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Quotes About Serendipity

We do not create our destiny; we participate in its unfolding. Synchronicity works as a catalyst toward the working out of that destiny.
~ David Richo
All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.
~ Sidney Lumet
The nature of the work is to prepare for a good accident .
~ Sidney Lumet
After hard work, the biggest determinant is being in the right place at the right time.
~ Michael Bloomberg
Any creative work that is truly alive is influenced by a thousand chance factors in its generation.
~ Starhawk
One evening, Mike Myers and Steven Spielberg were discussing 'Goldmember,' and I just happened to joke, 'If you need a Japanese character, let me know!' The next day, they called me for audition! I find it's always helpful to maintain a sense of humour.
~ Nobu Matsuhisa
The name came about from me just closing my eyes and sticking a pen on a map of South Africa. St. Lucia was the fifth place that the pen landed on.
~ St. Lucia
I feel like something magical is going to happen, and I feel like all the stars have finally lined up perfectly for Angie Stone.
~ Angie Stone
Everybody always asks us how we choose the movies we have going right now, and it's hard to explain sometimes. There's a randomness to the way things kind of happen and get done. And sometimes you have this perfect storm, and you have to accept that and do the best you can.
~ Kathleen Kennedy
In some strange way, this was meant to be.
~ Joel Gretsch
If you're confused about life, you're not alone. There are almost seven billion of us. This isn't a problem, of course, once you realize that life is neither a problem to be solved nor a game to be won. If you are too intent on making the pieces of a nonexistent puzzle fit, you miss out on all the real fun. The heaviness of success-chasing can be replaced with a serendipitous lightness when you recognize that the only rules and limits are those we set for ourselves.
~ Timothy Ferriss
el cual depende a partes iguales de la elección y el azar.»
~ Timothy Ferriss
Vivo ora, qui, con la sensazione che l'universo è straordinario, che niente ci succede per caso e che la vita è una continua scoperta. E io sono particolarmente fortunato perché, ora più che mai, ogni giorno è davvero un altro giro di giostra.
~ Tiziano Terzani
Aber mehr denn je bin ich überzeugt, dass nichts von vornherein auszuschliessen ist; dass sich immer Wertvolles - Menschen der Dinge - gerade an den unerwartetsten Orten und in den unvorhergesehensten Situationen finden lässt.
~ Tiziano Terzani
Vivo ora, qui, con la sensazione che l'universo è straordinario, che niente, mai ci succede per caso e che la vita è una continua scoperta. E io sono particolarmente fortunato perché, ora più che mai, ogni giorno è davvero un altro giro di giostra.
~ Tiziano Terzani
In the way such things happen in real life, I suspect I'll never see him again. We talked about that once. There was a term in Japanese, he said. Eng. It was both a concept and a word of advice. It meant that anyone you meet may be the most important person in your life. Therefore, that every stranger should be treated as a friend. Loved before it is too late. You never know (he said) in which night your ship is passing.
~ Tobias Hill
I've been very fortunate - You only can do what you're offered, you know?
~ Jon Voight
Sometimes it's okay for careers to find you.
~ Jason Reynolds
That was one of the things that interested me about the character. He doesn't want to be a hero, and has no real desire to save the earth or discover aliens. He's sniffing around looking to see what will fall in his lap.
~ Orlando Jones
As I've often said, you can shop online and find whatever you're looking for, but bookstores are where you find what you weren't looking for.
~ Paul Krugman
Soul mates do always find each other, Artemis thought.
~ P.C. Cast
How often in this life a mere accident may shape our whole future!
~ P.G. Wodehouse
You make me thank god for every mistake I ever made, Because each one led me down the path that brought me to you.
~ Pablo Neruda
Nu râde de autobuz: nu exist? un loc de elecÅ£iune pentru o dragoste la prim a vedere. Chiar ÅŸi o cutie pe roÅ£i poate deveni anticamera paradisului atunci când crezi în hazard.
~ Pascal Bruckner