Quotes about Tactics
Pantagruel said to his men, "Gentlemen, I have made this prisoner believe that we will not assault them till to-morrow at noon, but my intention is that we charge them about the hour of the first sleep.
- Francois Rabelais
A sharp stick is better than a blunt sword.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its womankind.
- George Bernard Shaw
Every book of tactics in the regiment was in use from morning until night, and the officers and non-commissioned officers were always studying the problems presented at the schools.
- Theodore Roosevelt
When armies are mobilized and issues joined,The man who is sorry over the fact will win.
- Lao Tzu
My father's approach to the most brutal and unambiguous social injustices during the civil rights struggle was rooted in nonviolence as a morally and tactically correct response.
- Martin Luther King III
Women defend themselves by attacking, just as they attack by sudden and strange surrenders.
- Oscar Wilde
Be willing to lose a battle in order to win the war.
- H Jackson Brown, Jr.
She began to complain. Women defend themselves by attacking, just as they attack by sudden and strange surrenders.
- Oscar Wilde
Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.
- Henry Ward Beecher
I find the game mentally challenging and really enjoy the chess match that occurs every week between the offense and the opposing defense.
- Ryan Fitzpatrick
The guys who play in midfield and up front are the ones who decide games.
- Javier Zanetti