#strategy

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#however #look #occasionally #results #should

The two studied one another for what seemed hours, neither saying a word. Jaden’s first inclination was to yell and demand his freedom, but something held him back. Here was a new man, and a new set of mind games. He waited for the old man to speak first and introduce himself, as Dalton had upon their first formal meeting. The stranger remained silent. ↗

— Courtney Kirchoff

#mind-games #nemesis #strategy #freedom

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle ↗

— Sun Tzu

#art

To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #victory #art

The man of thought who will not act is ineffective; the man of action who will not think is dangerous. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#danger #intelligence #strategy #intelligence

To withdraw isn't a sign of weakness... It is a sign that a man knows the limits of his capabilities and the most probable outcome of the future. One who retreats to fight another day isn't running away, but looking for another road towards the same destination. ↗

— Lionel Suggs

#retreat #strategy #intelligence

He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

Strategy was first used in Athens (508 BC) to describe the art of leadership used by the ten generals on the war council. Some argue for the more creative, human side, while others argue for the more analytic side of strategy. ↗

— Max McKeown

#creativity #leadership #strategic #strategy #art