Quotes About Strategy

Suspense consumes your opponents, whereas mystery intrigues your followers.

A general is powerless without an army.An army is directionless without a general.To win battles a general and an army need each other.

The reward of a general is not a bigger tent - but command.

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.

An army of stags led by a lion would be better than an army of lions led by a stag.

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

Objective evaluations set the foundation that moves leaders to the tipping point.

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?

I think in business, you have to learn to be patient. Maybe I'm not very patient myself. But I think that I've learned the most is be able to wait for something and get it when it's the right time.

The most important thing I've learned since becoming CEO is context. It's how your company fits in with the world and how you respond to it.

That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one

Thank you, darling, for learning to play chess. It is an absolute necessity for any well organized family. (in a letter to his wife)

For pleasure you can read the games collections of Andersson and Chigorin, but for benefit you should study Tarrasch, Keres and Bronstein.

My sister bought me a set at a candy store and taught me the moves.

Fun from games arises out of mastery. It arises out of comprehension. It is the act of solving puzzles that makes games fun. In other words, with games, learning is the drug.

Those who say they understand Chess, understand nothing

Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you're in trouble

The less unnecessary effort you put into learning, the more successful you'll be . . . Doing the wrong thing with more intensity rarely improves the situation.

We're still getting better as a team. We're still learning how to play basketball as a team and how to win tough games.

Anyone who wishes to learn how to play chess well must make himself or herself thoroughly conversant with the play in positions where the players have castled on opposite sides.

I learned to embrace risk, as long as it was well thought out and, in a worst-case scenario, I'd still land on my feet.

Experience and the constant analysis of the most varied positions builds up a store of knowledge in a player's mind enabling him often at a glance to assess this or that position.

while you play bowling with one ball you will be late because untill come in that ball it's need time so you need more than one ball in order to defeat the whole army .

Life is about strategy nottragedy. Make the best one.