Quotes About Strategy

any man who could concentrate for as much as three minutes on any given problem could rule the world.

way among the rocks. Occasionally he was exposed, but there were no more shots. Either he was unseen, and they were deliberately allowing him to get to the cabin, or they had moved out to try to cross farther up, away from his line of fire, and so come down behind

Sometimes I think it is not the money, but the game. It isn't the winning so much as it is to play the cards right.

If you play games with men," he replied, "you'll play by men's rules.

A move well planned is a move half-done, and I tried to think through every phase. We

reasoning now. I plan to get them to sit down

Stanley spent more time pushing the wheelbarrow than digging, because he was such a slow digger. He carted away the excess dirt and dumped it into previously dug holes. He was careful not to dump any of it in the hole where the gold tube was actually found.

The young people were playing that still more absorbing game in which hearts are always trumps.

An enemy has to be defeated in battle, but an adversary's different. You must outwit an adversary.

Washington chose Wayne to lead a picked force of 1,350 infantry to mount a surprise raid against the new British outpost at Stony Point. The commander sketched out a plan to scale the 150-foot-high cliff overhanging the river, prompting Wayne, according to legend, to boast, "I'll storm hell, sir, if you'll make the plans!"21 To which Washington retorted drily, "Better try Stony Point first, general.

Rockefeller advised Daniel O'Day that Standard Oil should develop its own strength in this area rather than turning to outsiders.

While they thought they were leading me into a trap, I let them go into the trap themselves.

when prohibited from talking about money directly to Rockefeller, Harper circumvented the ban by praying aloud for money in his presence.

Rockefeller's partners "seldom knew what he was thinking but he always knew what we were thinking.

Right on the eve of Tidewater's success, Rockefeller decided that he might recoup in the political arena what he was on the verge of losing in the economic sphere.

the House of Morgan always favored government planning over private competition, but private planning over either.

To avert overbuilding and internecine price wars, Morgan decided to spearhead a new steel consolidation.

that the reason why Morgan & Co. are so insistent on increasing the dividend from 4 to 6% is to enable them to sell out their stocks at a very high figure on the basis of the increased dividend.

We would prefer having him to come here, but don't see how he could do it without exposing the whole thing.

Pierpont wanted to follow him, but he held back, awaiting word of Junius's plans.

Armed with this potent weapon, Rockefeller obtained such excellent railroad rates that it compensated for having to ship the crude oil to

If only Rockefeller had played fair, Emery insisted, he would have ended up the more powerful oilman.

Was Lamont's reluctance simple candor—or splendid calculation?

Standard Oil was not content to advance its own interest; it worked actively to damage the business interests of its adversaries.