have this straight-line path and we are better off for it.
In fact sometimes the unexpected opens you up to new experiences that you are forced to try and often enough you find a new interest that you would have never found if not for the unexpected.
What’s your biggest takeaway from these unexpected quotes and sayings?
Do you have any other favorite quotes to add?
Let us know in the comment section below.