Quotes About Tactics

And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing.

You all know that each title in the Chronicles has a chess theme that's partly because of the overall design of the Chronicles themselves - the game of chess as an analogue of the game of life.

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; and when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

You don't win a war by dying for your country. You win a war by making the other dumb bastard die for his.

assume I'll be driving in the opposite direction from the decoy pickup truck," said Vargas.

The Dictator's Handbook, written by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, and Alastair Smith,

I don't know what weapons will be used to fight World War III.

The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself." —Sun Tzu, The Art of War

It's a false flag operation, and they've been successful.

George Patton, who had said, "You don't win a war by dying for your country. You win a war by making the other dumb bastard die for his.

Sun Tzu thousands of years earlier: All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; and when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

In the game of chess, an experienced player may take a novice to the brink of defeat in just three moves. The fourth move can be checkmate, and the kingdom is lost.

You don't win wars by dying for your country you win wars by making the other son of a bitch die for his

if the Democrats suggested a plan to burn down the Capitol building, the Republicans would counter with a plan to do it over the course of three years.

Offensive Takeaway Point: We should look for a way to stop responding to initiatives of the adversary and start behaving in such a way that they have to figure out how to respond to us. Take the initiative.

Leaders should be continually monitoring performance, adjusting strategy and implementing tactics to ensure the success of their direct reports and the overall organization.

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.

I can comprehend Alekhine's combinations well enough; but where he gets his attacking chances from and how he infuses such life into the very opening - that is beyond me.

In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

Good generalship is a realization that... you've got to try and figure out how to accomplish your mission with a minimum loss of human life.

The pleasure to be derived from a chess combination lie in the feeling that a human mind is behind the game, dominating the inanimate pieces ... and giving them breath of life.

Chess is life in miniature. Chess is struggle, chess is battles

My key to victory was that I always went out way too fast. Too fast erases every other race strategy out there. Everyone is hanging on for dear life or they give up.