Quotes About Planning

It is not the best thing to win every battle one is engaged in; the best thing is to win without planning to win. This is perfect victory.

Triunfa el que elabora una táctica para conseguirlo, aprovecha su oportunidad, acepta sus debilidades y reconoce sus fortalezas.

dilatoriness.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war.

mountain. Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

the wise leader's plans, considerations of advantage and of disadvantage will be blended together.

to concentrate or to divide your troops, must be decided by circumstances.      17. Let your rapidity be that of the wind, [The simile is doubly

is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.

la norma general de las operaciones militares consiste en no contar con que el enemigo no acuda, sino confiar en tener los medios de enfrentarte a él; no contar con que el adversario no ataque, sino confiar en poseer lo que no puede ser atacado.

Donde haya montículos y terraplenes, sitúate en su lado soleado, manteniéndolos siempre a tu derecha y detrás.

Une armée victorieuse remporte l'avantage, avant d'avoir cherché la bataille ; une armée vouée à la défaite combat dans l'espoir de gagner.

Après un premier avantage, n'allez pas vous endormir ou vouloir donner à vos troupes un repos hors de saison. Poussez votre pointe avec la même rapidité qu'un torrent qui se précipiterait de mille toises de haut. Que votre ennemi n'ait pas le temps de se reconnaître, et ne pensez à recueillir les fruits de votre victoire que lorsque sa défaite entière vous aura mis en état de le faire sûrement, avec loisir et tranquillité.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night...

Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive. He adds: Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.

Triunfan aquellos que: -saben cuando luchar y cuando no -saben discernir cuándo utilizar muchas o pocas tropas. -tienen tropas cuyos rangos superiores e inferiores tienen el mismo objetivo. -se enfrentan con preparativos a enemigos desprevenidos. -tienen generales competentes y no limitados por sus gobiernos civiles.

A common mistake is to consider planning as only a mental process, an idea in our head that simply looks at the past and adjusts for the future. If your plan is not in writing, you do not have a plan at all. Instead, you have only a dream, a vision, or perhaps even a nightmare.

Those unable to understand the dangers inherent in employing troops are equally unable to understand the advantageous ways of doing so.

An enlightened ruler thinks carefully; effective general goes to the end.

A previous information allows wise rulers and valuable generals to move and conquer.

An outstanding perfection is not in winning every battle, but in defeating an enemy before entering a battle.

The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead; the good general cultivates his resources. He controls his soldiers by his authority, knits them together by good faith, and by rewards makes them serviceable. If faith decays, there will be disruption; if rewards are deficient, commands will not be respected.

So much for operations in salt-marches.

One who sets the entire army in motion to chase an advantage will not attain it.

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