Quotes about Strategy
Antiochus shall act prosperously according to his mental perception, and shall be so assisted by' his craftiness, as to obtain whatever he shall grasp at.
- John Calvin
Institutions mistake good intentions for objectives. They say "health care"; that's an intention, not an objective.
- Peter Drucker
In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to combine geographical situation, and sometimes other considerations, with abilities and fitness of known characters.
- George Washington
The parties are the gamesters; but government keeps the table, and is sure to be the winner in the end.
- Edmund Burke
If we don't want to see the map of Central America covered in a sea of red, eventually lapping at our own borders, we must act now.
- Ronald Reagan
A great business at a fair price is superior to a fair business at a great price.
- Charlie Munger
Great marketing only makes a bad product fail faster.
- David Ogilvy
Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.
- John Wooden
We may argue eloquently that 'Honesty is the best Policy' - unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously ceases to be honesty.
- Dorothy Sayers
The ferocity we show our foes must be tempered by the lesson we hope to teach.
- Frank Herbert
Hope is not strategy. Hope fits with vision, but we must have a strategy and a process to make our vision become a reality.
- John Maxwell
We are in what we hope is an intensive diplomatic phase now. It will not be open-ended.
- Barack Obama