An interesting citations

I read this quotation in the book that I was reading yesterday. It really struck me as very true, so I thought I would record it here for posterity.

"There are two things no commander—and no human being—can ever control ... You cannot control the decisions of others, and you cannot control the actions of God. An intelligent officer will try to anticipate both of those things and allow for them, but a wise officer will not blame himself when God comes along and screws up a perfectly good plan with no warning at all ... it's that God has a very peculiar sense of humor . . . and an even more peculiar sense of timing."

          -- David Weber, Echoes of Honor

Note: The elipses (...) indicate superfluous text that I have deleted.