Quotes about Surprise
generally happens when one eats cake; but Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.
— Lewis Carroll
Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.
— Alan Turing
Mary looked at the picture for some time without saying anything. Indeed, she didn't know what to say; she was taken aback, she was at a loss. She had expected a cubist masterpiece, and here was a picture of a man and a horse, not only recognisable as such, but even aggressively in drawing.
— Aldous Huxley
Life is what comes along after you have planned something else.
— Joyce Meyer
The greatest surprise in life to me is the brevity of life.
— Billy Graham
I simply cannot get over what a surprising and wonderful life God has given me.
— Stanley Hauerwas
Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what's going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along.
— Stephen Colbert
How wonderful it is to be surprised by God's call, to embrace his word, and to walk in the footsteps of Jesus... Your life will become richer and more joyful each day!
— Pope Francis
Life is...the moments that take your breath away.
— Will Smith
Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews so flawed.
— Richard Paul Evans
And all because the lady loves Milk Tray.
— Anonymous
Many matters the gods bring to surprising ends. The things we thought would happen do not happen; The unexpected God makes possible; And such is the conclusion of this story.
— Euripides