Strategy Quotes

"Whenever I bowl, I vary the pace because otherwise, it becomes easy for the batsmen if you bowl at the same pace."

"As we move to diversify our economy, we are particularly aware that we need oil to get out of oil."

"I never overestimate my opponents."

"We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game."

"Sometimes my arm wants to throw a hard fastball, but my brain doesn't want to throw it that hard."

"I'm all in favour of grand important speeches, but the president then has to link his sermons to a strategy."

"A crow can defeat an owl by day; those who wish to conquer must choose the right time."

Thiruvalluvar

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

"All warfare is based on deception."

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles."

"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win."

"War is the continuation of politics by other means."

Carl von Clausewitz

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."

"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy."

"War is a matter not so much of arms as of money."

Thucydides

"Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please."

"Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak."

"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."

"I will either find a way or make one."

Hannibal

"Do not reveal your troubles to those who do not know them, nor your weakness to your foes."

Thiruvalluvar

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

"Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head."

Euripides

"There is no greater misfortune than underestimating your enemy."

"Weigh the strength the task demands, your own strength, your rival's, and that of your allies – then act."

Thiruvalluvar

"The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence."

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand