Strategy Quotes

Desperation is not an evidence of hard work, it's a sign of lack of faith

~ Constance Friday

If you meet a number of failures the causes of which are not known, look for something that is common for each failure and that is never present when there is a success.

~ Jon Stuart Mill

If you employed a strategy that is not conducive to the results you are looking for, then you will not achieve the desired result. You have to understand that it’s not you that failed; it’s just that you employed the wrong strategy.

~ Julian Pencilliah

Make foes of bowmen if you must,Never of penmen.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

~ Baltasar Gracián

Sometimes, breaking out of a certain mentality is like planning a prison break. You can't just go for it and hope for the best; it requires strategy.

~ Lauren Lola

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.

~ Napoléon Bonaparte

If you're going down the wrong path, speeding up isn't going to help.

~ Orrin Woodward

A threat should never be spoken, your enemy should not be told of your intentions. Either take decisive action or refrain from it, but never threaten

~ Soke Behzad Ahmadi

But fear of making mistakes can itself become a huge mistake, one that prevents you from living, for life is risky and anything less is already a loss.

~ Rebecca Solnit

The wiles of a veteran turned the younger man's own gift of speed against him.

~ Geraldine Brooks

The bureaucrat is a man who administers things and people, and who relates himself to people as to things.

~ Erich Fromm

Do you know great minds enjoy excellence, average minds love mediocrity and small minds adore comfort zones?

~ Onyi Anyado

When strategy, culture, and brand harmonize, they amplify one another and resonate loud and clear.

~ Kate O'neill

You can talk all you want about having a clear purpose and strategy for your life, but ultimately this means nothing if you are not investing the resources you have in a way that is consistent with your strategy. In the end, a strategy is nothing but good intentions unless it's effectively implemented.

~ Clayton M. Christensen

Strategy and culture should have breakfast together.

~ Max Mckeown

Corporate strategy is usually only useful if you get people engaged with helping you to make it work.

~ Max Mckeown

That should have been my strategy! By the time I’ve worked through the emotions of surprise, admiration, anger, jealousy, and frustration, I’m watching that reddish mane of hair disappear into the trees well out of shooting range.

~ Suzanne Collins

The Warrior knows that no man is an island.He cannot fight alone; whatever his plan, he depends on other people. He needs to discuss his strategy, to ask for help, and, in moments of relaxation, to have someone with whom he can sit by the fire, someone he can regale with tales of battle.

~ Paulo Coelho

When you're working, some people relax and wait for the invisible right time, but when they see your fortune, they wake up and strategize an envious attack.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

Unless the distant goals of meaning, greatness, and destiny are addressed, we can’t make an intelligent decision about what to do tomorrow morning—much less set strategy for a company or for a human life. Nothing is more practical than for people to deepen themselves. The more you understand the human condition, the more effective you are as a businessperson. Human depth makes (even) business sense.

~ Peter Koestenbaum

As important as it is to work very hard on your dream, it is even more important to ensure that you are working with the right plan.

~ Hafiz

All men can see these tacticsWhereby I master,But out of which evolve profitsNone can see the character.Strategy without characterIs the slowest route to profits,Tactics without strategyIs the noise before loses

~ Amah Lambert

We want to 'write in' our plan and 'write out' the consequence. When we do that, we're headed 'right back' to what we foolishly thought we could 'write out.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Strategy is about making choices, it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.

~ Michael Porter

The idea that the president has the power to craft a new strategy both overstates his power and understates the power of reality crafted by those who came before him. We are all trapped in circumstances into which we were born and choices that were made for us.

~ George Friedman

You'll contact with me by the pressure, the need or by the interest .

~ Fernando González Y Lozano

Politics was at once clinical and human, driven by principles and passions that he (the leader) had to master and harness for the good of the whole.

~ Jon Meacham

I'd paralyze anyone who wanted to hurt me.

~ Toba Beta

The author says resilience is the ability to move rob a preferred state to an expanded list of alternatives.

~ Andrew Zolli

ReThink culture, because it is the foundation of all strategic success.

~ Tony Dovale

A clear mission statement describes the values and priorities of an organization. Developing a mission statement compels strategists to think about the nature and scope of present operations and to assess the potential attractiveness of future markets and activities. A mission statement broadly charts the future direction of an organization. A mission statement is a constant reminder to its employees of why the organization exists and what the founders envisioned when they put their fame and fortune at risk to breathe life into their dreams.

~ Fred R. David

Perpetual Optimism is a Force Multiplier.

~ Colin Powell

Know the enemy, know yourself and victory is never in doubt, not in a hundred battles.

~ Sun Tzu

Book publishers should change the communication from best sellers to the best impacts.What matters is the impact not the sold copies.

~ Kamil Toume

You need a new strategy for every new situation.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Be selective in your battles...

~ Brandi L. Bates

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.

~ Colin Powell

In politics there is a large difference between loosing and being defeated.

~ Chris Matthews

Don't put forth for tomorrow what you can do today.

~ Richmond Akhigbe