Quotes About Strategy

Alignment of business strategy and risk appetite should minimize the firm's exposure to large and unexpected losses. In addition, the firm's risk management capabilities need to be commensurate with the risks it expects to take.

Gordon Brown doesn't often spring surprises. He's usually far too cautious to deliver the unexpected.

The road to profits is paved with unfair advantages.

One of my rules for investing is, I don't invest in a deal where I don't think I have an unfair advantage and where I don't think I can personally impact the outcome.

Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and the next bend.

In chess, you gotta come up with a strategy. I made a lot of plans in my life. 'I'ma do this, I'ma do that, this is gonna happen, that's gonna happen.' And a lot of stuff don't go as planned. You really gotta act on events as they unfold. That's how I compare chess to life.

Deciding on when to kick is crucial and depends on how the race is unfolding.

Need always plays into your decisions more as the draft unfolds.

When we heard that America is pulling out of the Paris Agreement, that's unfortunate, but frankly - speaking purely from my competitive juices point of view - we are delighted that somebody's not going to look at these opportunities. They'll be all there for us.

Instead, we did take our eye off the ball. We decided, instead of finishing the job in Afghanistan, to go into Iraq. And today, unfortunately, if you look at the situation on the ground, it is a mess.

There were sometimes from forty to sixty English machines, but unfortunately the Germans were often in the minority. With them quality was more important than quantity.

By and by when each nation has 20,000 battleships and 5,000,000 soldiers we shall all be safe and the wisdom of statesmanship will stand confirmed.

Hindsight alone is not wisdom. And second-guessing is not a strategy.

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.

Sometimes the most appropriate response to an attack is to not engage, especially in situations where your own words may be used as weapons against you.

Before you attack the porcupine, think of its quills!

Understand the game properly before you gear up to break the rules

Wisdom is not in having resources, it's in knowing how to use them, when to use them & if to use them.

They are probably the single most important deciding factor for long-term success, and your ability to set and make plans to achieve them is the master skill to your successful future.

Don't leave it to chance, find success and replicate it.

State first, subject second, statesman last.

Making a product is just an activity, making a profit on a product is the achievement.

Don't mention your move before you make a move.

Don't always use prudence for precaution, sometimes use it for progress.