Quotes About Strategy

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

War is nothing but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means.

Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult

The conqueror is always a lover of peace; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.

No one starts a war--or rather, no one in his sense ought to do so--without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by the war and how he intends to conduct it.

There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom.

Boldness governed by superior intellect is the mark of a hero.

All war presupposes human weakness and seeks to exploit it.

War is such a dangerous business that mistakes that come from kindness are the very worst.

War is merely the continuation of politics by other means

the side that feels the lesser urge for peace will naturally get the better bargain.

to introduce into the philosophy of war itself a principle of moderation would be an absurdity

The aggressor is always peace-loving (as Bonaparte always claimed to be); he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.

You don't win a game by hitting the ball out of the court.

Why is it that all wars are won by bankers?

La vida, hijo mío, es como la primera partida de ajedrez. Cuando empiezas a entender cómo se mueven las piezas, ya has perdido.

The strategy of gaining entry is not unlike seduction: if you ask for permission, you've lost before you've begun.

El juego de la infiltración es similar al de la seducción: el que pide permiso ha perdido antes de empezar. Alicia

La táctica es el conjunto de pequeños pasos que das para llegar a algún sitio. La estrategia son los pasos que das cuando ya no hay ningún lugar al que ir.

In Martín's novel, the book that had kept Fermín company all those months, one of the characters swore that the best way of disarming the authorities was to speak to them first before they addressed you.

El juego de la infiltración es similar al de la seducción: el que pide permiso ha perdido antes de empezar.

El plan, o la ausencia de uno...

It is easier to lure a fish than to hit it over the head with a club.

What, then, was the new strategy he proposed? More troops and more money. For him, any other option was unthinkable. It would mean he had made a colossal mistake.