Surprise yourself Quotes

“I think in a moment of weakness, you might surprise yourself.”

“Perfection is not just about control. It's also about letting go. Surprise yourself so you can surprise the audience. Transcendence! Very few have it in them.”

“Just because you’re grown up and then some doesn’t mean settling into the doldrums of predictability. Surprise people. Surprise yourself. (281)”

“I don't want adventure.""I think you do. I think in a moment of weakness, you might surprise yourself.”

“Surprise yourself everyday with the power of your love. Love endlessly and care profoundly to feel the joy of life deeply.”

“Contemplation is purer still, yet more sophisticated. This comes from a strongly developed base of concentration—basically, constancy—through any temptation, including altered states of consciousness, that leads one to meditation (effortless engagement), from which is born an intuitive connection to that which is being focused upon (often, the nature of being in the moment, which is the default “focus”). Some people can attain this state accidentally through some combination of surprising events, which is sometimes called revelation. Fewer still can cause this to happen intentionally, mainly because you have to surprise yourself to have it occur. In any case, it requires a real sense of the value of paradox. One leaves a single position behind (such as “I like this” or “I don’t like this”) and expands in comprehension to simultaneously experience its opposite as well. From there, one rises above the two through a creative burst of intuition, and looks down on them both. What you might call transcendence, although I prefer mildly amused.”

“Try your ideas. You might surprise yourself.”

“true humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others”

“If you stop focusing on all the reasons why you can’t do it, you just may surprise yourself to see what you can do.”