Adjust The Action

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the actions.”
--Confucius

Important Strategy

“In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things.”
--Miyamoto Musashi

Strategy's Importance

“The important thing in strategy is to suppress the enemy's useful actions but allow his useless actions.”
--Miyamoto Musashi

Good Tactics

“Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.”
--George S. Patton Jr.

Not A Good Strategy

“Rarely have I seen a situation where doing less than the other guy is a good strategy.”
--Jimmy Spithill

Time and Space

“Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the later than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never.”
--Napoleon Bonaparte

Potent Combo

“Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.”
--Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.

Not Taking Risks

“In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”
--Mark Zuckerberg

Fuzzy Logic

“There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.”
--Ansel Adams

Strategy Wins

“Those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle. They conquer by strategy."
--Sun Tzu

Surprise Victory

“In conflict, straightforward actions generally lead to engagement, surprising actions generally lead to victory.”
--Sun Tzu

Killer Opportunity

“When you kill a little time, you may be murdering opportunity.”
--Harvey Mackay

Wish List

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
--Antoine de Saint Exupéry