“Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.”

—  W.B. Yeats

Last update Sept. 27, 2023. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Life is a long preparation for something that never happens." by W.B. Yeats?
W.B. Yeats photo
W.B. Yeats 255
Irish poet and playwright 1865–1939

Related quotes

“Since I only prepare for what ought to happen to me, I am never prepared for what does. Never.”

Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet

Como sólo me preparo para lo que debiera sucederme, no me hallo preparado para lo que me sucede. Nunca.
Voces (1943)

Paulo Coelho photo

“Life is one long training session in preparation for what will come.”

Paulo Coelho book Aleph

Life and death lose their meaning; there are only challenges to be met with joy and overcome with tranquility.
Aleph (2011)

Heath Ledger photo

“I apologize for my terrible interview skills. I wasn't prepared to expose stories about something so special and wonderfully private that is happening in my life. I guess a part of me wishes that I'd never have to and that maybe I could protect this special time. I was dreaming.”

Heath Ledger (1979–2008) Australian actor

Apology from Ledger after he was accused of ignoring reporters' questions and focused on peeling an orange to calm his nerves for Sunrise, (September 2005).

Juliet Marillier photo

“Don't you long for something different to happen, something so exciting and new it carries you along with it like a great tide, something that lets your life blaze and burn so the whole world can see it?”

Juliet Marillier book Son of the Shadows

Source: Son of the Shadows

Rahul verma (Rv) photo

“Mistake is something that happens to everyone in life.”

Rahul verma (Rv) (2004)

Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58354436-one-fourth-journey-of-rvalllplay?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=CHbCZWH9VO&rank=1

“My imagination longs to dash ahead and plan developments; but I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life, so I am curbing myself.”

Dodie Smith book I Capture the Castle

Source: I Capture the Castle

Jodi Picoult photo

“If you didn't remember something happening, was it because it never had happened? Or because you wished it hadn't?”

Jodi Picoult Plain Truth

Source: Plain Truth

Related topics