Quotes About Strategy

In some sense, winning against impossible odds—when most others cannot or would not try—is the only mark of a great general.

one can imagine what a candidate Trump would have done with the Wright-Obama connection had he been the 2008 Republican nominee.

Hillary apparently never appreciated that when she went after Trump's sins of the flesh, it would quickly prove a losing proposition.

One was made famous by Ulysses S. Grant and later John J. Pershing, emphasizing finding the enemy, then confronting and destroying him through overwhelming firepower.

The system rather than the man was what would win the war.

He who every morning plans the transactions of that day and follows that plan carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life.

There is a way of avoiding which resembles seeking.

Was it possible that Napoleon should have won that battle? We answer No. Why? Because of Wellington? Because of Blucher? No. Because of God.

à des résultats magnifiques par des voies étroites

God's whole policy consists in rendering slopes less steep.

She took recourse to the expedient of constantly terrified children. She lied.

with the exception of wars of liberation, everything that armies do is by foul means.

Machiavel a fait des petits. Louis Bonaparte en est un.

Per impadronirsi di un cinghiale ci vuole scienza di cacciatore e forza di cani.

Angie: "How do I pitch these ideas to her?" Mira: "From a distance, preferably wearing body armor.

The Maginot Line was miles and miles of concrete walls and obstacles and weapons that had been constructed along the German border after the Great War to protect France.

Looking back now, it's hard not to conclude that the anxious nominal party of the economic left, Democrats, was magnificently played by the committed and confident economic right, Republicans, for forty years. I'm not saying the shift in popular sentiment wasn't partly organic. But Democrats, after the Republican presidential landslides of 1972 and 1984, remained too dazed and confused and scared for too long.

I feel like we're a very good top-10 car, but we really have to work hard and find a unique way to get these top fives.

After that he turned to the question of invading England. Hitler said that during the previous year he could not afford to risk a possible failure apart from that, he had not wished to provoke the British, as he hoped to arrange peace talks.

The advantage of wisdom is that you always can play dumb. The opposite is more difficult.

Basketball Rule #6 A great team has a good scorer with a teammate who's on point and ready to assist.

Basketball Rule #8 Sometimes you have to lean back a little and fade away to get the best shot.

When you stop playing your game you've already lost.

Sometimes you have to lean back a little and fade away to get the best shot.