Quotes About Strategy

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

If you know what a man's doing, get in front of him; but if you want to guess what he's doing keep behind him.

His system is a combination of ferocious blows, holds and throws, adapted from Japanese bayonet tactics, ju-jitsu, Chinese boxing, Sikh wrestling, French wrestling and Cornish collar-and-elbow wrestling, plus expert knowledge of hip-shooting, knife fighting and use of the Tommy gun and hand grenade.

If you wanted to win – and win at all costs – there was no place for gentlemanly behaviour. Guns, gas or grenades; you should be prepared to get your hands dirty. 'A spiked mace smashed in the face,' he reasoned, 'is probably quite as

the whole art of guerrilla warfare lies in striking the enemy where he least expects it and yet where he is most vulnerable

The Art of Guerrilla Warfare and The Partisan Leaders' Handbook.

Mais c'est toujours ainsi en temps de guerre : les chefs aiment à décréter, du fond de leur quartier général, l'ordre de se faire tuer sur place, alors même qu'il suffirait d'un léger déplacement latéral pour éviter l'obus.

As with all derivatives, these tools were to offer a way of controlling risk, but they could also amplify it.

tácticas fundamentales y estratagemas (Cialdini, 1984, Watzlawick, 22012) que

While the US was bogged down in Iraq, China continued to grow at a rapid pace, acquiring financial reserves and friends throughout the world as quickly as the United States was losing them.

El secreto para enriquecerse es pagar como si se fuese pródigo y vender como si se estuviese en vísperas de quiebra.

Good defence leads to great offence

No novo mundo, portanto, a política é centrífuga. Não se trata mais de unir eleitores em torno do denominador comum, mas, ao contrário, de inflamar as paixões do maior número possível de grupelhos para, em seguida, adicioná-los – mesmo à revelia deles. As

Quando se neutraliza um atentado antes que ele se produza, ninguém se apercebe disso, ao passo que reagir com força, denunciar os culpados, isso sim, produz capital político.

única qualidade indispensável a um homem de poder é a capacidade de se apoderar das circunstâncias.

There are several advanced classes in the university of liars. Golfers and fishermen rank very high in the sporting grades

The collective human unconscious can't stand it, the thought of stuff going on forever, so has decided (collectively, unconsciously) to bring the planet to an end. Eco-apocalypse isn't accident, it's deep species strategy.

It was a terrible refreshment, his plain way, the simple words, the absence of strategy. It made you realize how much of your life you spent not being like that. It made you realize what a waste not being like that was.

Outrage is also an exceptional weapon that can pierce the armor of nearly any foe. It's like a bow with three magically tipped arrows: shame, guilt, and fear.

adviser, repeatedly requested that the NSA spy on the internal discussions of key member states to learn their negotiation strategies. A May 2010 SSO report

After all, hope is a form of planning.

It was a game, and life was the playing field.

hope is a form of planning.

The only special thing about successful people is that they think and act in a special way.