que sera sera
Whatever will happen
Que sera sera is a phrase meaning "whatever will be, will be"—an expression of fatalistic acceptance that the future is beyond one's control.
The phrase gained wide currency from the 1956 Doris Day song.
It's used to dismiss worry about outcomes: I didn't get the job, but que sera sera.
- c'est la vieResigned acceptance phrase
- idiomsFixed figurative expressions
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- acceptanceConsent to receive
proverbs · music · serenity · providence · sayings · karma · film · stoicism · inevitability · calmness · optimism · aphorisms · trust · Doris Day · free will · contentment · resignation · go with the flow
- fatedestiny, fate, kismet, Moira, fated
- indifferenceapathy, indifference, unconcern, disinterest, nonchalance
- acceptance phraseslet it go, it is what it is, such is life, c'est la vie, come to terms
- Foreign Wordsadieu, adios, aloha, au revoir, bonjour
- Spanish Wordsagua, adios, amigo, bueno, casa
- agreement wordsyes, okay, agree, agreed, accord
que sera seraseize the day
Embrace the present moment
carpe diem · take the bull by the horns · self-determination · make it happen · take control
que sera seracontrol freak
One who dominates decisions
anxiety · worry · neurotic · catastrophizing · worst-case thinking
que sera seraleave nothing to chance
strategic planning · contingency planning · five-year plan · by the book · calculated
sera, were, essence, essential, essentially, essentialism, present, presence, absence