The unforeseen, that strange, haughty power which plays…

Language was not given to man: he seized it.

— Louis Aragon

Nothing is more imminent than the impossible . . . what we must always foresee is the unforeseen.

— Victor Hugo

“He had not lived long enough to have discovered that nothing is more close at hand than the impossible, and what must be looked…

— Victor Hugo

He had not yet lived long enough to have discovered that nothing is more close at hand then the impossible, and that what must…

— Victor Hugo

Concerning all acts of initiative there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one…

— Steven Pressfield

Always try to associate yourself closely with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you, who do better…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The arrival of the unforeseen reveals the depths of one's heart.

— Anonymous

For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.

— Quentin Crisp

Failure is not a destination; it’s an invitation to unforeseen VICTORIES.

— Les Brown

Play enables us to rearrange our capacities and our very identity so that they can be used in unforeseen ways

— Stephen Nachmanovitch

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred...unforeseen…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Astronomy may be revolutionized more than any other field of science by observations from above the atmosphere. Study of the planets, the Sun, the…

— Lyman Spitzer

But too often the goal of the planners is a universal gray state of health corresponding to absence of disease rather than to a…

— Rene Dubos

“How do you calculate upon the unforeseen? It seems to be an art of recognizing the role of the unforeseen, of keeping your balance…

— Rebecca Solnit

Italians are great improvisers. If something unforeseen happens, they throw up their hands, and they adjust.

— Max von Sydow