Quotes About Strategy

What an admirable maneuver it would be to make a wife dance, and to feed her on vegetables!

Ambitious men ought to follow curved lines, the shortest road in politics.

To beat a retreat with the honors of war has always been the triumph of the ablest generals.

Let us leave hearts out of the question. Business is business, and business is not carried on with sentimentality like romances.

There is no physical method of combating a ghost which can result in his discomfiture, so I resolved to try the intellectual.

Pity they didn't devote a little more ingenuity to staying alive rather than conducting mass slaughter as efficiently as possible.

The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as usual, created enormous casualties on both sides.

You never risked everything; you risked as little as possible. You sold the idea of risking everything to the sort of idiot who thought that was how you got rich, but you kept your own risks to an absolute minimum. That way if you did make a mistake--and everybody made mistakes, or they weren't really trying--it didn't finish you. Let others ruin themselves--there were always rich pickings in the wreckage--but don't ever risk too much yourself.

Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.

Everybody knows politics is a contact sport.

I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

I don't oppose all wars. And I know that in this crowd today, there is no shortage of patriots, or of patriotism. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

You were attacking the enemy skillfully and subtly," Ileana went on, "but at the same time you could not have known that the bats would play a leading part in you offensive." "If it had not been the bats, it would have been something else," Vladilas said. "But I knew eventually you would be mine, as I wanted you to be.

In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.

The people who get places in life are the ones who stay ahead of the game.

Não existe vantagem alguma em fazer as coisas do dia para a noite, porque para fazer direito precisamos de planejamento.

Know your enemy as though you are planning for an invasion; determine when and where they are likely to attack and be ready to refute their messages.

If you're going to play the game properly you'd better know every rule.

I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States.

What roles do you want to play? Consider, for example the roles of: team builder; manager; individual contributor; change agent; technical expert; relationship builder; trouble shooter; someone who makes things happen; consolidator; problem solver; conceptualizer; big picture thinker; marketer; decision-maker; talent spotter/nurturer; mentor; turnaround artist; mediator.

The real work in raising the bar is to stop doing the same old thing you've always done, to try out new strategies, to ignore false alarms, to resist the urge to quit, and to refuse to fall back into familiar terrain. The ability to tolerate discomfort—doing what might not feel good, but doing it anyway—is the only way you'll ever complete the path to financial success. It helps to keep in mind that the discomfort is temporary, but the payoff is extraordinary

A declaration of intention is only the first strategy of financial success, but it is the most crucial one of all.

Never let stress shape your strategy. Most women think better after a brisk walk, a light meal, a massage and a nap.

Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.