Quotes About Strategy

Football clubs need to have a better understanding of what the club stands for and how they go about thier business.

I fly close to my man, aim well and then of course he falls down.

As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.

Frederick liked to say that three men behind the enemy were worth fifty in front of him.

It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.

It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man has yet said "Mate!" in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious.

In war, men are nothing, one man is everything.

Advertising is like learning - a little is a dangerous thing. If a man has not the pluck to keep on advertising, all the money he has already spent is lost.

In peace, a wise man makes preparations for war.

Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.

If he had a million men he would swear the enemy has two millions, and then he would sit down in the mud and yell for three.

He, general or mere captain, who employs every one in the storming of a position can be sure of seeing it retaken by an organized counterattack of four men and a corporal.

Close combat, man to man, is plainly to be regarded as the real basis of combat.

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

Bridge is a game that separates the men from the boys. It also separates husbands and wives.

The man of thought who will not act is ineffective; the man of action who will not think is dangerous.

The way he plays Chess demonstrates a man's whole nature

In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.

If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.

The clever combatant looks to the effect of combined energy, and does not require too much from individuals. Hence his ability to pick out the right men and utilize combined energy

The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers.

Anytime you can already have somebody in a pinning position where they can't kick out, what better than that for a brilliant man.

The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle delayed is better than a battle fought.

Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears.