Quotes About Strategy

There is sitting and there is sitting. (...) Each one waits for the other to move, but the lion is poised, his tail twitching, while the fawn is frozen by fear, bowels turned to belly. No matter which way he bounds, the lion will have him, and he knows it.

My mind is my weapon.

If one head was enough to appease a prince of Dorne, a bag of them should be more than adequate for a fat northman wrapped in sealskins.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you. Remember that, Sansa, when you come to play the game." "What … what game?" "The only game. The game of thrones.

I have a realistic grasp of my own strengths and weaknesses. My mind is my weapon. My

Hay peleas que no se pueden ganar con la espada»

Be open where you can and stealthy where you must

A wise man never makes an enemy of a king.

Everyone wants something, Alayne. And when you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.

Todo hombre y toda doncella empiezan siendo piezas, aunque algunos se crean jugadores.

I am tempted to say this is no game we play, daughter, but of course it is. The game of thrones.

In the game of thrones, even the humblest pieces can have wills of their own. Sometimes they refuse to make the moves you've planned for them. Mark that well, Alayne. It's a lesson that Cersei Lannister still has yet to learn. Now,

My mother taught me long ago that only madmen fight wars they cannot win.

No, thought the dwarf, he plays the game of thrones, and you and Griff and Duck are only pieces, to be moved where he will and sacrificed at need, just as he sacrificed Viserys.

Mantende sempre os vossos inimigos confusos. Se nunca estiverem seguros de quem sois ou do que quereis, não podem saber o que é provável fazerdes em seguida. Por vezes a melhor maneira de os confundir é fazer coisas que não têm nenhum fito, ou até que parecem jogar contra vós.

Men will always underestimate you, he said, and their pride will make them want to vanquish you quickly, lest it be said that a woman tried them sorely. Let them spend their strength in furious attacks, whilst you conserve your own.

When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground

Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you.

George R.R. Martin

Why do boys so love to play at war?

In battle, discipline beats numbers nine times of every ten.

Things can change quickly in the game of thrones.

When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.

A siege is a deadly dull.