Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Wendell Berry Quotes: Unexpected wonders happen, not on schedule, or when you expect or want them to happen, but if you keep hanging around, they do happen.
         

Unexpected wonders happen, not on schedule, or when you expect or want them to happen, but if you keep hanging around, they do happen.


Wendell Berry
Check all other quotes by Wendell Berry

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Wendell Berry Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Tue. 16 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Unexpected-wonders-happen-not-on-schedule-or-1148649>.





Check out


Other quotes of Wendell Berry


People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.

People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.



The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.

The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.



It may be that when we no longer know... which way to go we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.

It may be that when we no longer know... which way to go we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.



Outdoors we are confronted everywhere with wonders; we see that the miraculous is not extraordinary, but the common mode of existence. It is our daily bread.

Outdoors we are confronted everywhere with wonders; we see that the miraculous is not extraordinary, but the common mode of existence. It is our daily bread.



Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.

Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.



I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.



We need better government, no doubt about it. But we also need better minds, better friendships, better marriages, better communities.

We need better government, no doubt about it. But we also need better minds, better friendships, better marriages, better communities.



You cannot save the land apart from the people, or the people apart from the land.

You cannot save the land apart from the people, or the people apart from the land.



Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.



Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.

Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.





Other quotes you may like


You can never control the main outcomes of your life without controlling your mental attitude.

You can never control the main outcomes of your life without controlling your mental attitude.



You know a man is interesting when you forget to notice how expensive — or cheap — his clothes are.

You know a man is interesting when you forget to notice how expensive — or cheap — his clothes are.



I love my beauty. It's not my fault.

I love my beauty. It's not my fault.



Let no man surrender so long as he is unwounded and can fight.

Let no man surrender so long as he is unwounded and can fight.



Fortifications, artillery, foreign aid - will be of no value, unless the ordinary soldier knows that it is HE guarding his country

Fortifications, artillery, foreign aid - will be of no value, unless the ordinary soldier knows that it is HE guarding his country



I do enjoy fashion - a lot of runway clothes are pretty unwearable, but if moderated, the trends can be worn by just about anyone.

I do enjoy fashion - a lot of runway clothes are pretty unwearable, but if moderated, the trends can be worn by just about anyone.



I appreciate when people listen to the sad songs, because it's almost like telling someone your problems and having them listen with a compassionate ear.

I appreciate when people listen to the sad songs, because it's almost like telling someone your problems and having them listen with a compassionate ear.



NASCAR fans are very knowledgeable and very passionate.

NASCAR fans are very knowledgeable and very passionate.



Direction, like time, is a general thing, the deprived of boundaries and borders. It is an endless process interception and reinterception, doubling back and adjusting.

Direction, like time, is a general thing, the deprived of boundaries and borders. It is an endless process interception and reinterception, doubling back and adjusting.



In a nutshell, the fountain of happiness can be found in how you behave, what you think, and what goals you set every day of your life.

In a nutshell, the fountain of happiness can be found in how you behave, what you think, and what goals you set every day of your life.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Unexpected wonders happen, not on schedule, or when you expect or want them to happen, but if you keep hanging around, they do happen.". Author of this quote is Wendell Berry. This quote is about hanging around, schedules, unexpected, want,.