Quotes About Strategy

Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs.

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

The nature of war is constant change.

Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuvering for advantageous positions.

Let others wage war. You, lucky Austria, shall marry.

War is always a matter of doing evil in the hope that good may come of it.

In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.

When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.

We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors. We are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the country.

Every day that goes by, I mean, if you don't react to Pearl Harbor for a week or two weeks or three weeks, you're behind in the war that you otherwise would have fought.

Like as a wise man in time of peace prepares for war.

With regard to precipitous heights, if you are beforehand with your adversary, you should occupy the raised and sunny spots, and there wait for him to come up.

We always prefer war on our own terms to peace on someone else's.

Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.

Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.

To have good soldiers, a nation must always be at war.

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

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

It is my conviction that in time of war, when the cannon speaks with its powerful voice, the less we speak the better.

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

He that makes war without many mistakes has not made war very long.

To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.

...the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.