Quotes About Strategy

The special army, skipper, isn't just any old unit. It's not some shitty shield-bearers who just need to be shown which end of the javelin pricks. A special army has to know how to fight like nobody's business!

Peace talks are a market. A country fair. So that some people can be bought, others must be sold. Thus the world runs its course. The point is not to pay too high a price . . .' 'And not to sell oneself too cheaply,' finished the elf, without raising his head.

Conozco algo la política, sé que tiene dos fines alternativos: uno es el entendimiento, el otro el conflicto. El entendimiento se alcanza cuando uno de los bandos finge que se traga las trolas que le cuenta el otro bando.

Their leader had no real knowledge of warfare or tactics. I was only a stubborn man and that was my greatest advantage in this fight.

Successful people make their decisions quickly and change their minds slowly. Failures make their decisions slowly and change their minds quickly. My decisions come quickly, and they lead to victory.

greatness. It is true: an army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep! I am a person of action.

People and nations behave wisely only when they have exhausted all the other alternatives.

Managing a knowledge portfolio is very similar to managing a financial portfolio.

He'd been expelled from the movement by Gerry Adams in 1985 for threatening to initiate a campaign of murder that would have hampered the new political strategy. It was a bit like being kicked out of the Gestapo for cruelty.

the best strategy for giving is a two-fold approach: a basic plan combined with a willingness to consider spontaneous giving when unique opportunities arise.

Vision always precedes preparation. Initially, your vision will exceed your competency.

As I listen to leaders tell their stories, I hear very little about strategic planning and goal setting. I hear a lot about identifying and acting on opportunities. Strategies and goals have their place. But they don't define leadership. Leaders see and seize opportunity. And in most cases, the opportunities take them by surprise.

Leaders understand the unique roles of confidence and caution. Courage requires both. David's caution did not keep him from the battle, but neither did he allow his confidence to blind him to the need to select his stones with care.

our approach to communicating should be shaped by our goal in communicating.

Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art of all.

Politics is a blood sport.

I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest.

The little boy met with his teachers and studied history, geography, mathematics, music, strategy, politics, dance, falconry, and all the things an emperor has to know so that later on he can do everything that makes him feel that doing it makes him the emperor.

If a person seems inflexible, yield, then slip in sideways and get what you want.

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists

He was a quick study when it came to latching onto the men of power and agreeing with them.

In the old days she would have dug in her heels, but she was old and canny enough to realize there was no point starting battles you could never win.

An inspector's role was strategic. Except that she'd always been seduced by the detail. She told herself she'd be back at the station before lunchtime.