Strategy Quotes

“Mi táctica es
mirarte
aprender como sos
quererte como sos

mi táctica es
hablarte
y escucharte
construir con palabras
un puente indestructible

mi táctica es
quedarme en tu recuerdo
no sé cómo ni sé
con qué pretexto
pero quedarme en vos

mi táctica es
ser franco
y saber que sos franca
y que no nos vendamos
simulacros
para que entre los dos

no haya telón
ni abismos

mi estrategia es
en cambio
más profunda y más
simple
mi estrategia es
que un día cualquiera
no sé cómo ni sé
con qué pretexto
por fin me necesites”
― Mario Benedetti Táctica y estrategia

“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“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.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“It is necessary for a prince wishing to hold his own to know how to do wrong, and to make use of it or not according to necessity.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

“Don't interpret anything too much. This is time waster number 1.”
― Dee Dee Artner

“Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.”
― Benjamin Franklin, The Way to Wealth

“For should the enemy strengthen his van, he will weaken his rear; should he strengthen his rear, he will weaken his van; should he strengthen his left, he will weaken his right; should he strengthen his right, he will weaken his left. If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“If we wish to fight, the enemy can be forced to an engagement even though he be sheltered behind a high rampart and a deep ditch. All we need do is attack some other place that he will be obliged to relieve.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“It is of the greatest important in this world that a man should know himself, and the measure of his own strength and means; and he who knows that he has not a genius for fighting must learn how to govern by the arts of peace.”
― Machiavelli, Niccolo

“It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“...this protracted war will pass through three stages. The first stage covers the period of the enemy's strategic offensive and our strategic defensive. The second stage will be the period of the enemy's strategic consolidation and our preparation for the counter-offensive. The third stage will be the period of our strategic counter-offensive and the enemy's strategic retreat.”
― Mao Zedong, Selected Military Writings

“If the rules make such a difference, then it becomes very important who gets to make them.”
― Abhijit V. Banerjee, Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

“The War Department in Washington briefly weighed more ambitious schemes to relieve the Americans on a large scale before it was too late. But by Christmas of 1941, Washington had already come to regard Bataan as a lost cause. President Roosevelt had decided to concentrate American resources primarily in the European theater rather than attempt to fight an all-out war on two distant fronts. At odds with the emerging master strategy for winning the war, the remote outpost of Bataan lay doomed. By late December, President Roosevelt and War Secretary Henry Stimson had confided to Winston Churchill that they had regrettably written off the Philippines. In a particularly chilly phrase that was later to become famous, Stimson had remarked, 'There are times when men have to die.”
― Hampton Sides, Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

“The more bullets flying, the less accurate each individual slug has to be.”
― Andrew Vachss

“A strategic victory seen as luck by laymen.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“They are not working in sync. Working on the same thing at the same time is not as effective as working on the same thing a the same time with the same strategy.”
― Reggie Joiner, Think Orange: Imagine the Impact When Church and Family Collide...

“We each sell alittle piece of happiness. You are elevating someone's spirit in some way, and to do that you have to understand the source of their angst and then you have to frame your product as a solution.”
― Sonia Marciano

“sodoyouthinkyoucouldtrustmetogotothedancetonight?" she blurted before losing her nerve.
Viktor and Viveka exchanged a quick glance.
Are they considering it? They are! They trust -
"No," they said together.
Frankie resisted the urge to spark. Or scream. Or threaten to go on a charging strike. She had prepared herself for this. It had always been a possibility. That's why she'd read 'Acting For Young Actors: The Ultimate Teenage Guide' by Mary Lou Belli and Dihah Lenney. So she could act like she understood their rejection. Act like she accepted it. And act like she would return to her room with grace. "Well, thanks for hearing me out," she said, kissing them on the cheeks and skipping off to bed. "Good night."
"Good night?" Viktor responded. "That's it? No argument?"
"No argument," Frankie said with a sweet smile. "You have to see this punishment through or you're not teaching me anything. I get it."
"O-kay." Viktor returned to his medical journal, shaking his head as if he couldn't quite believe what he was hearing.
"We love you." Viveka blew another kiss.
"I love you, too." Frankie blew two back.
Time for Plan B.”
― Lisi Harrison, Monster High

“It is a fool of a shepherd who culls his dogs.”
― Jefferson Smith, Strange Places

“Jackson lead as he lived, sometimes with his heart, sometimes with his mind, sometimes with both.”
― Jon Meacham, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

“Sometimes, sitting here in the dark, slowly slowly creating strategy, she wondered if she was only fooling herself to think her plans were clever.”
― Vernor Vinge, The Children of the Sky

“Government was rarely more than a choice between the disastrous and the unpalatable.”
― Barbara W. Tuchman, The March Of Folly: From Troy To Vietnam

“The eminent strategy had won yesterday,
but defeat will be felt by enemy tomorrow.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“[Harper] once told a friend, "I think about strategy twenty-four hours a day," and it was only a small exaggeration.”
― Lawrence Martin, Harperland: The Politics Of Control

“Je größerer Art die Maßnahmen werden, um so weniger kann man damit überraschen.”
― Carl von Clausewitz, Die Kunst des Krieges & Vom Kriege

“Social media isn’t a brand strategy. Social media is a channel. While it’s important for a brand to develop something to say, it’s more important to create something that will be heard.”
― David Brier

“Symbols of productivity ARE NOT productivity.”
― Richie Norton

“If one had a capable subordinate, allowing them to take charge was a wise gesture; interference from an incompetent superior would only lead to tragedy.”
― Maruyama Kugane, オーバーロード 6 王国の漢たち[下]

“Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
“Most of my time is spent in doing as well as I can the work immediately at hand. One hopes that by doing quietly and without parade as solid work as one can when one is occupied, one makes the best contribution possible to one's state.”
― Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.,

“It was at this time that he formulated a basic principle for the conduct of the Battle of Britain: that it was better to spoil the aim of many German aircraft than to shoot down a few of them.”
― Vincent Orange, Park: The Biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, GCB, KBE, MC, DFC, DCL