1,050 Quotes About Strategy

Eine Strategie ist nichts anderes als eine Absicht. Grundsätzlich braucht man ein Ziel. Der Weg dorthin kann über eine Strategie führen, allerdings ist nicht jede Strategie gleich zielführend.

Both in fighting and in everyday life, you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased.

No "offense" should be taken, as "none" has been given.

Every desire demands a strategy. Desire without a strategy is just a waste of time.

One who has a strategy is never disappointed but full of confidence and enthusiasm.

Even the person who says “I don’t know how but I will achieve this” also has a strategy.

The lines cannot hold for much longer when faced with a crying little girl.

Although ‘Machiavellian’ has become synonymous with strategies based on deceit and manipulation, Machiavelli’s approach was actually far more balanced. He understood that the more the prince was perceived to rely on devious methods, the less likely it would be that they succeeded. The wise strategist would seek to develop a foundation for the exercise of power that went beyond false impressions and harsh punishments, and onto real accomplishments and general respect.

Chess is all about maintaining coherent strategies. It’s about not giving up when the enemy destroys one plan but to immediately come up with the next. A game isn’t won and lost at the point when the king is finally cornered. The game's sealed when a player gives up having any strategy at all. When his soldiers are all scattered, they have no common cause, and they move one piece at a time, that’s when you’ve lost.