George S. Patton Quotes

Success and failure are equally surprising.

It's never guaranteed for somebody to be successful. It just really be God.

It's luck that one thing works out and one doesn't, it's sort of happenstance.

Much of what we do in life has a huge component of luck.

For me, I want to say whether or not you believe in God - or a universe of any kind that's watching over any of us - you can have faith that things will go your way as much as you want to, and they won't.

There is no doubt such a thing as chance, but I see no reason why Providence should not make use of it.

Someone described Providence as the baptismal name of chance; no doubt some pious person will retort that chance is the nickname of Providence.

I have many friends who do not believe in luck; they believe in blessings. Likewise, I do not believe in coincidences; I believe in miracles.

Intentions, good or bad, are not enough. There's luck or fate or something else that takes over.

You never know why something works or doesn't.

Some you win some you lose.

You have to show up in the World Cup, and in the World Cup anything can happen.

I believe in destiny, God's hand and hard work.

In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

We can't control what the ratings will be. It's like, if you're going to go skiing, do you hope you'll have a good day of skiing? Yes. Do you hope you won't break your leg? Yes.

In many ways, the longer I live, I understand that there are so many things outside my control. That's why I believe faith is such a big part of the story. There are so many things that were orchestrated by God, that were put into place to make this perfect storm, that created Linsanity.

The minute you start to strategize too much, the more you start to think you're in control of your own fate. And you're not, really.

Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.

I love the fact that it starts from there, and you don't know where it's gonna go. Wait long enough - love will find you. Everything's a surprise. When you think you've got it all figured out... as Emerson said, the dice of God are always loaded.

Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.

I've always felt that, you know, the Almighty has a lot of things to do other than help my basketball team.

It's really not a good idea to forecast or double guess the fates; you will always be fooled.