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"To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill."
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"We could use some good luck. That doesn't mean we'll get it."
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"Luck always favors those who are bold."
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"Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect."
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"Luck is a dance of possibilities and opportunities."
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"Make your own luck, and then share it with others."
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"Good luck' is like the shadow of a tree, for some time it gives comfort to a traveler but it doesn't go ahead with a traveler."
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"Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent."
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"I felt really sorry for Oliver Kahn. Up to that point he had made lots of saves for the German team. Of course he could have caught the ball but it just happened. It was bad luck. In that situation, you need to be very strong psychologically to carry on."
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"It seemed Lady Luck hated me worse than usual."
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"I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn't been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn't have been lucky."
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"To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill."
Luck
"Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician said the electorate does, the right thing from the wrong motive."
Man
"Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission."
Power
"Divisional exercise is a great game of make-believe."
Exercise
"Every battalion has its marching songs."
Camaraderie
"Even the distribution of rations leaves much to be desired; the fatigue party, well-intentioned and sympathetic though it be, often finds itself short of provisions."
Duty
"I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined the army after war was declared."
War
"A clock struck out the hour of twelve, and the bird in the hedgerow was still singing as we marched out to the roadway, and followed our merry pipers home to town."
Home
"There comes a moment on a journey when something sweet, something irresistible and charming as wine raised to thirsty lips, wells up in the traveller's being."
Being
"The soldiers' last meal is generally served out about five o'clock in the afternoon, sometimes earlier; and a stretch of fourteen hours intervenes between then and breakfast."
Provision
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