Strategy Quotes - Page 3

Know the enemy, know yourself and victory is never in doubt, not in a hundred battles.

When it comes to branding and the ever-changing social media phenomenon, you’re not a mushroom. In other words, you shouldn’t be kept in the dark and fed a pile of...well, you get the idea.

Time well-spent is life well-lived.

Consider your goal like a war to win and use whatever strategies you know to win

Danger has a bracing effect.

Mutual respect is an integral part of communication.

Strategy is 5 percent thinking, 95 percent execution. And strategy execution is 5 percent technical, 95 percent people-related.

Evidently, one thing seems to have more value in direct proportion to whether or not we feel we have the freedoms, joys or conveniences of that thing.

Why, we're simply going to create an army of a million men. Conjure it up, I'm afraid, completely out of thin air.

We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.

There is hope for you.

If equally matched, we can offer battle; if slightly inferior in numbers, we can avoid the enemy; if quite unequal in every way, we can flee from him. Though an obstinate fight may be made by a small force, in the end it must be captured by the larger force.

There is a difference between giving-up and strategic disengagement. Know the difference.

Those moments when we learn that mothers rage and fathers kill, that friends betray and authority is fallible, or that our own blank, innocent ignorance can destroy the pure, the good, and the loved are moments the very memory of which constitutes the beginning of a strategy to live in a world where such horrors exist.

Pool is a game of thinking, strategy and accuracy - just like in business.

A great strategy meeting is a meeting of minds.

Regular and concentrated training makes an expert.

ReThink culture, because it is the foundation of all strategic success.

You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.

Strategic coherence is more important than strategic perfection.

The bottom-line is, that nothing should affect your bottom-line.

Don't look for the next opportunity. The one you have in hand is the opportunity.

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.

Confronted by menace or what is perceived as menace, governments will usually attempt to smash it, rarely to examine it, understand it, and drefine it.

Entrepreneurs utilize even a negative change positively.

Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted.

Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.

I know sometimes life can be painful, my tiger. But, remember, if you can’t change what’s happened today, you must bide your time, until you’re strong enough to fight tomorrow.

The best defense is a good offense.

We propose to consider first the single elements of our subject, then each branch of part, and, last of all, the whole in all its relations-therefore to advance from the simple to the complex. But it is necessary for us to commence with a glance at the nature of the whole, because it is particularly necessary that in the consideration of any of the parts their relation to the whole be kept constantly in view.We shall not enter into any of the abstruse definitions of War used by publicists. We shall keep to the element of the thing itself, to a duel. War is nothing but a duel on an extensive scale. If we would conceive as a unit the countless number of duels which make up a War, we shall do so best by supposing to ourselves two wrestlers. Each strives by physical force to compel the other to submit to his will: each endeavors to throw his adversary, and thus render him incapable of further resistance.War therefore is an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.

A task is only difficulty, when we not find the best strategy to get it done.

Strategy is not about doing things…it's about doing things deliberately.

who wishes to fight must first count the cost

Do not confuse good tactics with good luck.

They tricked me in school and marketing only made it worse. Happiness, love, wellness, success are not children of luck, things to be found or to work hard for, but matters of design. A good life story is all about imagination, resilience, strategy and skills.

A president must know what it is he does not know, and he should remain calm in pursuit of it, but there is no obligation to be honest about it.

You have to be strategic in your action

Anger creates distances that shouting increases.

A positive strategy should focus on innovation.

When strategy, culture, and brand harmonize, they amplify one another and resonate loud and clear.

who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits

While you're taking your minute to think, consider the possible outcomes. Immediately discard any that involve making the Bully back down and admit that you're right. You cannot be right and effective at the same time.

If there are no new ideas, there is no innovation. And if there is no creativity, there are no new ideas.

A satisfied customer brings more customers.

Growth-oriented performance demands sustained entrepreneurial efforts.

If those who are sent to draw water begin by drinking themselves, the army is suffering from thirst. [One may know the condition of a whole army from the behavior of a single man.]

A threat should never be spoken, your enemy should not be told of your intentions. Either take decisive action or refrain from it, but never threaten

The focus of gap analysis should be getting to the other side. If you bend-over to analyze a gap too long, you'll probably fall into it.

the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

So it comes down to scarcity, one product or service having qualities you won’t find everywhere or ideally, anywhere. It’s the job of every brand to seek that out as their standard, their stamp.

The world is now being dominated by few Giant organizations that influence and dectate our consuming behavior.

In carrying out a peacekeeping mission where the grand strategy is to maintain peace and order by persuading armed parties or other hostile elements to back away from aggressive activities, military strength is not a definite measure of success; neither could material contribution alone guarantees the "winning of the hearts and minds" of the people. What appears to be important is the day-to-day conduct of the peacekeepers on the ground; those who uphold the principles of neutrality and impartiality, as well as those who are able to carry all aspects of its operational duties exceptionally.

Do you know great minds enjoy excellence, average minds love mediocrity and small minds adore comfort zones?

Check your moves well, because it can cost one pawn or losing a lot of just from three moves!

If you see your country going through economic problems, the best thing to do is to come up with a strategy, plan and vision of how to affect the economy of the nation, rather than simply fixing your own individual economic problem.

The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.

War is ruthless murder, yet it is justifiable only when a country is defending its turf from outside intruders. To convince soldiers to attack another country for no other reason than greed or strategic positioning requires creativity. And most of the time, soldiers do not really know whether they are on the side of the attackers or the defenders. This is where people misunderstand war. When you attack another country for its resources, you are the pirate. But when you protect your country from the pirates, you are the hero.

If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them.

**New business concepts are always, always the product of lucky foresight.**That's right - the essential insight doesn't come out of any dirigiste planning process; it comes form some cocktail of happenstance, desire, curiosity, ambition and need. But at the end of the day, there has to be a degree of foresight -- a sense of where new riches lie. So radical innovation is always one part fortuity and one part clearheaded vision.[first-line bold by author][2002] p.23

Even if all communication from everyone is followed, yet one cannot please everyone.