Quotes About Strategy

Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

Our vision, which has not changed since the day the company was founded.

Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.

In order to grow at this pace, there will have to be a couple of acquisitions along the way. The tricky thing is to grow at this rate and maintain a 40 percent operating margin.

Silence is often advantageous.

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

A winning strategy must include losing.

There are no bad business and investment opportunities, but there are bad entrepreneurs and investors.

The first rule of baseball is to get a good ball to hit.

I enjoy the last quarter of all basketball games.

To win, you've got to put the ball in the macramé.

He led his regiment from behind. He found it less exciting.

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as in knowing what to do next.

Rarely have I seen a situation where doing less than the other guy is a good strategy.

The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.

Often, the greatest challenge facing an organization is recognizing and acting on opportunity rather than solving a problem.

Becoming a member of the NR is not just about working smarter. It's about building a system to replace yourself.

People who succeed at the highest level are not lucky; they're doing something differently than everyone else.

Mr. Morgan buys his partners; I grow my own.

The lion is ashamed, it's true, when he hunts with the fox.

Our goal is simply to become the desktop for e-businesses.

Democrats have become very good at electing very bad Republicans

There is nothing more satisfying than having plans.