Quotes About Strategy

On the human chessboard, all moves are possible.

To lead an untrained people to war is to throw them away.

We should lay up in peace what we shall need in war.

No matter how big and tough a problem may be, get rid of confusion by taking one little step towards solution. Do something. Then try again. At the worst, so long as you don't do it the same way twice, you will eventually use up all the wrong ways of doing it and thus the next try will be the right one.

He that fights and runs away Will live to fight another day.

Schizophrenic behaviour is a special strategy that a person invents in order to live in an unlivable situation.

A man surprised is half beaten.

In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.

When the mouse laughs at the cat there's a hole nearby.

When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it is best to let him run.

No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

In war, more than anywhere else in the world, things happen differently from what we had expected, and look differently when near from what they did at a distance.

Moderation in war is imbecility.

Luck is good planning, carefully executed.

Never tell your resolution beforehand.

Women must think strategically about creating ongoing pressure for change.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

I compensate for big risks by always doing my homework and being well-prepared. I can take on larger risks by reducing the overall risk.

It is the risk element which ensures security. Risk brings out the ingenuity and resourcefulness which ensure success.

Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

You decide what it is you want to accomplish and then you lay out your plans to get there, and then you just do it. It's pretty straightforward.

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.