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Quotes About Strategy

Giap was a master of logistics, but his reputation rests on more than that. His victories were achieved by a patient strategy that he and Ho Chi Minh were convinced would succeed - an unwavering resolve to suffer immense casualties and the near total destruction of their country to defeat any adversary, no matter how powerful.
~ John McCain
The obviously inexperienced pilot is the game the scientific air-fighter goes after, and the majority of victories are won that way. But, on the other hand, it is the novice usually who gets the famous ace by doing at some moment the unexpected thing.
~ Eddie Rickenbacker
The most valuable advice I can give is plan for your success. Write down your ideal goal, creating checkpoints for yourself along the way that align with the end goal. Set up rewards for achieving both little victories and big ones.
~ Hilary Knight
Foreign policy simply cannot be judged by today's headlines that chalk up victories and defeats like so many box scores in the sports sections.
~ Condoleezza Rice
When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Like a cowboy saddling a bucking stallion, Republican leaders tried to tame the Tea Party while riding it to victories.
~ Ron Fournier
Despite what you hear in the news from the Obama administration and the military, our strategy of conducting infrequent airstrikes and re-taking pockets of Iraq and Syria terrain will only help us achieve short-lived tactical victories.
~ Michael T. Flynn
Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Diplomacy between a powerful, victorious army and a side that's losing doesn't really work well.
~ Toomas Hendrik Ilves
To be prepared is half the victory.
~ Miguel de Cervantes
If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.
~ Heinz Guderian
The best policy is to declare victory and leave.
~ George Aiken
The key to victory lies more in manipulation and cooperation than in exceptional personal skills.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
There is no God-given right to victory on the battlefield. You win that through the skill and the devotion, the valor and the ferocity of your troops.
~ Jim Mattis
Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.
~ Winston Churchill
There is no one magic move or secret that creates victory, but lots of little items that when added together can make you victorious.
~ Bill Toomey
You know that neither numbers nor strength give the victory, but that side which, with the assistance of the gods, attacks with the greatest resolution is generally irresistible.
~ Xenophon
I declare that President Trump will overcome every strategy from hell and every strategy from the enemy, and he will fulfill his calling and his destiny. I secure his calling, I secure his purpose, I secure his family, and we secure victory in the name which is above every name - the name of Jesus Christ.
~ Paula White
Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.
~ Miguel de Cervantes
Feed the troops on victory.
~ John Monash
If we can win playing well then that's great but the most important thing is to get the victory.
~ Marcelo
Victory usually goes to the army who has better trained officers and men.
~ Sun Tzu
Unless more efforts based upon long-range planning are put into military preparations and operations, it will be very hard to win the final victory.
~ Isoroku Yamamoto
I am like every single fighter - going into the ring, I have in my mind, 'Finish the bout before all the rounds are over, and to get the victory before that.'
~ Vasyl Lomachenko