Quotes About Tactics

Serious sport is war minus the shooting.

No Bastard ever won a war by dying for his country

Never wound a foe when you can kill him

A good king knows when to save his strength and when to destroy his enemies.

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.

Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with quills and ravens.

Schemes are like fruit, they require a certain ripening.

You little fool. Tears are not a woman's only weapon. You've got another one between your legs, and you'd best learn to use it. You'll find men use their swords freely enough. Both kinds of swords.

How do you fight someone if you can't hit them?

If war were arithmetic, then the mathematicians would rule the world. (Lord Petyr Baelish)

These old knights are more cunning than you think, or they would never have lived to see their first grey hair.

This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.

Valor is a poor substitute for numbers

and take the ironmen in the rear while they are beating off what they think is my main thrust up the causeway

My brother has his sword, and I have my mind... ?Tyrion Lannister

My first rule of war, Cat-never give the enemy his wish

The cat who wants his bowl of cream must know when to purr and when to show his claws" - Ser Kyle, the Cat of Misty Moor

The Marquis de Carabas always had a plan, and he always had a fallback plan; and beneath these plans he always had a real plan, one that he would not even let himself know about, for when the original plan and the fallback plan had both gone south.

Not all of us can be as bold as Jaime, but there are other ways to win wars.

In King's Landing, there are two sorts of people. The players and the pieces.

Wars are won with quills and ravens, wasn't that what you said?

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.

Hay peleas que no se pueden ganar con la espada»

Be open where you can and stealthy where you must