Strategy Quotes - Page 8

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

In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind you fast.

Niccolò Machiavelli

In many instances, the failures of my greatest schemes ultimately lead to the fulfillment of my greatest successes. Therefore, God will allow our most cherished dreams to perish so that we might turn and seek out His most cherished plans.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

Sometimes, if your opponent is determined to win the battle, let him win the wrong battle.

You cannot intimidate people with real bullets, but you can intimidate them with fake gun.

Trouble cannot be avoided, you either go looking for it or it will come looking for you.

Constance Friday

War is more than battles, and battles are more than violence.

You must become your enemy to truly understand him.

Felix O. Hartmann

Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished.

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Ever since you and I were boys of fifteen, I have been in countless battles, from skirmishes to giant wars that determined the fate of nations; if there is one thing I have learned from all that experience, Garanth, it is that battles are alive. Battles are living things. As with beasts, you must try to know them, you must handle them with care and some love, but you must never take your eyes off them, or they will go for your throat. Battles are wild beasts that can never be truly tamed, Garanth. You need both a whip and meat if you want them to turn on your foes and not yourself. The general . . . does not understand this.

Do not think of defeat if the battle is not won yet

Risk is the factor of a stratagem measured by what man is powerless to control.

...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.

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

Sun Tzu

Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.

Sun Tzu

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

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

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

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

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.

Sun Tzu

Standing on the defensive indicates insufficient strength; attacking, a superabundance of strength.

Sun Tzu

Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.

Sun Tzu

When you are dealing with an invisible enemy,use most resources as shield, and a bit as a bait.

Toba Beta

This is stupid.""Look. You think how stupid people are most of the time. Old men drink. Women at a village fair. Boys throwing stones at birds. Life. The foolishness and the vanity, the selfishness and the waste. The pettiness, the silliness. You think in war it must be different. Must be better. With death around the corner, men united against hardship, the cunning of the enemy, people must think harder, faster, be...better. Be heroic.Only it's just the same. In fact do you know, because of all that pressure, and worry, and fear, it's worse. There aren't many men who think clearest when the stakes are highest. So people are even stupider in war than the rest of the time. Thinking about how they'll dodge the blame, or grab the glory, or save their skins, rather than about what will actually work. There's no job that forgives stupidity more than soldiering. No job that encourages it more.

Joe Abercrombie

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.]

Sun Tzu

Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible; and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

Sun Tzu

Bravery without forethought, causes a man to fight blindly and desperately like a mad bull. Such an opponent, must not be encountered with brute force, but may be lured into an ambush and slain.

Sun Tzu

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower

It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other side then this is a valuable bonus.

Terry Pratchett

He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.

Sun Tzu

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

Sun Tzu

If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.

Sun Tzu

There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.

Sun Tzu

Great results, can be achieved with small forces.

Sun Tzu

Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.

Sun Tzu

When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders'.

Sun Tzu

If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third.

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

Sun Tzu

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower

To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.

Sun Tzu

who wishes to fight must first count the cost

Sun Tzu

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

Sun Tzu

If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected .

Sun Tzu

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

Sun Tzu

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

Sun Tzu

In order to deliver people we need to have a strategy, to have a plan of deliverance

Secretary of the treasury Albert Gallatin is accused of treason by war enthusiasts merely for suggesting budget adjustments to pay for war measures.

Donald R. Hickey

Rather than reacting to every obstacle or dashed expectation, incorporate the event into your overall plan. Real life setbacks like rejections, broken promises, and unfair disadvantages will happen. Rethink the meaning behind the emotional triggers and how your reaction will further your purpose. Manage emotions by recognizing their place, but do not allow them to control your moves.

Alisa Melekhina

You have to be strategic in your action

A man may plant a tree for a number of reasons. Perhaps he likes trees. Perhaps he wants shelter. Or perhaps he knows that someday he may need the firewood.

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.

There is no force in Earth or Heaven above,No, not even the damned of Hell can stop relentless Love. ---Kari, The Valkyrie, Chapter Sixteen,Valley of the Damned Epic Martial Poem/Allegory

douglas m laurent

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Every advantage is temporary.

Katerina Stoykova-Klemer

The more beautiful the vision, the more complicated the execution.

Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead.

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

No one can take the shot for you.

He who believes not in your quest should not sail with you, so that he won't sink your ship.

Bamigboye Olurotimi

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