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Quotes About Strategy

[ Negro leaders] never let the white man know exactly what black people are thinking.
~ Malcolm X
For siege works against bold and venturesome men should be constructed on one plan, on another against cautious men, and on still another against the cowardly.
~ Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
Young men preen. Old men scheme.
~ Mason Cooley
Wise man is a lake full with fishes; clever man is a fisherman who often visits this lake!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
In war it is not men, but the man who counts.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
In the last analysis, one must be a military man in order to govern. It is only with boot and spurs that one can govern a horse.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
When defending itself against another country, a nation never lacks men, but too often, soldiers.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
The successful man or woman always looks for the advantage or benefit in every situation and lo and behold, they always find it.
~ Napoleon Hill
Every company has room for the man who has a definite plan of action which is to the advantage of that company.
~ Napoleon Hill
The persistent man with a poor plan stands a better chance of winning than the man with a perfect plan who hesitates and waivers in carrying it out.
~ Napoleon Hill
When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but he that saith it never heard the sound of trumpets.
~ Plutarch
The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
A real man's weapon is his mind.
~ Rick Riordan
An armed man need not fight.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
When I first met my girlfriend, I was super intimidated. I wanted to impress her. I was thinking, Don't mess this up, man. You've gotta play your cards exactly right.
~ Henry Cavill
Every business is a monarchy with, not a man, but an idea as king.
~ Henry Ford
As with ships, so with men; he who turns his back to his foe gives him an advantage.
~ Herman Melville
A man who stops at nothing short of the law is very clever indeed!
~ Honore de Balzac
Over the first three rounds you're playing the course. In the final round, if you're in contention, you're playing the man.
~ Jack Nicklaus
When your opponent sets up a straw man, set it on fire and kick the cinders around the stage. Don't worry about losing the Strawperson- American community vote.
~ James Lileks
Men plan. Fate Laughs. Guis Alera, First Lord
~ Jim Butcher
Hillary Clinton said that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is engaged in 'theater.' Which explains the new strategy to defeat him: casting him as the lead in 'Spider-Man: the Musical.'
~ Jimmy Fallon
All coaches are thinking men, or else they wouldn't survive.
~ Joe Paterno
And while I at length debate and beate the bush, There shall steppe in other men and catch the burdes.
~ John Heywood