Activity Quote by Carl von Clausewitz

War is the province of chance. in no other sphere of human activity must such a margin be left for this intruder. it increases…

— Carl von Clausewitz

War is the province of chance. In no sphere of human activity is such a margin to be left for this intruder. It increases…

— Carl von Clausewitz

Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.

— Livy

There is one curious fact noticeable in regard to this thing called "luck," which is, that while it is made responsible for any turn…

— William Matthews

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…

— Carl von Clausewitz

Only the element of chance is needed to make war a gamble, and that element is never absent.

— Carl von Clausewitz

In short, absolute, so-called mathematical, factors never find a firm basis in military calculations. From the very start, there is an interplay of possibilities,…

— Carl von Clausewitz

“When your thinkings are ahead of your enemies; you will have 95% of probabilities to win the war against them, so the more ahead…

— Pedro Acevedo

“No matter how fast weapons and technology evolve in the 21st century, one thing remains constant is that war is a human endeavor, a…

— Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono

A war regarded as inevitable or even probable, and therefore much prepared for, has a very good chance of eventually being fought.

— Anais Nin

No soldier outlives a thousand chances. But every soldier believes in Chance and trusts his luck.

— Erich Maria Remarque

In war, where imperfect intelligence, the threat of a catastrophe, and the number of accidents are incomparably greater than any other human endeavor, the…

— Carl von Clausewitz