“No soldier outlives a thousand chances. But every soldier believes in Chance and trusts his luck.”
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Erich Maria Remarque63
German novelist 1898–1970Related quotes
“Good soldiers stay alive by being unsentimental and having a quick eye for the main chance.”
Michael Shea book Nifft the Lean
Part 2, “The Pearls of the Vampire Queen,” Chapter 8 (p. 105)
Nifft the Lean (1982)
Johannes Warnardus Bilders (1811–1890) painter from the Northern Netherlands
c. 1831
version in original Dutch (citaat van Johannes Warnardus Bilders, in Nederlands): Toen telde ik, op de binnenplaats mijns vaders in tweestrijd, de knoopen van mijn jas: soldaat of schilder, soldaat, schilder, soldaat, schilder.. ..de laatste knoop zei schilder, en zoo besliste het toeval, dat ik schilder zou worden [c. 1831].
J.W. Bilders was fighting as a Dutch volunteer in the Belgium Independents War against The Netherlands. 1830
Source: 1880's, Johannes Warnardus Bilders' (1887/1900), p. 78
“… children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance.”
Ishmael Beah book A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Source: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Rudyard Kipling book Barrack-Room Ballads
Young British Soldier, Stanza 9.
Barrack-Room Ballads (1892, 1896)
George Washington (1732–1799) first President of the United States
General Order (9 July 1776) George Washington Papers http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 3g Varick Transcripts <br class="br">1770s
“Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned.”
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) American poet
“Nothing happens by chance, my friend… No such thing as luck.”
Richard Bach book Nothing by Chance
Nothing by Chance: A Gypsy Pilot's Adventures in Modern America (1969)
Context: Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a meaning behind this. Part for you, part for me, we may not see it all real clear right now, but we will, before long.
