“Now and then / there is a person born / who is so unlucky / that he runs into accidents/ which started out to happen / to somebody else”
Don Marquis
“I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.”
Pablo Picasso
“Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors.”
Mark Twain
“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.”
William A. Foster
“He divines remedies against injuries; he knows how to turn serious accidents to his own advantage; whatever does not kill him makes him stronger”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully”
François de la Rochefoucauld
“Misfortunes one can endure - they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults - Ah! there is the sting of life.”
Oscar Wilde
