58 quotes found
“Do not confuse good tactics with good luck.”
“A good strategy with a bad implementation is a bad strategy”
“Strategy is 5 percent thinking, 95 percent execution. And strategy execution is 5 percent technical, 95 percent people-related.”
“... throughout the ages, effective results in war have rarely been attained unless theapproach has had such indirectness as to ensure the opponent's unreadyness to meet it.The indirectness has usua...”
“A good strategy and solid play doesn't revolve around tricks. It doesn't revolve around surprises. It doesn't revolve around having hidden information. It revolves around very solid strong timing, ...”
“Successful companies will almost always be described in terms of a clear strategy, good organization, strong corporate culture, and customer focus. But whether these things drive company performanc...”
“Strategy is about heading North while keeping an eye on the South.”
“Though Moltke was working with subordinates who were totally lacking in comprehension for whatever strategic plans he may have entertained and who on occasion abused the independence granted them, ...”
“Strategists seek to increase available options by manipulating structure and context, and in this way dictate the terms of conflict. One of the most captivating discussions of manipulating rules an...”
“Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.”
“5,6. The Moral Law causes the people to be in complete accord with their ruler, so that they will follow him regardless of their lives, undismayed by any danger.”
“If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them.”
“If someone offer you an opportunity to get closer to your enemy, you always take it.”
“Your strategy for success must constantly move, change, and evolve.”
“The single biggest advantage of being completely surrounded is that it gives you the opportunity to attack the enemy in any direction you choose.”
“The hound and hare were both so wearied that the peasant got them all.”
“Strategy is born when a calculated risk meets an educated guess”
“Just introduce a woman, conspiracies succeed; Of soldiers, or their weapons, there really is no need.”
“A war without a strategy cannot be won. Then it is merely a battle where more lives are lost than necessary.”
“It is a good thing to make a bridge of gold to a flying enemy”