Quotes about Strategy

Strategic thought is needed in missionary work. From the point of view of salvation, all souls are equal. From the view of missionary strategy, they are not equal.

The early church worked secretly and illegally, and it triumphed. We must learn again to work in the same manner. Until the Communist era, I never understood why so many persons in the New Testament are called by nicknames...We continue to use secret names in our work in captive nations.

The most damaging aspect of contemporary living is short-term thinking.

as the king rose from his seat, Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword from his right thigh and plunged it into the king's belly. Even the handle sank in after the blade, and his bowels discharged. Ehud did not pull the sword out, and the fat closed in over it. (That's in the Bible. Word for word.)

Satan's first strategy is to keep religion intellectual.

We have to assess: Are we making disciples along the way as we draw people to our churches?

Design your financial future in every respect, and then make a plan to achieve it.

You can change everything about your business by changing your thinking about your business.

You need a plan to build a house. To build a life, it is even more important to have a plan or goal.

And if you've got the wrong plans, I don't care how many positive qualities you've got, you're going to end up in the wrong place.

Then if you don't mind a suggestion—plan what you will do, and then set it aside until tomorrow," Cole said. "You tend to worry things in circles. Try to worry in a straight line.

Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power.