Quotes About Tactics

There are two sides to any war-game, Your Highness, and the other side is trying to win, too.

If somebody wants to be your enemy, there's only one thing you can do. You give them exactly what they want. It confuses them and makes them wonder what you're up to.

Do we have a plan?" she asked. "Yes," he told her. "Shoot everything that moves.

The defender must first think defensively, but he must also think offensively. For an attacker it is the other way around. Somewhere they meet.

Not all the arts of diplomacy are learned solely in its practice. There are other exercise yards.

In my experience it is far better to tell a man what he wants to hear then do as you please, than attempt to reason with him.

because, in my experience, it is far better to tell a man what he wants to hear and then do as you please than attempt to reason with him.

I gave it to him because, in my experience, it is far better to tell a man what he wants to hear and then do as you please than attempt to reason with him.

it is far better to tell a man what he wants to hear and then do as you please than attempt to reason with him.

The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy but where are they.

The wise warrior avoids the battle.

Life, is a chess game you win or loose, but just keep playing.

Always assume your opponent to be smarter than you.

Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.

Good intelligence is nine-tenths of any battle.

The same intelligence is required to marshal an army in battle and to order a good dinner. The first must be as formidable as possible, the second as pleasant as possible, to the participants.

If you have really good intelligence, that truly does put the - I mean putting troops on the ground in some way.

Intelligence can be used to manipulate.

People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess.

Great advantage is drawn from knowledge of your adversary, and when you know the measure of his intelligence and character, you can use it to play on his weakness.

The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings. [Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois.]

Our enemies, like the Grecian hero, have one vulnerable point. You have not touched it yet. What should have been their element of weakness has been suffered to remain an element of strength.

Avoid discussing salary—he who gives a number first loses negotiating power. If backed into a corner, give a salary range rather than a finite number. Base your range on competitive data.