Quotes About Strategy

The poetics of politics had to be observed.

Ryan was a tough, formidable son of a bitch who met things head-on when he had to. That's his weakness, Wellington told himself. He prefers to meet things head-on. He lacks subtlety. It was a common failing of the honest, and a grievous weakness in a political environment.

Submariners lived by a simple motto: There are two kinds of ships, submarines . . . and targets.

we're proceeding on the assumption that the operation initiated in America.

A business plan is a campaign, a strategy, an outline of what you want to do and how you plan to do it. And you need to write one whether or not you are looking for finance.

Your business plan should tell a compelling story. It should present a problem that you are going to fix.

Include some material in your business plan about your competition. Become obsessed by your competition. You may think you have none, but you do.

Threats ... are the last resort of the inadequate negotiator.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, thirty-fourth president of the United States, was the Supreme Allied Commander in World War II. He said this about logistics: "You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.

You know what the game of golf is, don't you? It's basketball for people who can't jump and chess for people who can't think.

I recommend that you make all of your major moves on the first of April. Just in case.)

These are tough choices. You may find yourself torn between wanting to propose the very best, most effective solution you can and wanting to submit the most competitive proposal possible.

And, after all, winning business is what writing proposals is all about.

Although a great proposal by itself seldom wins a deal, a bad proposal can definitely lose one.

you've no idea, the whole Army's obsessed with playing at soldiers...

In pioneer days they used oxen for heavy pulling, and when one ox couldn't budge a log, they didn't try to grow a larger ox. We shouldn't be trying for bigger computers, but for more systems of computers. — Grace Hopper

Christian leaders have leveraged our men to build church buildings and run church programs, but we have failed to disciple them in what it means to be about the kingdom. Nothing is wrong with church buildings—as long as those within it aim to use the available resources strategically to advance God's kingdom.

Unsurprisingly, planning was most admired and advocated at the political extremes.

The only way to win this cat-and-mouse game, as the Cat said in Red Dwarf, was not to be the mouse.

It's always good business practice to eliminate any potential avengers.

be financially viable in its current form.

Second, clarify what you really don't want. This is the key to framing the and question. Think of what you are afraid will happen to you if you back away from your current strategy of trying to win or stay safe. What bad thing will happen if you stop pushing so hard? Or if you don't try to escape? What horrible outcome makes game-playing an attractive and sensible option?

A weapon can usually be turned against you, if you don't know how to use it.

A veces hay que atacar a la gente con sus propias armas. El truco está en no mostrar ni la más mínima duda mientras se habla y en incluir al menos a un reconocido autor de éxito, preferiblemente a uno del que efectivamente se haya leído algo. Además, cuanto más exóticos y extranjeros sean los nombres, mejor.