Quotes About Strategy

A battle can be won before it's ever fought by choosing the right ground.

Weapons are allowed. Dirty tricks are expected. But try not to kill anybody!" Tantalus smiled at us like we were all naughty children. "Any killing will result in harsh punishment. No s'mores at the campfire for a week! Now ready your chariots!

Caesar broke the law when he crossed the Rubicon, Frank said. Great leaders have to think out side the box sometimes.

They know they've won," Carter guessed. "They're making a show of it." "Yes," Amos said. "Well, let's blow up the boats or something!" I said. Amos looked at me. "Is that your strategy, honestly?

Intelligence won wars, not brute force.

Ah, but I'm wise ," Athena said. "Wise enough to make you do it instead.

Annabeth, you know Morse code?" "Of course." "So does Leo." Piper handed her the mirror. "He'll be watching from the ship. Go to the ridge—" "And flash him!" Annabeth's face reddened. "That came out wrong. But yeah, good idea.

Percy hefted a bronze grenade. 'I hope you labelled these right.' He yelled, 'Die, Romans!' and lobbed the grenade over the wall.

Athena always, always has a plan.

Nico knew something about ghosts. Letting them get inside your head was dangerous. He wanted to help Reyna, but since his own strategy was to deal with his problems alone, spurning anyone who tried to get close, he couldn't exactly criticize Reyna for doing the same thing.

I often got sword fighting and tennis confused.

They're like the…what is it? The League of Assassins in Arrow!

Everyone knows that when advancing into danger, the soprano goes first. They are your infantry, while the altos and tenors are your cavalry, and the bass your artillery.

Meg wiped her nose. "So you're saying we need to find Caligula's place and steal his shoes. While we're there, can't we just kill him?" She asked this casually, like Can we stop by Target on the way home? Hedge wagged his finger at McCaffrey. "See, now that's a plan. I like this girl.

There is always a way out for those who are clever enough to find it.

Percy's ears turned as pink as Alex's jeans. Anyway, maybe we've been looking at this all wrong. I've been tying to teach you sea skills. But the most important thing is to use whatever you've got to hand - your team, your wits, the enemy's own magical stuff. And there's no way to plan for that, I said. Exactly! Percy said. My work here is done! Annabeth frowned. Percy, you're saying the best plan is no plan. As a child of Athena, I can't really endorse that.

There's always a way out for those clever enough to find it. -Athena

When strength doesn't work," Zeus said, trickery might.

Not your fault, brother. Kronos does not explode good. Next time we will use a big stick.

I'd have to play this smart … which was not my usual style.

There's always away out for those clever enough to find it

Back when I was a regular mortal kid, I didn't know much about combat. I had some murky ideas that armies would line up, blow trumpets, and then march forward to kill one another in an orderly fashion. If I thought about Viking combat at all, I would envision some dude yelling, SHIELD WALL! and a bunch of hairy blond guys calmly forming ranks and merging their shields into some cool geometric pattern like a polyhedron or a Power Ranger Megazord.

It was Daphne Wood who had taught him the value of getting in there with one swift, mean blow rather than prancing around with a duelist's finesse.

There's no secret to winning. Act boldly when you need to, and be cautious when you must.