Quotes by Subject: Strategy & Tactics
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When it is not necessary to make a decision, it is necessary not to make a decision. | |||
Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work. | |||
People who are always making allowances for themselves soon go bankrupt. | |||
Unless you are willing to walk away from a deal, you're not negotiating, you're begging. | |||
Do not tell your problems to people: eighty percent do not care and the other twenty percent are glad you have them. | |||
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week. | |||
Make yourself necessary to somebody. Do not make life hard to any. | |||
Put all your eggs in one basket, and then pay very close attention to that basket. | |||
Plan your progress carefully; hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by- month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. | |||
One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows slowly endures. | |||
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. | |||
The best victory is when the opponent surrenders if its own accord before there are actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting. | |||
Opportunities multiply as they are seized. | |||
There are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to fight are victorious. Those who discern when to use many or few troops are victorious. Those who upper and lower ranks have the same desire are victorious. Those who face the unprepared with preparation are victorious. Those whose generals are able and not constrained by their governments are victorious. These five are the ways to know who will win. | |||
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come. | |||
Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing. | |||
Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything. | |||
I don't skate to where the puck is. I skate to where the puck is going to be. | |||
You will always miss 100% of the shots you do not take | |||
Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently. | |||
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. | |||
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it. | * | ||
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. | |||
The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow. | |||
May your plans be dark and inpenetrable as night, and when you strike, fall light a thunderbolt. | |||
You can observe a lot by just watching. | |||
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there. | * | ||
Appear weak when you are srong, and strong when you are weak. | |||
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and whatever you hit, call it the target. | * | ||
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. | * | ||
The early bird gets the worm; the second mouse gets the cheese. | * | ||
Truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. | |||
Violence is for fools and emergencies. The less of a fool you are, the fewer emergencies you will have. | * | ||
However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them? | |||
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