Quotes about Surprise

I'm not as surprised in going from playing 1,000 seats to 4,000 seats as I was from 100 to 500 seats.

I'm quite surprised I ever got married in the first place.

To find gratitude and generosity when you could reasonably find hurt and resentment will surprise you. It will be so surprising because you will see so much of the opposite: people who have much more than others yet who react with anger when one advantage is lost or with resentment when an added gift is denied.

Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one.

The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.

The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights.

What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens.

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise.

If you have put your faith in Christ and have spent significant time in the Word of God, the tough times can be like a magnet that draws you to the Lord Jesus. Nothing is going to happen - ever - that will catch Jesus Christ by surprise. He is able to help His children work through anything, and not a single thing is going to happen in the future that can change that fact.

God is mighty. God is caring. God is worthy of praise. God is loving. God is able. God is in control. Nothing takes God by surprise. Some sweet reminders to soak in before falling asleep tonight.

We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next.

It's hard to remember that Jesus did not come to make us safe, but rather to make us disciples, citizens of God's new age, a kingdom of surprise.