Quotes About Strategy

Manipulation is the most powerful and therefore is the deadliest of all weapons.

Our greatest weapon is the mind.

Plan did I, perhaps too much, yet if not, how can one see where one is heading?

The right way and the easiest are two entirely different paths.

Wait for the moment they least expect.

People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.

Know the enemy and you will know how to kill him.

The point of war is to win, Kachiun. It does not matter how we do it, or how long it takes.

You have a powerful army, Kublai, but the best force is one you do not have to use.

You have a mighty army, but the greatest force is the one that you don't have to use.

A good general is ready for every option.

To defeat the enemy, we must know him first

They cannot stand alone against us," Temujin said. "We will take them one by one.

He is no fool, Kublai. He understands far better than you realize. The khan's vast armies cannot return to being herdsmen, not anymore. He is riding the tiger now, my son. He dare not climb down.

If he had learned anything from his father's fate, it was to win, no matter how you did it. It was not important if someone else was hurt, or killed. If you won, you would be forgiven anything. You could be taken from a stinking ger and forced through the ranks until a thousand men followed your orders as if they came from the khan himself. Blood and talent. The nation was built on both.

Within two years, they would be attacking us . The emperor has seen what we can do and he will not make the same mistakes again. One chance we have made for ourselves, Khasar. You cannot wound a bear and run. It will chase you down.

I have not given thought to what comes after the battles. Perhaps I will rule. Is that not the right of a conqueror?

How did you make Khasar accept you to succeed me?" Genghis murmured to his back. "I told him he could be khan," Kachiun replied. "I think it terrified him.

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Nothing pleased the Mongols more than a good trick on the field of battle.

Although we should hope for peace, we must be prepared for war