Rosamunde Pilcher Quotes

War is the realm of uncertainty; three-quarters of the factors on which action in war is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty. ... war is the realm of chance. No other human activity gives it greater scope; no other has such incessant and varied dealings with this intruder. Chance makes everything more uncertain and interferes with the whole course of events.

War is the realm of uncertainty; three quarters of the factors on which action is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty.

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

The events of war are subject to great uncertainty.

Wars and revolutions cannot be prescribed and the circle of their influence determined in advance.

It's impossible to know what happens in the fog of war.

There's never any guarantee at war.

In war more than anywhere else, things do not turn out as we expect.

War is...a trinity of violence, chance, and reason.

In war, important events result from trivial causes.

In every war, there are always elements of blindness.

War is the province of chance. In no sphere of human activity is such a margin to be left for this intruder. It increases the uncertainty of every circumstance, and deranges the course of events.

Fate and victory shift ... now this way, now that way -- like a line of unarmored men under a hail of enemy arrows.

When war begins, then hell openeth.

in the midst of war and crisis nothing is as clear or as certain as it appears in hindsight

War always takes you by surprise.

We have been travelling through a cloud. The sky has been dark ever since the war began.

There was nothing there but black water and American fire power.

Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.

This life is messy.

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.

Life is full of change and uncertainty. We know this. We experience it on a daily basis.

The history of our civilization has been one of intermittent war.

The chief incalculable in war is the human will.