Serendipity Quotes

104 Serendipity quotes by 90 unique authors

The universe is always speaking to us... sending us little messages, causing coincidences and serendipities,reminding us to stop, to look around, to believe in something… — Nancy Thayer
Great leaders are paradoxical. They catalyze, rather control, the work of their teams. They have an overarching vision for the team but are not autocratic… — Guy Kawasaki
I had one of the best days of my life. I spent the afternoon with my two kids and my ex-wife at Serendipity. Then I… — Gabriel Byrne
Like all photographers, I depend on serendipity I pray for what might be referred to as the angel of chance. — Sally Mann
Innovation is serendipity, so you don't know what people will make. — Tim Berners-Lee
Serendipity always rewards the prepared. — Katori Hall
Mapping out dozens of deeply focused trips around the world has convinced me that preparation no more spoils the chance for spontaneity and serendipity than… — Phil Cousineau
I had the serendipity of modeling during a temporary interlude between Twiggy and Kate Moss, when it was actually okay for women to look as… — Cybill Shepherd
Significant inventions are not mere accidents. The erroneous view [that they are] is widely held, and it is one that the scientific and technical community,… — Unknown Author
We have built a thousand temples to Fortune and not one to Reason — Unknown Author
Serendipity is looking in a haystack for a needle and discovering a farmer's daughter. — Julius H. Comroe, Jr.
Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no… — Unknown Author
Go to parties. You can't even start to know what you may find on the envelope of serendipity. If you suffer from agoraphobia, send colleagues. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
If something is going on, I hear about it. I like to talk to people, I socialise. Television is a waste of time. Human contact… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was… — David Levithan
When I write about "realizations," I am describing a state in which a practitioner has wisdom of who she or he is, and has embodied… — Russell Targ
It is true that my discovery of LSD was a chance discovery, but it was the outcome of planned experiments and these experiments took place… — Albert Hofmann
Serendipity is putting a quarter in the gumball machine and having three pieces come rattling out instead of one-all red. — Peter H. Reynolds
You don't reach Serendib by plotting a course for it. You have to set out in good faith for elsewhere and lose your bearings ...… — John Barth
What people call serendipity sometimes is just having your eyes open, — Jose Manuel Barroso
Serendipity was my tour guide, assisted by caprice — Pico Iyer
A novel takes the courage of a marathon runner, and as long as you have to run, you might as well be a winning marathon… — Leon Uris
Most discoveries even today are a combination of serendipity and of searching. — Siddhartha Mukherjee
You need messiness and magic, serendipity and insanity. Creativity comes from time off, and time out. — Timothy Egan
I spend 90% of my time with people who don't report to me, which also allows for serendipity, since I'm walking around the office all… — Jack Dorsey

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