Anything Can Happen Quotes

• Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.

  Shel Silverstein

  Inspiring, Children, Life Lesson

  Shel Silverstein, “Listen To The Mustn'Ts”

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• The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.

  Paul Auster

  Unpredictable Things, World, Want

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• Do not try to fix whatever comes in your life. Fix yourself in such a way that whatever comes, you will be fine.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Humanity, Trying

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• Anything can happen to anyone at any time and you shouldn't just live through the days, or you lose them. You should do what you can to enjoy every moment.

  Sarah Brightman

  Live In The Moment, Moments, Should

  FaceBook post by Sarah Brightman from Aug 22, 2013

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• Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Success, Believe

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• Tragedies do happen. We can discover the reason, blame others, imagine how different our lives would be had they not occurred. But none of that is important: they did occur, and so be it. From there onward we must put aside the fear that they awoke in us and begin to rebuild

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Moving On, Encouraging

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jun 02, 2011

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• When God is involved, anything can happen. Be open. Stay that way. God has a beautiful way of bringing good vibrations out of broken chords.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Beautiful, Optimistic, Broken

  Charles R. Swindoll (1994). “Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life”, p.390, Zondervan

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• Whatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don't lose your sense of perspective.

  Pema Chodron

  Perspective, Patient, Painful

  Pema Chodron (2007). “Always Maintain a Joyful Mind: And Other Lojong Teachings on Awakening Compassion and Fearlessness”, p.85, Shambhala Publications

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• Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.

  Shel Silverstein

  Inspirational, Life, Cute

  Shel Silverstein, “Listen To The Mustn'Ts”

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• Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones?

  Elizabeth Scott

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Elizabeth Scott (2010). “Perfect You”, p.276, Simon and Schuster

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  With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Positive, Regret

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Apr 29, 2015

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• The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.

  Simone Weil

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

  Simone Weil (2009). “Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals)”, p.43, Routledge

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• Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two...The solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible and lead a safe, simple life.

  Daniel Handler

  Inspirational Life, Live Life, Adversity

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• We cannot have a world where everyone is a victim. "I'm this way because my father made me this way. I'm this way because my husband made me this way." Yes, we are indeed formed by traumas that happen to us. But you must take charge, you must take over, you are responsible.

  Camille Paglia

  Husband, Father, Responsibility

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• We can change in one day. We can fall in love in one day. Anything can happen in one day.

  Gayle Forman

  Falling In Love, One Day, One More Day

  Gayle Forman (2013). “Just One Day”, p.81, Penguin

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• Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.

  Michel Houellebecq

  Happens

  Michel Houellebecq (2003). “Platform: A Novel”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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• No matter what it is, if you really want it, and if you get out of the way of it, it will happen. It must be. It is Law. It can be no other way. It's the way this Universe is established. If you want it and you relax, it will happen.

  Esther Hicks

  Law, Relax, Want

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• It is easier to look the other way. But if you do, terrible things can happen.

  Eve Bunting

  Motivational, Overcoming, Looks

  "Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust". Book by Eve Bunting, www.theguardian.com. 1980.

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• Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Nothing is going to happen to me, or you, for that matter. Anything can happen, though. Anything can happen. But most always, just normal things happen, and people have happy lives.

  David Wroblewski

  Happy Life, People, Matter

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• It's hard to believe, but anything can happen. Accidents do happen, unfortunately, it happened at the worst time.

  Tiger Woods

  Believe, Worst Times, Happened

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• Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express.

  Morley Safer

  Beautiful, Couple, Doubt

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• People fear change, Change is not knowing what’s going to happen. People sometimes mistake change as a negative. I look at change as exciting, look at it as an opportunity to make your life better. Fear builds mountains, Faith removes them. It’s time for you to conquer new horizons. Today is going to be a GREAT day for a change!

  Marc Mero

  Mistake, Opportunity, Knowing

  FaceBook post by Marc Mero from Dec 29, 2015

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• He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.

  Chanakya

  Men, Luck, Religion

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• I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from May 01, 2009

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